Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 15, 2012

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    rentier  over 12 years ago

    It’s good, to have a loveing Dad waiting at the end of the long slide catching you!

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    bluskies  over 12 years ago

    Spaceman Spiff- The Early Years. (Anybody who has a problem with Dad, get over it. He’s Calvin’s anchor and reality check- and waiting at the bottom to catch him if he falls.)

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    rogue53  over 12 years ago

    Looks like that slide ride is going to end somewhere in around Ohio.

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    orinoco womble  over 12 years ago

    One of my earliest memories is watching my older brother (about 7 to my 2 or 3) slide down the supporting poles of the slide, like the firemen. I decided to do that too—but no one told me I had to hang on!! I can still hear the AAAAAHHHHH! of a woman who was in the park with her kid, thinking she was going to pick up my cadaver.Fortunately the slide was built on grass and soft earth, so all I had was a huge bruise. Doctor told my mom not to let me go to sleep for the rest of the day (it was morning) and to take me to the hospital if I acted sleepy. I was apparently never a whit the worse, though after a traffic accident 30 years later a scan showed my skull still carries a “stress mark.”

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    yldenfrei  over 12 years ago

    Ooof. Exactly how I felt when I was a kid.

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    Aussie Down Under  over 12 years ago

    Fear is in the eye of the beholder.

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    Phapada  over 12 years ago

    Good Dad’s

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    pelican47  over 12 years ago

    I think I’d rather go down the slide than back down the ladder.

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    mkd_1218  over 12 years ago

    OMG! I know where you’re coming from , Calvin!

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    GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Odd that with my fear of heights, I never had a problem with slides when I was young.

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    flyertom  over 12 years ago

    There’s a real one down in Brazil that would test your mettle – The Insano.

    http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/worlds-highest-water-slide-is-called-insano-looks-pretty-insane.html

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    anobium625  over 12 years ago

    I felt the same way about the high diving board, and I was older than Calvin.

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    brewwitch  over 12 years ago

    Spaceman Spiff is a wuss!

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    rshive  over 12 years ago

    Imagination wins once more over reality.

    Hey, I couldn’t even bring myself to climb up the high slide for a long time.

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    thirdguy  over 12 years ago

    The same thing happened with my daughter. It was a tall slide, and no matter how much encouragement I gave her, she just couldn’t let go and come down.She is 32 now, but it seems like it happened last week.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Click here: Peanuts (August 14, 1953)

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Here is a very young Lucy in 1952, a year and a half after Peanuts began, back when she still had really big eyes. The previous strip is from the next year, and by then her eyes had become dotsClick here: Peanuts (April 27, 1952)

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    Phosphoros  over 12 years ago

    It’s all about perspective; but this is the kid that’ll ride a garbage can lid with Hobbes down a giant hill between trees! Hobbes is missing; that’s the problem.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Click here: Thatababy (February 5, 2012)

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    BarBaraPrz  over 12 years ago

    That’s about how I felt my first time on a slide… back in the days when they were higher and straighter than you find on playgrounds these days.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 12 years ago

    @oronico womble: That one was never published in paperback. Unlike Calvin and Hobbes, there are many Peanuts strips that were never published until recently.

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    celeconecca  over 12 years ago

    Oh, I miss those days!

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    Number Three  over 12 years ago

    Awwwwwwww!

    Don’t be scared, Calvin!

    I love the 7th Panel.

    xxx

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    Foghorn Leghorn  over 12 years ago

    Look MOM, I’m on top of the world

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    Timberwolves88  over 12 years ago

    I’m confused. Calvin loves these situations, so why he’s scared?

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    BE THIS GUY  over 12 years ago

    He is not dead.

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    NE1956  over 12 years ago

    Looks like a Phineas & Ferb creation. Never seen things built so tall in my life.

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    Dverny Premium Member over 12 years ago

    He will jump off a cliff in his wagon but is afraid to go down the slide

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    ewalnut  over 12 years ago

    I was never afraid of a small straight slide like that. It was those that go down in a spiral that made me clutch the handrail all the way down and annoy the kids in the line behind me.

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    jeremy0203  over 12 years ago

    Susan; I know we have the same views on Calvin’s father. To me he’s a selfish, sarcastic, resentful person who probably feels he was tricked or coerced into having a child by Calvin’s mother and wishes he didn’t have one. I think he hates every moment he’s forced to play with Calvin. I think that people who don’t see this, who think all fathers are loving and caring are probably in denial.

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    Perkycat  over 12 years ago

    Thanks Hobbes – enjoyed those. It’s nice that everyone is commiserating with Calvin instead of making fun of him.

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    Vonne Anton  over 12 years ago

    This is seen from the imagination of a short person…that slide is three times taller than he is; even I would flinch at a 19 foot slide. But in that same imagination he can do anything…it’s just when reality comes along that he flinches.

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    Mr Movie Trivia  over 12 years ago

    No, if it was Cedar Point it would be closer to the lake, that looks like it ends around Cincinnati. that would be Kings Island, they have scary rides too.

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    kab2rb  over 12 years ago

    Calvin I would have felt the same way at your age. Than when I got older I wanted to try other things only my mom would not allow it.

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    ratlum  over 12 years ago

    Come on Calvin, the first diving board I jump off was hundreds of ft higher than that.Why they had that diving board close to the kiddies pool still makes me shiver.

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    cookies333  over 12 years ago

    LOL that’s how it feels when your six!

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    Bill Chapman  over 12 years ago
    Where’s an ugly snot-nosed bully when you REALLY need one?(Those shoves in the back were good for at least another 20fps)
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    Mythreesons  over 12 years ago

    Once my granddaughter slides down with each of the twins on her lap, they realize it isn’t scary and can’t get enough. It’s just that first trip that has some hesitation.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Suppose you were a parent of a highly active kid who keeps turning six over and over for decades, with no end in sight. Calvin’s parents have incredible patience, especially after all these years.

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    ralxni123  over 12 years ago

    I Love Calvin and Hobbes! My Dad has so many of the comic books and I read them over and over again!

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 12 years ago

    @mythreesons: Sounds like you may have to change your name to mythreesonsandmythreegrandkids!

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    mike scott  over 12 years ago

    My favorite strip ever. Makes me giggle everytime

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    calvinsfriend110  over 12 years ago

    He must have strength to climb up that far.

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    gobblingup Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Regarding Calvin’s parents, Slywlf, Hobbes, and Vonne Anton said it well – thank you! Calvin’s parents are perfectly normal. Yes, they get frustrated with him, yes, they yell sometimes, but in general, they deal with an awful lot with Calvin so I understand them.And no, my parents weren’t perfect. I got hit too much, yelled at a lot, etc. But my father died when I was 20, so I never really got to the point where I could tell him that I understood him. I may not still understand or agree with my mother, but I do have the power to forgive and try to get along with her because who knows how much longer she’ll be around either. None of us are perfect, but we have the power to change ourselves, so that’s all we can do. I don’t hold a grudge against my parents, but my sister still does and I see how that affects her and her relationships. I am far from perfect, but I know that being forgiving and understanding is always a lot more helpful than holding a grudge and being critical.

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    Donriess  over 12 years ago

    The comic is always in the eyes and perspective of Calvin. Children see their parents quiet differently than reality. I do believe both parents are great parents. They do have a handful in little Calvin…I’ve seen much worse in parents.

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    orinoco womble  over 12 years ago

    The same brother who did the fireman trick used to slide down sitting on waxed paper. After a few passes, you really FLEW down that sucker!!Now I realise why I was always afraid of slides…I’d never stopped and thought about it. Oh, yeah, I slid—but never alone, and I always had this kind of movie playing in my head, just like Calvin.

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    Popeyesforearm  over 12 years ago

    I make sure I don’t let that happen.

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    khpage  over 12 years ago

    This seems a bit out of character for a kid who rides a toboggan about a hundred miles an hour downhill in the wintertime, but, oh well, what do I know?

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    Stupendous Man!!!  over 4 years ago

    Hurricane?

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