Calvin and Hobbes Nailing Table - by Bill Watterson for December 27, 1985
December 26, 1985
December 28, 1985
Transcript:
(Calvin, hammering): WAP WAP WAP Mom: Calvin! What are you doing to the coffee table?!? Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what?
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amazing345 over 16 years ago
lol!
heorotlinea about 16 years ago
Ask a stupid question, and you know what you get…
second-ball-attack almost 15 years ago
lol!
theOPTIMUSprime89 almost 15 years ago
hahaha! the best!
TheSoCalledExpert over 14 years ago
Hammers don’t really go “wap”
ladyphantomny over 14 years ago
ask why & calvin will say i don’t know
masterturtle over 14 years ago
calvins next line- i call it “coffee table with nails randomly hammered in it”.
Praxsis over 14 years ago
DUH!!!
manugarekar over 14 years ago
omg..this is so hilarious…. :)
ricpent over 14 years ago
Methinks” masterturtle” , sounds remarkably like Picasso, or somebody?
Therealpeytonsawyer over 14 years ago
This is soo funny haa haa!
hobbsfriend over 14 years ago
LOL POOR MOM LOL
yeahiknow over 14 years ago
SO MANY COMMENTS
yeahiknow over 14 years ago
TWICE
MelbourneHardstyle almost 14 years ago
Looks like its HAMMER TIME!
bmonk almost 14 years ago
“Because it’s there!”
Love the confusion in panel 3!
HobbesGirl1989 almost 14 years ago
EPIC!!! lmao!
insidethenfl almost 14 years ago
Mom, I’m hammering nails into it! Duh!
comixmaster1000 over 13 years ago
“Oh, you know, just because…”
yatinbhushan over 13 years ago
hahahahahah
JOJOHUN1211 about 13 years ago
Hehehehe…..
yow4zip Premium Member over 12 years ago
He’s about to get hammered.
big NateRocks over 12 years ago
dduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh… such a stupid question but most kids don’t answer back quite like Calvin!
Starfollower777 about 12 years ago
Well, clearly he’s hammering nails in the table. A better question would be why he is doing it.
VRAssassinCreed about 10 years ago
The obvious
Tommy9367 almost 10 years ago
Sounds like something I used to do.
linfordn over 8 years ago
Absolutely my all time favorite. Had this on my fridge for years till the paper just dissolved.
Some Anonymous Person over 7 years ago
2nd favourite
203298 about 7 years ago
Get one of those nails and poke him for poking your table
donerito about 7 years ago
This could have been taken directly from my own childhood – my poor mom!
48e51d58d4997416e435c444c8e31024 almost 7 years ago
Love mom’s reaction LMAO
a non-E mouse about 6 years ago
Hammering nails into the table. Obviously.
chbn✔️ about 4 years ago
the sound effects….
HalberCon almost 4 years ago
i dont get it
esoccerh over 3 years ago
This strip is not the same after cardi b song
luluthecomicnerd over 3 years ago
calvin is like so literal that its hilariously amazing
Ωmega over 3 years ago
Duh.
Nate Arbuckle, Quincy and Hobbes. over 3 years ago
i remember calvin say in a later strip “we laugh at stupidity” or something and here were not laughing at the stupid question, were laughing at the obviousness of the answer.
AnthonyRondeau over 3 years ago
Calvin: what dou you think MOM?!?!?!?!?!
Loki91308 over 2 years ago
This was me as soon as I learned to use a hammer. My poor parents gave me a block of wood to bang on, but that didn’t even dent the problem.