Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 06, 2012

attitude that somehow resents calvin so much

Calvin was fighting dirty too.

Long story, Mom. Long story.

The mighty Calvin fails to control the weather…

Calvin, the valiant fighter, it’s laughday today!!

@Cleokaya- One of the rare downsides to your philosophy. You can still play indoors, though.

Calvin “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” (Stevie Ray Vaughn song)

Torrential rain yesterday…me outside, going my way, loving it….the streets and shops were empty. Local people are terrified of rain because we live in an area where drought is the norm. I didn’t whip off my clothes and dance, like Calvin, but I did enjoy getting thoroughly soaked in spite of my umbrella.

If you had any common sense at all, Calvin, you would would have known to come in out of the rain sooner. Big plans often take a back seat to Mother Nature.

Same sort of weather we’re getting here. Never seen so many floods at one time.

“Hail the Chief!”

“Off with my overcoatOff with my glovesI need no overcoatI’m burning with love”

A very thoughtful & clever strip.

@38lowell: Yes, in today’s Calvin strip we see Calvin strip.

Click here: Peanuts (1964)

@Dogsniff: So, did that conversation take place during the rain of Caesar?

I sure hope that was Calvin’s left knee peeking out there

I felt the same way last night when we couldn’t see the perigee moon for all the clouds.

Meanwhile, Hobbes had the sense not to go into the rain in the first place. :)

That child’s outside in the hail, naked. Quick, call the authorities.

My friend Rudolf is a dedicated Communist. He and his wife came to visit last week. The four of us are walking downtown when it starts to rain.I said, “It’s just a mist, no big deal.”Rudolf said, “No, that is really rain, we should go indoors.”I said, “It will be fine, it’s just a light mist.”My wife said, “Don’t argue with him. Rudolf the Red knows rain, dear.”

Hail happens when you mess with Mother Nature Calvin.

You can ‘hail’ a taxi,You can get ‘misty’ over an ex-lover,You can ‘drench’ away your sorrowsBut you cannot ‘storm’ to the front of the checkout line

Gotta give the kid credit; he’s handed lemons, he tried to make lemonade.

“It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature!”

Calvin — The Global Warming Warrior

Great comments today, very, very funny!!!!

Any chance that Calvin grew up to be Lt. Dan?(You call THIS a storm? You cannot sink this boat!)

Nature always wins even if man defies it

Mom had better catch on,because Calvin is right on this one.

@Wiseguy411: So, I guess that a blue moon generally only happens once in a blue moon.

Let’s see……. Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring. So last night was the first full moon after the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring. And a week from today will be the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring.Ok, ok, I know……. Technically, it’s the time of the Vernal Equinox on the first day of Spring, not the first day of Spring itself, that determines it. But “Vernal Equinox” just doesn’t fit the rhythm of what I wrote.

@snakemama: Hail the size of golf balls? I’ll bet it got to be really confusing on the golf courses.

Clavin, when you shake your fist in God’s face you are only asking for trouble! He doesn’t play games!

I bet this was Bear Grylls as a child!

I’ve suspected the universe gets a’ tude from time to time.

Mom, trust me, you are better off not knowing!

@AlainHarper, You are right! I was expecting one like last years. At my house it filled the sky when it rose, literally! It was gorgeous. Last night, though pretty, was a HUGE let down!

As a retired meteorologist from the National Weather Service, this sequence calls to mind a truism that is well known to weather forecasters: “The weather does what it has to, to make liars of us.”

Save yourself a few gray hairs mom & don’t ask.

At least it’s presumably in his own back yard and Calvin isn’t running naked through the neighborhood. (That’s another strip, no pun intended.)

LOL. Good one.

Hail! hail! The gangs all here! And Calvin bares all.

Don’t mess with nature Calvin!

@bmonk,It’s ‘hail’ when you get a triple bogey in such a storm!

The Universe Has An Attitude TOO, mmooommm

Calvin is awesome!

It’s always a good idea to have a “plan B” Calvin!