Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 05, 2011

OMG, one heck of a crash!

Happy to be whole!!

If this was real life, Calvin would be either severely injured or dead.

Tree-mendous feat, Calvin.

While we’re here, we might as well drop in.

See what happens when you forget your seat belts? you fly by the seat of your pants!

Margueritem, it was nice to see you at Benitin y Eneas the other day. Please drop in and visit the vagabonds more often

A neighbor called in a U.F.O. sighting.

Someone will have to call the fire departement.

It was quite a crash, but it was fun. Let’s do it again.

housten,we have a propblem.

Is that a RADIO FLYER red wagon? My younger brother had one of those! Many memories of squabbling over whose turn it was to push or ride. Excellent for pulling small boulder sized rocks around the yard too.

All these clever comments ‘leave’ me ‘in stitches’, which is where Calvin would end up if this were real life.

Let’s just hope you can get down from there.

Calvin is up a tree, trying to figure out what happened, but he’s enjoying “The View”, anyway. When Calvin branches out into new endeavors, you never know what might turn up. It’s such a ‘novel’ experience, someone could write a book about it.

Writing a book about it might be a slight exaggeration, but surely there will be a ‘play’-on-words.When the fire department shows up, tongues will be ‘waggin’.

Good morning Marg!Good morning Fran!Good Morning L’Wolf!Good Morning Grog!

That tree will be scarred for life!

How come Mom and Dad don’t know about him riding on a wagon?

Lets do it again.

When my 68 Mustang had a disagreement with a tree 8 feet up, the tree won. Tree’s still there. My ’Stang?

There should be an extra seat belt for their cart.

so they are excited up on a tree….not sting…!!! form their cart…..

Puddleglum2 is so punny this morning! Nothing like stitching together an entire tree of morning needles!… (reference the “branching” comment earlier)…

I remember when I was a kid, the only hill nearb yto slide on was in the middle of an arboretum, allowed to go wild. There were trees all over and one narrow path to slide on. The problem? If you went straight all the way there was a tree in the middle of the path at the bottom. If you veered left you would go off into the middle of a busy street The right side was just a forest of trees. One had to jump off the sled before the end or you would hit the tree head on. I thought it was great fun. Once in a while after a really big snow storm, they would close our street and we could slide unencmebered bycars but there was no adrenaline rush. It wasn’t nearly as much fun as having the tree in way.

My cousin and I had an experience like that. We didn’t go near the tree for the rest of the visit.

When they aren’t up a tree or busy flying through the air, Calvin and Hobbes sometimes sit under their favorite tree. Take a look at yesterday’s Red and Rover, which was excellent, perhaps inspired by Calvin and Hobbes:Red and RoverHere’s a Calvin and Hobbes example:Calvin and Hobbes

I thought the final comment from Calvin or Hobbes might be…"now how do we get down?

Yes I do, if he is unable to get down himself. Calvin’s parents love him, as evidenced in many strips throughout the series. It’s just that since this is a comic strip, it is the more humorous, aggravating behavior exhibited by Calvin, and his parents’ responses to such behavior, that is shown more frequently. As stated by Calvin’s dad, “We all know how funny good role models are” http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1995/02/23

Looks like Calvin’s gone off the wagon again!

<< dradk said: “Maybe they are like me, hobbes, logging in from a different country, so it looks like someone up really really late at night. ;)” >>Hi dradk. What country are you in?

The flight capabilities of a red flyer red wagon has been answered…..

It’s not hard getting down . . . it’s the dignity of the process that matters.

I hope the crash is just Calvins imagination ,you know like Hobbes

@bmonk,“I’ll String Along With You” where puns are concerned today, but it’s getting to be a tree-ring circus.

Linda Arney said,“Nothing like stitching together an entire tree of morning needles!”Are you saying that the puns are just ‘sew-sew’? :o)

Hobbes, I intend to buy a print of yesterday’s Red & Rover. I loved it.

That must have been one heck of a really high hill they took a flying nose-dive off of! Thankfully Calvin’s not injured but unfortunately, they’re both now up a tree without a parachute . . . or, at the very least a ladder. I’m sure it’ll be great fun for Calvin when the fire department has to come get him down but I highly doubt his parents will feel the same way! I’d absolutely love to see Mom and Dad presented with a bill from the f.d. for this rescue if only to teach them a lesson that their son is only 6 years old and they should be more aware of where he is and what he’s doing at all times!

Stay Safe Calvin and Hobbes!

xxx

Of course with his claws Hobbes can get down but who’s going to alert someone on behalf of Calvin? Going to get cold and hungry up there Cal!

Reminds me of the old movie, “Freebie and the Bean.” They crashed a car into a third floor apartment.

riding to the top, eh calvin?

The characters are drawn with so much expression! Love it!

@ Dogsniff:

(As #6 might say) “You Cheeky Bastard!”

Better be glad they were there because they could’ve been wwwaaayyyyy up there.