Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 27, 1990
Transcript:
Calvin: Olly-wolly polliwoggy ump-bump fizz! Hobbes: Hey! Calvin: Ha ha! I stole your flag! Hobbes: But I hit you with the Calvin ball! You have to put the flag back and sing the "I'm very sorry" song! Calvin: I don't have to sing the song! I was in the "No song" zone! Hobbes: No you weren't. I touched the "opposite pole", so the " No song zone" is now a "Song zone" Calvin: I didn't see you touch the opposite pole! You have to declare it! Hobbes: I declared it oppositely by not declaring it. Start singing. Calvin: "Here's the "very sorry songg; Won't you help and sing alongg? Hobbes: Bum bum bum. Calvin : I blew it!...I knew it!...So sorry! I'm very very sorry that I took your precious flaaggg! Hobbes: He's sorry! So sorry! Just don't do it any more, you scurvy scalawaaggg! Calvin: I'm free! I get free passage to wicket five! Hobbes: No, that's what we did last time, remember? Calvin: Oh, yeah umm... OK, the new rule is we have to jump everywhere until someone finds the bonus box! Hobbes: That's good! Calvin: The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can't play it the same way twice! Hobbes: The score is still 0 to 12!
meepies over 10 years ago
“No sport is less organised than calvinball.”
Xalder about 10 years ago
But they always wear the masks when they play calvinball.
yow4zip Premium Member over 9 years ago
Nice song.
Marathon Zack about 9 years ago
Next time someone asks me the score, I’m going to say “It’s still Q to 12”.
DanWolfie over 7 years ago
I picture the “Very Sorry Song” performed in a manner similar to the “All Tied Up” song from the “Sheila Rae the Brave” CD-ROM game…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hO6Twd1SPQ
DanWolfie over 4 years ago
“Ohhh, I went down south, to see my Sal, singing ‘Olly-Wolly Polliwoggy Ump-Bump Fizz!’ My Sal, she is a spunky gal, singing ‘Olly-Wolly Polliwoggy Ump-Bump Fizz!’”
Larry da crocodile almost 4 years ago
Another rule is you have to steal the flas, right?
leopardglily over 2 years ago
This is my favorite calvinball strip.
CatDefender about 2 years ago
The “Opposite Pole”, eh? Hmmm… could explain Kaspar’s abrupt personality change in “The Tale of Soupy-Kaspar”!