Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 14, 2010

Yum, cold manicotti! Almost as good as cold pizza!

Boy, are you gullible, Mom & Dad. I love Spaceman Spiff Sundays.

Good morning, marg!

Spiff’s fast! Good morning, margueritem (aka Edie Adams)!

Can he get a salad with that?

Now that was quick!

Spaceman Spiff doesn’t wear briefs? TMI, Calvin!

GMG,C,&VB!

Spiff has gone briefly commando.

the time is now 3am in the morning, dad, do you know where i am?

:)

Caution! People who don’t wear briefs and move quickly can be dangerous.

Well, now we know the name of one of the parents (Dad, I’m guessing): Zokbar-Z. :)) We can’t claim anymore that Bill W. never told us the name of either parent.

And now we know why Calvin acts like a red-headed stepchild from another planet. He is one.

Wow, all that knowledge revealed in one day. I’m so excited that I think I’ll go to bed and calm down. :))

The meals mom feeds Calvin would have prepared him for Army meals before they “modenized” the Army!

LOL—excellent point, JR!

Today’s strip epitomizes Watterson’s gifts of art and humor.

What is manicotti?

@ LX013: Manicotti is a large, tubular shaped pasta with a cooked diameter of about one inch (2.54 cm) and a length of about four inches (10.16 cm). Unlike other styles of pasta, manicotti is usually stuffed with various types of cheeses, meats, vegetables or seafood, and then baked in a cheese or tomato based sauce.

It’s a great dinner…don’t know if I’d like it cold for breakfast though gag

When my girlfriend was getting married her family and friends made all the food served at the showers(6) and wedding reception including their cake. I got to meet her whole family and his bonding over cooking and freezing. To make a long story longer I learned how to make alot of pasta dishes like Lasagna, Manicotti and Ratatouille, over those weekends. It still brings me back there whenever I make or I’m served one of those dishes.

my parents weren’t that gullible to fall for something like that,calvin you’re one lucky little guy,see what else you can get away with.

cymbol: Thank you for explanation of “Manicotti”!

Dino,

“…. I got to meet her whole family and his bonding over cooking and freezing…..”

Was it “her” family or “his” family”? Inquisitive noses want to know…

LX013 Don’t let CYMBOL fool you. Manicotti is a word you say before being forced to change and take her to dinner in a restaurant who’s name ends in a vowel, This word should be used with care and never before a Sunday game..

Dino-1

Ratatouille is not a pasta dish, rather it is an eggplant-based vegetable side dish.

I’m still chuckling about the ‘Debriefing.’ Thank you Bill Watterson.

Also thank Johanan Rakkav, I hadn’t thought of that. except Calvin’ hair is blond, not red.

In college, I thought that breakfast was cold pizza and beer.

Ya mean it aint?

No briefs Must be set in the mid 70s I know Calvin and Hobbes is set in the late 80s and early 90s so it must be Bill Watterson was a little more hippy back in the day then some thought

cymbol, I agree. GAG!

It is Commando Spiff!

Briefs are to confining. Do not fear Calvin, I shall finish your manicotti.

This really happened. Only it was in Jamaica and his captors were Pastafarians.

Hey guys maybe he wears boxers….that would mean no briefs! ; )

You get the manicotti you pay for…Bwa-Hahahahahaha!!!! Silly Earth-Creature !!!

Susan001: If the manicotti was stuffed with lizard tongues, Calvin would eat it.

“Poised precariously over a percolating pit of putrid pasta.” That’s got to be one of the all time best lines!

Reminds me of the newly married couple sitting down to the wife’s first home-cooked meal. As she serves her new spouse she says, “My mother taught me how to cook. My best things are meatloaf and apple pie.” The new husband looks down at his plate and says, “”Which is this?”

[Would that constitute grounds for divorce?]

Very gullible, Spiff’s captors. Also seem to have done lot of research on making escaped prisoners return to prison!

True, Spiff and Calvin alike are blond, but 1) the idiom is “red-headed stepchild” and 2) if I changed it then someone likely would’ve corrected me from the other direction. :))

Given a choice between literal and idiomatic correctness, I’ll take idiomatic correctness every time. It comes with being a Hebraist and (probably) a Jungian ENFP.

“Poised precariously over a percolating pit of putrid pasta.”

Reminds me of the old ‘Batman’ series.

All these years and I never heard of manicotti I am ignorant I am sure But cold pizza and warm flat beer for breakfast strikes fear in my body and soul

..yawn…

margueritem

“Yum, cold manicotti! Almost as good as cold pizza!” I couldn’t agree more.

Calvin and Hobbes is one of the best comics ever.

What kind of kid doesn’t like macaroni? She REALLY has to be a god-awful cook.

When I was little I would not eat ricotta. The texture made me gag. My mother made meat versions of manicotti and ravioli for me instead. Something happened, now I love almost everything. Maybe Calvin can’t tolerate ricotta yet either.

Ratlum, manicotti, properly pronounced “mon-ee-gawt”, not “man-a-cot-ee”, is a cooked macaroni tube, stuffed with a ricotta mixture like what’s in ravioli, topped with tomato sauce, mozzerella, and grated cheese, then baked until the mozz melts.

A proud Paddy Murphy tells 5 yr. old Sean that he has the privilidge of saying the blessing at the extended family’s St. Patrick’s Day dinner. Sean begins, “Lord we thank you for the corned beef and for the cabbage. Thank you for the mashed ‘tatties. Thank you for the fruit salad and for the milk.” There is a long pause. Sean leans over to his father and whispers audibly, “If I thank God for the broccoli, won’t he know that I’m lying?” He didn’t even ask about the manicotti.

Love manicotti (or its cousin cannelloni) in any form or temp.

Since we’re vegetarians, I made manicotti (from scratch) as our traditional Christmas meal each year. It’s delicious!

Margueritem: Brilliant response. Incredibly subtle.

Sometimes I can not get here everyday (yesterday was one), but I always look for your original comment when I do. It is now apparent you look through the priors every time you return.

Kudos to VistaBill for picking up on it as well.

LOOK BEHIND YOU! Too funny!

mexdr1958 - I’m guessing that she means the bride’s and groom’s families. Her “girlfriend” is the bride - she’s probably the maid of honor.

I use to like different pasta’s now my body can’t handle it. I thought Calvin would go nuts for pasta.

Is this a prelude to the “Noodle Incident”?

The problem is, Calvin ends up without dinner. Shouldn’t he eat what he likes, first, THEN escape through “clever” means?

And he couldn’t think of anything to write about a couple of strips ago?

I thought Manicotti was the current artist at BC and Wizard of Id.

:O)

Having the wrong underwear on interferes with one’s ability to hit plaid speed when escaping evil aliens. Doesn’t everybody know this, or am I the only one?

I don’t know if this question has already been answered, but what is manicotti?