Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 02, 2010

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    mike.firesmith  over 14 years ago

    Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf!

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    You have achieved your objective, Calvin!

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    mike.firesmith  over 14 years ago

    Oddly, Marg, I have no desire to be first. I do like to greet others who share my love for this comic, and you happen to be one fo these people.

    But if I do not comment now, I must wait until after work, and that is 15 hours henceforth.

    My life is not my own. So I return to Calvin and Hobbes, to remind me that my life is only as small as my imagination.

    Ever part you play in this Marg, I would not have anyone be unkind to Grog, who seems to be a very civil soul, and for to whoever deleted the offending comment, I owe thanks.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    More compliments from Suzie!

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    mike.firesmith  over 14 years ago

    BO keeps coming up in the conversation, have you noticed that?

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    carmy  over 14 years ago

    Susie may be thinking, I wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    Mike Firesmith, I was refering to Calvin! LOL!

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    The perfect club, eh Calvin?!

    G’Morning Mike Firesmith, Marg & Everyone Else!

    I too like the greetings, Mike!

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    mike.firesmith  over 14 years ago

    D’oh!

    Marg, do you have a message from me, or is some stranger wondering WTF?

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    ladywolf17  over 14 years ago

    Now that was very hateful Calvin. You are a stinker.

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    That third panel is great. It looks like he could be thinking, “What have I done? Maybe I’ve gone too far.” Turns out that same look means, “This is better than I had dared to hope.”

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    Yukoner  over 14 years ago

    It’s a phase. It will pass. They will be lovers.

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    moronbis  over 14 years ago

    So how is Calvin going to get rid of slimy girls (it is redundant, I know)? He is just shooing away Susie not getting rid of her.

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    rentier  over 14 years ago

    Calvin doesn’t want someone to disturbe his community with his stuffed tiger!

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    harrietbe  over 14 years ago

    Good morning to all you “greeters”.

    Goal achieved. Susie’s reaction was perfect. Boy, he really knows how to push her buttons.

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    xwsmithx  over 14 years ago

    I heard that quote from Groucho before I knew the story behind it and thought it quite funny. After I learned the story, it’s more bittersweet than funny. Groucho had made a considerable amount of money and longed to be a member of some exclusive New York social club, but the club turned him down because he was Jewish. When he was later offered membership in a social club (I think it was in California), he made that comment.

    I would feel sorry for Susie in these strips, but like real-life women, Susie goes for the knucklehead who treats her like dirt instead of a guy who would treat her well. She’s got nobody to blame but herself.

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    garfield246  over 14 years ago

    She’ll be back….

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    ….with a vengeance.

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    runar  over 14 years ago

    Take heart. At some point Calvin will say, “Leave it to a girl to take the fun out of sex discrimination.”

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Well done, Calvin!

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    lewisbower  over 14 years ago

    Calvin beware. With a new justice you may find G.R.O.S.S. unconstitutional.

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    gjsjr41  over 14 years ago

    You mean Susie might sue him?

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    wicky  over 14 years ago

    How sweet it is!!!

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    Dino-1  over 14 years ago

    He’s the reason little girls pick petals off of flowers. He loves me…he loves me not…he loves me…he loves me not…

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    joelwmd  over 14 years ago

    I wonder if the hats C&H are wearing have C&H comic strips on them…

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    jeffsxq  over 14 years ago

    Suzie has to be excluded, for the “real” Hobbes to be seen! (Exquisite change from panel 1 to panel 4.)

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    poohbear8192  over 14 years ago

    @xwsmithx

    Groucho, most likely, justly inherited this wonderful quote from his fellow humorist, Mark Twain. Either that or he re-invented it on his own.

    In any case he certainly used it aptly.

    BTW I envy Hobbes smile.

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    “I’d rather have a paper ‘hat’ to call my own than have a fickle-minded real live girl.”

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    “Wow, what a great club!”

    But did you have to hit Susie over the head with it, Calvin?

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    Wildmustang1262  over 14 years ago

    Calvin, you are just a stinker! sighhh! :-/

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    anorok2  over 14 years ago

    Puddleglum2…..wow!..” Paper doll”?….that’s really going back! I love it!

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    jaws2049  over 14 years ago

    As Groucho said, “Who would want to belong to any club that would allow me to become a member?” Used more recently by Woody…

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    sambo10  over 14 years ago

    If it’s a secret club then why is Calvin letting Suzie know about it.

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    billdi Premium Member over 14 years ago

    very difficult to follow the comments (or whatever they are) today. y’all must have started your own secret club.

    love the second panel and the overall artwork is fantastic

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    lazygrazer  over 14 years ago

    Their future together is off to a perfect start.

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    Uh oh, billidi is on to us!

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    harrietbe  over 14 years ago

    Hey, who’s going to be King & Tyrant?

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    ratlum  over 14 years ago

    The side benefits of a well run club,But wait we still need more members.

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    thebird55, “All your works shall praise you, O LORD; and your saints shall bless you.” - Psalm 145:10 “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and for YOUR PLEASURE they are and were created.” - Revelation 4:11 Calvin seems to think that everything was created for his pleasure.

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    violet_music  over 14 years ago

    clubs are only great when they achieve their objective isn’t it true?

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    rentier  over 14 years ago

    I’m member of the club C & H!

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    frank corona said, “….that’s really going back!” “Back, back, back, back, back…Gone! - Chris Berman “Gone” - Ferlin Husky “Thanks for the Memories” - Bob Hope and Shirley Ross Susie has ‘gone’ and she won’t have fond ‘recollections’ of this encounter.

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    Gretchen's Mom  over 14 years ago

    xwsmithx said: I would feel sorry for Susie in these strips, but like real-life women, Susie goes for the knucklehead who treats her like dirt instead of a guy who would treat her well. She’s got nobody to blame but herself.

    Please don’t lump all us “real-life women” in the same category. Maybe some women prefer to be treated like dirt by their husbands/boyfriends because they either just like the “bad boys” and can’t help themselves or maybe deep down, they don’t think they deserve any better than what they’re getting. I wasn’t a glutton for that kind of punishment. I held out for the good guy and left all the bad boys that would treat a woman like cr@p alone … and I’ve been happily married for almost 22 years because of it!

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    yendorcire  over 14 years ago

    It’s funny the people quoting the bible at Calvin and Hobbes: Besides the fact that they are fictitious children (and stuffed tiger), they are also named after two of the great religious philosophers of all time. see what they had to say on the subject.

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    lin4869  over 14 years ago

    Thanks, billidi–I’ve often wondered why I’d be missing some of the comments referred to by others. Don’t understand yet. (I’m still new at this.)

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member over 14 years ago

    10 years later Calvin long after hitting puberty will be begging girls to join his little club

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member over 14 years ago

    10 years later Calvin long after hitting puberty will be begging girls to join his little club

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    photoman022  over 14 years ago

    i keep hearing wedding bells

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    anorok2  over 14 years ago

    Puddleglum2…You left out “If You Knew Susie” and “Making Whoopie” by you know who!

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    gerrytrout  over 14 years ago

    @Joelwmd: Love the comment.

    I rather thought his “reverse psychology” backfired on him. I remember those games as a kid. Usually the more you make it secret and say they aren’t worthy, the more they want to join. In this case, IMHO, the more Calvin says it’s secret and exclusive, the more he wants Susie to question and try to be a part…that is why in the third panel he pauses because his plan did not work. It’s all a ruse, Calvin is interested in Susie and does things like this to make sure he gets her attention, even if it’s for the wrong reasons. But he’s not allowed to be overt about his “interest” in her until he reaches 7th grade or so.

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    riverpickers  over 14 years ago

    Lets keep all “commercial” messages out of a comics blog. We’re not buying anything from lili245 or her post b2bjordans.com. Maybe lili245 was trying to become a member of Calvin & Hobbs’ new “G.R.O.S.S.” club. Sorry Lili, you can’t join up!

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    That is our regular spammer. ‘It’ goes by many different names but it’s always the same site. I wasted a lot of time and effort commenting on it. I’ve decided it’s best to flag and otherwise ignore it.

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    doit  over 14 years ago

    It’s working for Arizona too.

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