“When I was a lad (I served a term…)” and was in bed at 7:00 PM, I’d listen to The Lone Ranger on the radio at 7:30, then later in the evening when I was awake, I’d listen to Fibber McGee and Molly, Doctor IQ, and other programs from my parents’ bedroom.
I bought TV Ears so she could listen while I sleep. They do not stop,“Do you know what he used to play in? So and So is her third husband. Doesn’t she look good now that she got divorced?” I have bought foamy things (no, the kind that are still legal) They do not help with an elbow in the ribs and " Hey look, it’s So and So. He shot his wife and bought off the jury."I snuck the bedroom TV into the basement (not for me) while she was shopping and I knew I had tons of time. Two burley delivery men with a handtruck squeezed the new one through the door as she bubbled, “Look Dear, surround sound!”Revenge is best served at 5 AM.
A while back my phone rang at 5:00am. I picked it up and said a groggy hello, and an annoyingly cheerful voice said “Good morning! Are you up?” I mumbled “No, who is this?” He said “Who always calls you this time in the morning?” I said “Nobody does!” and hung up. Damn wrong number.
I seem to remember a C and H strip where Calvin got in trouble for implying that cats were laid back since they got 13 hours of sleep a day. Aren’t tigers nocturnal?
Yeah, I do wonder how much childrens’ generally ridiculously early bedtimes are because “it’s good for them” and not “it’s good for me”. 8-9 hours of sleep… if you get up at 7 to get ready for school then the kid doesn’t need to go to bed until 10 P.M.
JohnnyDiego: Mine waits until I am engrossed in a TV program and yells, “Are you asleep?” I try to break her of the habit by closing one eye and after she yells, slowly turn my head to reveal the other was open. It hasn’t worked yet.
My hubby would say I fall asleep and I say no I’m awake. To prove it I would tell him okay I’m still awake about every hour or every 30 mins sometimes I tell it is such and such a time and I’m still awake. I was so mad at him. Then when I could not sleep I go out in living room and read. I tell him later told you I could not sleep.
Since retiring, I let my body decide how much sleep it needs – no alarm clock. I usually go to bed at midnight, wake up to go do you know what around 7AM, take my morning acid reflux prevention pill, back to bed and full awake and raring to go around 9 to 10 AM. Friends and relatives have learned not to call before 10:30 or so.
My sons always balked about going to bed. Then I told them that they had to go to bed, but they didn’t have to go to sleep as long as they did something quiet like reading. They’d stay up a whole extra 15 minutes maybe.
All I had to do was slow them down enough so they could fall asleep. Once they drop below mach 1.5 or thereabouts they usually crash.
rentier over 13 years ago
Than get up and turn the world inside up!!
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
The last panel is classic. I bet Hobbes would like to maul Calvin, but he’s too sleepy.
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
Hobbes seems a bit perturbed. Maybe he got up on the wrong side of the bed. But if Hobbes hollers, nobody will get any sleep!
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
“When I was a lad (I served a term…)” and was in bed at 7:00 PM, I’d listen to The Lone Ranger on the radio at 7:30, then later in the evening when I was awake, I’d listen to Fibber McGee and Molly, Doctor IQ, and other programs from my parents’ bedroom.
dpaksundar over 13 years ago
Hey, what happened to Hobbes’ canine teeth? That is the reason Calvin doesn’t look scared
nsr over 13 years ago
Reminds me of the time when (kid of 10?) I went into his room to shake my uncle and asked “Are you sleeping?”.
To put it mildly, I found myself on the other side of the door in no time after this!
Elaine Rosco Premium Member over 13 years ago
Calvin you need to zip it like now!!!!
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
Who can sleep with all that racket?
rentier over 13 years ago
New adventures are waiting!
Phapada over 13 years ago
Hobbes Need to sleep be late Sure..
Phapada over 13 years ago
just Hobbes be Lazy Tiger
lewisbower over 13 years ago
I bought TV Ears so she could listen while I sleep. They do not stop,“Do you know what he used to play in? So and So is her third husband. Doesn’t she look good now that she got divorced?” I have bought foamy things (no, the kind that are still legal) They do not help with an elbow in the ribs and " Hey look, it’s So and So. He shot his wife and bought off the jury."I snuck the bedroom TV into the basement (not for me) while she was shopping and I knew I had tons of time. Two burley delivery men with a handtruck squeezed the new one through the door as she bubbled, “Look Dear, surround sound!”Revenge is best served at 5 AM.
Hansternator over 13 years ago
@Lewreader – What the heck are you talking about?
Good morning everyone
neatslob Premium Member over 13 years ago
A while back my phone rang at 5:00am. I picked it up and said a groggy hello, and an annoyingly cheerful voice said “Good morning! Are you up?” I mumbled “No, who is this?” He said “Who always calls you this time in the morning?” I said “Nobody does!” and hung up. Damn wrong number.
mrnathat over 13 years ago
I seem to remember a C and H strip where Calvin got in trouble for implying that cats were laid back since they got 13 hours of sleep a day. Aren’t tigers nocturnal?
Lacy K. over 13 years ago
I agree Calvin. I hate having to go to bed at 9:30 PM. everynight.
Xane_T over 13 years ago
Yeah, I do wonder how much childrens’ generally ridiculously early bedtimes are because “it’s good for them” and not “it’s good for me”. 8-9 hours of sleep… if you get up at 7 to get ready for school then the kid doesn’t need to go to bed until 10 P.M.
willg1970 over 13 years ago
well at least he is not awake alone although I am sure he wishes he was
Chconfer over 13 years ago
Puddlegum, do you remember when Fibber opened the closet door? Loved it!!!!
Destiny23 over 13 years ago
I hope he doesn’t have a west-facing bedroom window — that really makes it hard to go to sleep when the sun is shining in on your bed!
hippogriff over 13 years ago
JohnnyDiego: Mine waits until I am engrossed in a TV program and yells, “Are you asleep?” I try to break her of the habit by closing one eye and after she yells, slowly turn my head to reveal the other was open. It hasn’t worked yet.
Number Three over 13 years ago
Eeeeeeeek!
I’m just like Hobbes in the last panel when someone annoys me when I’m half asleep.
LOL xxx
leestarlight over 13 years ago
it’s a comic. it’s funny. Don’t analyze it to death!’
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kab2rb over 13 years ago
My hubby would say I fall asleep and I say no I’m awake. To prove it I would tell him okay I’m still awake about every hour or every 30 mins sometimes I tell it is such and such a time and I’m still awake. I was so mad at him. Then when I could not sleep I go out in living room and read. I tell him later told you I could not sleep.
J Quest over 13 years ago
Grouching Calvin, hidden Tiger…
dahawk over 13 years ago
Since retiring, I let my body decide how much sleep it needs – no alarm clock. I usually go to bed at midnight, wake up to go do you know what around 7AM, take my morning acid reflux prevention pill, back to bed and full awake and raring to go around 9 to 10 AM. Friends and relatives have learned not to call before 10:30 or so.
ratlum over 13 years ago
Hobbes knows very well why he cant sleep.
dflak over 13 years ago
My sons always balked about going to bed. Then I told them that they had to go to bed, but they didn’t have to go to sleep as long as they did something quiet like reading. They’d stay up a whole extra 15 minutes maybe.
All I had to do was slow them down enough so they could fall asleep. Once they drop below mach 1.5 or thereabouts they usually crash.
khpage over 13 years ago
The non-sleeping tiger also has supurrrrb hearing…..
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
You’d best lay down, Calvin; lest you want to be eaten.
lealealuv23 over 13 years ago
reminds me of me and my sister
Ervin Johnson over 13 years ago
Sheesh! You don’t have to roar.
Gretchen's Mom over 13 years ago
Panel #4 is what happens when your constant whining and complaining “pokes the sleeping bear” . . . er . . . tiger!
stinkeliot over 13 years ago
ROTFL
Debra Gilbert Premium Member over 13 years ago
Let sleeping tigers lie.
AtheisticallyYours over 13 years ago
The parents put him to bed early so they could. . . .
lightnengurl over 13 years ago
rofl
lindz.coop Premium Member over 13 years ago
This was me, I confess. My poor parents — but they did put me to bed while it was still light out — so I suppose they were partly at fault.
the Hobbes miester over 12 years ago
Love hobbes on last panel!