Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 07, 2012

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    forthguy  almost 13 years ago

    Uh oh I just broke one

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    Nightbird  almost 13 years ago

    It’s funny but I’ve never had a snail mail chain letter. I’ve never seen my parents get one either. But through e-mail I get chainmail from my grandma. XD I hate those.

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    sentient_today  almost 13 years ago

    One flaw in the letter, if Calvin finds a friend who tells him to send it, he’s gonna get run over.

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    forthguy  almost 13 years ago

    How’d you get above me

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    kbyrdleroy123  almost 13 years ago

    uh…the letter knew he was a kid…perhaps there is something to that…

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    thirdguy  almost 13 years ago

    I ain’t afraid of no cement mixer!!

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    GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    I haven’t been hit by aa cememt mixer yet – or anything else that could be construed as bad luck.

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    cedes29  almost 13 years ago

    i hate it when i don’t continue chain letters and died the next day

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    J Short  almost 13 years ago

    Did it say anything in there about tigers?

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @Susan: Calvin is wearing a jacket today, because this was originally a December strip. It’s his dark jacket, which he usually wears in the winter, but on Wednesday he was wearing his light jacket when he came home from school and was pounced on by Hobbes. Maybe that was so that his jacket would show the dirt better after Hobbes pounced on him.In panel 3 of today’s strip it looks like he has on his usual striped shirt, but maybe that’s just the neck of a plain shirt, because in panel 1 there are no stripes visible. Maybe he has on a long-sleeved plain shirt, because it looks like he has a white sleeve in panel 2.

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    As a follow-up to yesterday’s comments on the original dates of the Calvin and Hobbes strips, the printed copyright date between the panels is the original year of the strip. However, the month and day in the corner of a panel (1-7 in today’s strip) are only for the current date, not the original month and day of the strip. Today’s strip was originally published December 13th, 1986.We should be approaching the end of the reruns from Bill Watterson’s first sabbatical. Hopefully we will return to 1991 strips in February, which is where we left off last May.

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    prasrinivara  almost 13 years ago

    Nope, Hobbes.

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    frameitmt  almost 13 years ago

    following up a chain letter is exposing everyone to a potential virus or scam

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    @sandflea,Actually, it was “The Chain”, but if you add “The Letter” by the Box Tops, you’ll have it!

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    Hobbes is his usual analytical self with a wealth of information.Will the real Hobbes please stand? :o)

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    @Nightbird,If your grandma got run over by a reindeer, you wouldn’t get any more chain letters from her. Oh, deer!

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    Thirdguy said,“I ain’t afraid of no cement mixer!!”Your ‘grammar’ will get you for that! :o)

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    “People are (especially) Funny” today, …more than usual, even (Snagglepuss)

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    cond  almost 13 years ago

    what, will calvin fall from his window if he listens to hobbes?

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    tuslog64  almost 13 years ago

    I have set up several “fox-stick” accounts that I foreward chain e-mail to. So far, not one account has received any spam. However, there are chains out there that if you foreward, will send that persons address back to original sender. This is how spammers get the addresses of those who try to protect themselves by giving out their address to only their closest friends. (A guaranteed way to get spam is to sign into a guest book!!)

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    @Dogsniff,I don’t know whether you read my response to you near the end of Jan. 3, and again at the end of yesterday’s comments. I know you look ‘forward’ to them so I wouldn’t want you to miss them. I hope you can look back on them with your usual smiling face. :o)Btw, isn’t almost everybody fascinated with you?

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    Number Three  almost 13 years ago

    I get them text messages all the time. I used to forward them to my family & friends. But now they are just annoying.

    Next time I get one.. My phone will be going through the window.

    LOL xxx

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    ninetoes  almost 13 years ago

    If I really like one an decide to pass it on, I delete the cr@p about pass it on for good luck. I think I’ve passed 2 or 3 in the last year.

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    adubman  almost 13 years ago

    “Now you’ve opened it! If you don’t send this to at least 100 others you’ll develop a bad case of halitosis."

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    jppjr  almost 13 years ago

    I used to get them in the snail mail long before e-mail was even thought of…tossed all of them in the garbage. It worried me so much, I tossed and turned 4-5 seconds before going to sleep that night!!

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    dahawk  almost 13 years ago

    What people failed to realize in those chain letters is how quickly the chain can become saturated. The only ones who benefited were the ones who got in early. Send out two letters asking the recipients to forward to two more people. Forwarding each day and with no duplications, it will have gone to the entire world’s population in one month.

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @Pelican47: You asked whether the strips will return to the proper season in February, after the sabbatical reruns end.I’m assuming they will be in sync again. We started the sabbatical reruns on May 8th, so we should resume the later strips early in February, since Bill Watterson’s sabbatical was 9 months long.Watterson’s first strip after returning from sabbatical was on February 2nd, so I’m hoping the syndicate continues on with that strip, beginning in February.

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    bmonk  almost 13 years ago

    “dumb kid”? Calvin is hardly that.

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    rgcviper  almost 13 years ago

    I know I’ve seen this particular comic on this site before, but between the “superstitious nincompoops” and the “cement mixer” lines, I laughed out loud again.

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    Gretchen's Mom  almost 13 years ago

    ♪♫ “And if you don’t love me now,You will never love me again.I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain.” ♪♫

     

    “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac

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    Dussin  almost 13 years ago

    lol the dog s gonna kill him

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    Drewdove  almost 13 years ago

    Don’t laugh, this could save the Post Office. Naw, you can laugh if you want. ;-D

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    Number Three  almost 13 years ago

    How was your birthday? It was January 1st wasn’t it?

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    khpage  almost 13 years ago

    Calvin has one of those “cover all the bases” letters….he should send it back to the return address listed on the envelope with some fine white flour inside….

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    DerkinsVanPelt218  almost 13 years ago

    The chain letter has now evolved into the chain text message.

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    789coolcatlane  almost 13 years ago

    susie or hobbs sent that

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    Wiseguy411  almost 13 years ago

    Does Calvin have 20 Friends ???

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    tegm  almost 13 years ago

    haha, I remember back when these were done by paper…

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    robert39503  almost 13 years ago

    There used to be several snail mail chain letters that would circulate from time to time. I have received 2 or 3 of them. Never forwarded, never had bad luck. Knock wood.

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    Popeyesforearm  almost 13 years ago

    A prince in Africa is gonna mail me a check for $2,000,000! All I have to do is send him $2,000 for processing fees. Sounds good to me. There were actually 4 doctors in Southern Oregon a few years back that fell for one of these scams. Just shows theres a sucker born every minute. "Never give a sucker an even break, Never smarten up a chump and You can’t cheat an honest man. Mr. Dunkenfield was a genius.

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    Isabelå©·å„¿  about 12 years ago

    I hate chain texts and emails most! Unfortunately, I’m always the one who runs the risk of going bald to end the chain.

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