Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 03, 2012

Many men labour at this intolerance!!

And people wonder where Calvin gets his vocabulary from. He’s clearly his father’s son — even if he hates the idea!

You go, dad!

Least Dad’s honest

Dad embraces his character.

Get the paddle.

“I’ve had it up to here!” my dad would say before the belt came off…then we’d have it a bit lower.

Who is this ‘we’ Calvin refers to?

My dad would get whiplash, he could whip that belt out so fast. That’s when I knew I’d overdone it this time.

close – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preternatural

Calvin, your opinions don’t count until your voting age and king of your own castle.

Dad is fond of saying that suffering builds character, so yes his level of agony is very high with Calvin around.

outside of nature; supernatural.based on Latin phrase praeter nātūram beyond nature.

Click here: Peanuts (1959)

Click here: Non Sequitur (2009)

“That’s what we hate?” Calvin must have a frog in his pocket. In my day I would have had my butt spanked and grounded for a week for speaking like that to my father. Respect is a foreign word to much of today’s youth.

Calvin had a pencil on his ear, but it fell off during the second panel.

praeternatural is that which appears outside or beside (Latin præter) the natural.

I love Calvin’s “polls”.

Ever notice; no shadows!

…i can relate to dad, it’s why I never had kids…everybody says “But it’s different when they’re your own!” however, I couldn’t take that chance – it’s not like you can send them back…

Intolerance of kids is a flaw?

“Suffering builds character” if there’s a positive response to it, but not if there’s a negative reaction to it!

Many things “go over Calvin’s head”, and Dad’s character goes over HIS head!

Dad has a preternatural intolerance to ‘vexatious’ kids.Johnny Pesky might not appreciate that comment.

Any man who hates dogs and children can’t be all bad.

Thanks, Dry and bluskies (for yesterday).

Dad has too much tolerance. Maybe he could encourage Calvin to channel his energy and ideas better?

As the old saying goes, dad . . . “If you play, you pay!” ;-)

On Dads part thats a very good thing.

Hi GretchensMomHere is another Peanuts strip for you:Click here: Peanuts (1959)This was the beginning of a series where Snoopy was clinging to Charlie Brown for several days, out of gratitude.

@Dogsniff: OK, now we’ll start working on explanations of your second comment……..:>)

Calvin and Hobbes. i moved awhile ago and was very lonely…thanks for getting me through!!!!!

i grew up with toy guns and i have yet to kill anyone.

Yep, I follow that one. Calvin is hardly royalty though. And he’s be bored out of his little yellow skull if he was.

Probably. Problem is that today’s “enemy” isn’t clearly defined; no “kraut” or “nip” helmet or plane, no “war” paint. No more obvious “goodfellas” to target, so good against evil has broken down to “I don’t like you, so bang! You’re dead!” literally.