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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 24, 1986
July 23, 1986
July 25, 1986
Transcript:
Calvin: This water is freezing! I'm going to go into shock and drown, I just know it. I bet the lifeguard is involved in some insurance scam and she's going to let us all drown like rats! Oh no! Oh no! Rosalyn: Ok, first we're going to learn the "Deadman's float." Calvin: Mom!! Helpp! Helpp! Rosalyn: What I put up with to pay for college...
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yeahiknow over 14 years ago
Sometimes, imagination isn’t the best thing. Like with a communist life guard.
yow4zip Premium Member over 13 years ago
Calvin’s a dead man.
bmonk over 13 years ago
Get that kid something to eat—by the time he can go back into the pool, the lesson will be over. . . .
alexzinuro about 4 years ago
“Drown like rats”? The Australian water rat (Australia’s largest native placental mammal at 2 pounds) is an excellent swimmer (in fact, it’s sometimes mistaken for the platypus).
Nate Wright (Mischief God) almost 4 years ago
Change the name of that swimming skill first.
Anton Sherwood over 2 years ago
Didn’t Calvin do a deadman float a few weeks ago on the camping trip?