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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 over 16 years ago
Ask a stupid question, and you know what you get…
second-ball-attack about 15 years ago
lol!
theOPTIMUSprime89 about 15 years ago
hahaha! the best!
TheSoCalledExpert almost 15 years ago
Hammers don’t really go “wap”
ladyphantomny almost 15 years ago
ask why & calvin will say i don’t know
masterturtle almost 15 years ago
calvins next line- i call it “coffee table with nails randomly hammered in it”.
Praxsis almost 15 years ago
DUH!!!
manugarekar almost 15 years ago
omg..this is so hilarious…. :)
ricpent almost 15 years ago
Methinks” masterturtle” , sounds remarkably like Picasso, or somebody?
Therealpeytonsawyer almost 15 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 over 14 years ago
Looks like its HAMMER TIME!
bmonk about 14 years ago
“Because it’s there!”
Love the confusion in panel 3!
HobbesGirl1989 about 14 years ago
EPIC!!! lmao!
insidethenfl about 14 years ago
Mom, I’m hammering nails into it! Duh!
comixmaster1000 about 14 years ago
“Oh, you know, just because…”
yatinbhushan almost 14 years ago
hahahahahah
JOJOHUN1211 over 13 years ago
Hehehehe…..
yow4zip Premium Member about 13 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 over 12 years ago
Well, clearly he’s hammering nails in the table. A better question would be why he is doing it.
VRAssassinCreed over 10 years ago
The obvious
Tommy9367 about 10 years ago
Sounds like something I used to do.
linfordn almost 9 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 over 7 years ago
Get one of those nails and poke him for poking your table
donerito over 7 years ago
This could have been taken directly from my own childhood – my poor mom!
48e51d58d4997416e435c444c8e31024 about 7 years ago
Love mom’s reaction LMAO
a non-E mouse over 6 years ago
Hammering nails into the table. Obviously.
chbn✔️ over 4 years ago
the sound effects….
HalberCon about 4 years ago
i dont get it
esoccerh about 4 years ago
This strip is not the same after cardi b song
luluthecomicnerd about 4 years ago
calvin is like so literal that its hilariously amazing
Ωmega almost 4 years ago
Duh.
Nate Arbuckle, Quincy and Hobbes. almost 4 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 almost 4 years ago
Calvin: what dou you think MOM?!?!?!?!?!
Loki91308 almost 3 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.
glowing-steak32 3 months ago
Even I don’t know!