Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 16, 2012

Turn on the AC.

Perhaps Calvin is dumb to be wearing a shirt?

Click here: Peanuts (August 16, 1962)

Click here: Peanuts (May 10, 1982)

Wanna bet he’s cranky because he thinks Calvin’s bothering him?

Click here: Peanuts (May 11, 1982)

Most naked people are ugly and the smell!

@LX013: I think you accidentally made a joke! You intended to say “sweet” but you wrote “sweat,” and Lucy is sweating in the first strip – just like Calvin is sweating in today’s strip.

All that gorgeous tiger fur!

Oh yes, I ment “sweet”! Thank you, how could that happen!

@LX013: “Don’t sweat it.” (That’s an American expression that means, “it isn’t worth worrying about.”)Good morning over there in Austria. You had a better time zone for watching the Olympics than we had here in the U.S.

We won nothing and so I didn’t look! Perhaps they didn’t win, for I didn’t look!

I get up at 5.00, but not for watching Olympics!

At that temp he would be cooking; any complaints would have been in vain.

It’s supposed to be 102 here both Saturday & Sunday.I’ll be sticking close to the air conditioner.

Indeed, you would be DEAD… that’s the boiling point of water! 100 d. F = just under 38 d. Celsius. 212 d. F = 100 d. C.

Never trust a sleeping tiger. Or a crouching one.

We just came out of several days of 50 degrees Celsius (and I only wish I were exagerrating!) Yesterday, morning started at 22, max reached was 35. Felt like a whole different city.

I would never complain about the heat. Winter was always something I complained about – and still do.

Tell PETA we’re ugly without fur…then stand back and watch the fur fly!

@Hobbsey A personal story:My mother was a grade school teacher and had oodles of patience. She taught my siblings and I to read at the age of three. She taught us using Peanuts comics in the newspapers. She died in 2005 after a long battle with Alzheimers.Every time you post Peanuts strips, it takes me back…way back…and causes me to remember fondly my mother. Thank you very, Very, VERY much for that daily reminder.I view it as a special, poignant gift.

No, because you probably wouldn’t be alive at 212FYour water content would be boiling

@Vonne Anton: Thanks for telling us that story. Was Peanuts your mother’s favorite strip? I discovered Peanuts and some other comic strips when I was eight years old, so Peanuts brings back my childhood also. I learned quite a few difficult words from cartoonists (but didn’t always know how to pronounce them), and the comics were highly instrumental in helping to develop my sense of humor. I strongly recommend going to visit the Charles Schulz museum in Santa Rosa, California. It will bring back a lot of childhood memories. Also go to the ice rink that the Schulz family built (across the street from the museum), and have a chocolate chip cookie at the coffee shop there. Sit at a table by the fireplace, next to the “reserved” table where Charles Schulz sat each morning for so many years.Here is the Web site for the museum:Click here: Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research CenterBy the way, I expect to be posting less frequently beginning in September, because I have a major commitment coming up, but I’ll still post some comic strips periodically. Glad you especially enjoy the Peanuts strips.

probably he is calvin

but then again maybe you should,t call him names.

Just thinking about 100 degrees Celcius ‘makes my blood boil’!:o)

Other than Suzie, a bully, his parents (they really don’t count) and a stuffed doll; where are his friends? Is this an indication of the reason for his enormous imaginary world? He’ll end up hidden in a top notch university rediscovering string theory, quarks and dark matter.

That is an interesting perspective. How do they see us? Imagine a hairless dog or cat. Personally, I think fur is more attractive. BTW: Tigers have it covered, they have striped skin.

@orinoco womble,“There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.”How do you tolerate 122 degrees Fahrenheit?Where are you located if I may ask? I don’t think you live in the USA.

Both Calvin and Hobbes are wrong in their attitudes. Many animals have fur. Humans have hair.Every creature is made the way it’s supposed to be, at least it was in the original creation. With the fall of man and the resultant curse, there has been some deterioration and alteration.

We are a little ugly. And fur is a lot more beautiful than skin. That’s a good observation.

Calvin’s the cranky one!

@Vonne Anton

Nice story, it’s cool how you where taught to read using peanuts strips. Your mom must have loved you a lot. : )

…Hobbes can’t HELP having the fur coat, it’s attached to his skin. This would be like Calvin calling a kid stupid for being black…

Learnt your lesson now, Calvin?

LOL xxx

@algurka: I think that I’m very highly committed, and the other guys at the asylum agree.

Look out Calvin could be Mom and Dad feel the same way.

We have Stroh Rum, very sharp Zwetschkenschnaps, Wiener Schnitzel and Wiener (sausage!). Sachertorte. Austria is a paradise for good meals!

Hello there I know not on most times. Here in KS class have started. I’m not a teacher. I’m taking on-line classes and today is first day so I will be busy. I was sorta busy during the day.

Hobbes isn’t cranky, he’s just telling the truth.

good one for Portland, gonna be 100 here today.

Cats fur and skin allow them to have a much higher tolerance for heat than you might imagine, hence their prediliction for sleeping on top of radiators, etc. At the age of 68, boy would I like to be able to go into REM 4 sleep….

Or maybe Hobbes is just cranky because you called him dumb!

I’ve had this strip taped to my wall at work for years! On my refrigerator I have the one about the heat and humidity, etc. but “WHO CARES, IT’S SUMMER”!

Sweat to Oldies music.

@orinoco womble,From what I’ve heard and read, all of Spain is “in the frying pan” as far as finances are concerned. I hope it’s not affecting you too adversely. Do you think people will be willing to “tighten their belts” and do what it takes to extricate themselves out of the mess in which they are?

double entendre

He is dumb to be insulting Hobbes.

Sounds like Hobbs cranked up the heat….fur real.Sorry Calvin lol

If Hobbes didn’t have his fur, he’d look funny. So, don’t bug him, Calvin!

Roasted