Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 03, 2011

Oh, boy – looks like Calvin is in the ER for the 4th!

Auauauch! Thorns in but!!

Well at least the roses broke his fall. Maybe he can change his name to Cali-thornia

Float, my crusty shorts!

Good Morning, Marg Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!

Sometimes the laws of physics don’t apply to Calvin and Hobbes. Unfortunately, this time they did.

Here are a couple of Peanuts precursors on this theme:

Peanuts (1957)

Peanuts (1961)

Snoopy definitely had a better grasp of how a parachute works than Lucy or C.B. did!

I think barbed wire broke my fall but nothing brake the fall of Daddy’s palm on my little red rear end.

I tried this sort of thing, twice! Once with a sheet and another time with a umbrella. The only thing that bothered me was the sudden stop at the bottom.

And him.

i don’t think Carvin had a "rose petal " soft landing

We just used a rope to swing from the second floor – never actually tried to parachute.

It’s always easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.

What do you think? look like .. uhhhhhhHHH ER……NO NO NO CAL …. WHERE ’S HIS MOMMMMMMM?

Hobbes, keep your other comics to yourself, please. If I wanted to read Peanuts, I would have subscribed to it,

Hope you didn’t get blood on that blanket, Calvin, or Mom will really be mad!!

@PilotiYou can just scroll past the posts you do not wish to read. Isn’t that easier than complaining?

Hi piloti

Sorry, I was trying something new today, and I should have deleted the images of the Peanuts strips because they display too large for this forum. But I do post links to other strips from time to time, for the enjoyment of others who have said that they appreciate them. You can easily skip over the links if you aren’t interested.

Um . . . that raises a question. How many times were you successful?

Remember years ago reading in an aviation publication that in government speak a plane crash was listed as “uncontrolled landing into hostile terrain.” In other words… OOUUCCHH!!!

“Crazy Horse!” is more like it.

“I don’t need to ask if I know the answer” – wish I thought of that when I was a kid.

That is why calvin, you NEVER try to parachute with a blanket off of your roof. If hobbes did it, then it would be a WHOLE diffrent story.

A blanket on the roof is worth a thorned butt in the bush!

Awwwwwwww, You’re not wrong Hobbes.. But will she not be more concerned about his safety?

xxxx

Who could have thought about the rose bush?

I love the Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips better than any other comic. Watterson really went all out to deliver something entertaining and aesthetically pleasing, even arguing with several newspapers about panel restrictions. He would rather not publish a comic at all than publish a comic that he felt was less than perfect. He is a true artist. Long live Calvin and Hobbes!

Lol …I think mom will be mad that she has to make his whole bed over again…so funny and so Calvin!

Oh she will.

Thanks, Number 6

I just realized that piloti is the same poster who, a few weeks ago, asked all of us to keep our religion to ourselves. That can be difficult to do when discussing Calvin and Hobbes, which touches on a lot of issues that involve religion.

My feeling is that the world becomes a very boring place if we all narrow our focus and keep everything else to ourselves. I think that most people on this site really enjoy having their lives enriched in unexpected ways — for example, Marg’s posting of her beautiful Easter egg photos.

Thanks, Hobbes. The Peanuts strips were a fine addition, and displayed well.

The give and take between commenters is one of the best features here. HOBBES and I have a long time disagreement as to his identity, and NUMBER 6 has expressed concern over my health (it will be better after 7-13) and I don’t know either one of them. Some commenters do know each other, but most of us are just Comic Junkies and like this site. Most of you like Cul De Sac, and I tried it, and dumped it. So, PILOTI, don’t read what you aren’t interested in.

Today I agree with dogsniff

It seems Calvin is a candidate for a Darwin Award after today’s strip.

My younger brother jumped from our top bunkbed to my single bed in a VERY narrow room and bounced into the window by the single bed. He was “Zooperman”! Thankfully, he’s still alive.

Calvin’s comment in the second panel is so hilarious XD

Me too.

And I am sick of the battle. Don’t know who Hobbes is. He’s not Mr. Watterson, He/she is always polite as far as I have seen. I have no opinion other than to say that this person is always polite and never vicious.

Fellow Baby, Hobbes never claimed to be Watterson, though many initially thought he might be with the kind of insights he has. He has actually denied being Watterson, in fact.

How can anyone complain about seeing a classic Charles Schultz comic. It’s ALWAYS a treat.

“You can watch as I float to the ground, gently as a leaf.”Apparently, Calvin doesn’t understand homophones any more than he does math. A leaf is buoyant; Calvin is boyant.

Some people can’t tell if they are interested before they read it.

Sorry to hear you are “isck” Grog. But it’s good to see you following the party line to the end, as a faithful lemming should.

Thanks for the posts Hobbes. Right on target, and most interesting. Please ignore piloti who clearly needs his pilots permit revoked.

Hi Hobbes,Thanks for the Peanuts strips. I usually don’t go to the links because I’m too lazy, so it was nice, for a change, to see them posted. I suppose, now-a-days, the lawyers would demand a disclaimer about “Kids, don’t attempt this by yourselves. These stunts are performed by professionals on a closed course, etc.”

Talk about being stuck on the “thorns” of a dilemma…

We used to try to make wings. We would then jump off the shed roof and try to fly. Never made it though, surprise, surprise. But we had a lot of fun trying. My poor kids will never get away with anything because anything there is that is stupid we tried it as kids.

well at least he will get some time away from his parents. It isn’t called “Independence” Day for no reason.