Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 24, 2012

I want to try out for the pumpkin throwing team

so what about when some wise cracker piles the leaves around an object like a fire hydrant?

The leaf jump.

Great jump, Calvin! I agree with this olympics!

Leaf pile jumping, bonfire sniffing, ah, the good old days!

Do not try this at home.Piles of leafs are so much fun but even Calvin did not somersault into a pile of leafs .

7.695. Good form, weak entry.

Oh, no, please no. Not more Olympics!!

Has Bill Waterson come out of retirement, or are these old strips that I just don’t recognise???

There is a fall olympics; it’s called the blooper reel.

OK, why can’t I share this or any other GoComics on Facebook anymore?

can I play with Calvin…?

Calvin seems to have a very short memory.

So many vile things can be found in a pile of leaves – dirt, spiders, snakes, dog poop – how could a kid resist?

But I thought he didn’t want slugs on him

I love the 2nd Panel…

Very cute!

xxx

(You can find today’s strip in “The Days are Just Packed,” pg 168)

Give Calvin a rake.

NOOOO! THAT WOULD JUST RUIN FALL!

That wouldn’t be a fall olympics; it would be a somersault olympics!

The HGH makes them moody.

In Soviet Union, landing sticks to you!

8.5

Good ol memories.

Calvin doing the full monte into a leaf pile -and the judges reaction?

The wolf in your midst – your blog gave me a good laugh. thanks, khp<><

“Are great athletes so inconsistent?Yesterday Calvin didn’t like this time of year.”

+++++

Yesterday Calvin wasn’t having fun.

I used to like jumping in a freshly-raked pile of leaves when I was 6 years old too. Now leaf raking just seems like a never-ending chore all autumn long until it gets cold enough for snowflakes to fall instead. I soooooooo wish I could move somewhere where there’s nothing but a long stretch of sandy beach to live on instead!!!!!

:-(

There is a fall Olympics. It’s called the election, and it happens every four years.

Don’t let Mr. Wilson catch you…or Dennis either…unless you invited him.