Be sure to ask them for a pet dog Calvin. The dog will get rid of the discolored spots on the rug and the dog will be a good friend for Hobbes as well as keep you out of trouble with Mom’s cooking.
I was with friends and we walked into an eatery and they were cafeteria style. There were pans with green stuff and red stuff, all unidentifiable. We left. The meal on Calvin’s dish reminds me of that.
I just looked at the strip again, note panel two. Watterson could have drawn the veggies, but he makes clear in panel two it is SUPPOSED to be green slop..worse than kale, spinach, or Brussels sprouts. Something fiendishly evil. And if it wasn’t slop, it wouldn’t sink into the carpet. I bet Watterson did this strip from personal experience.
In the 60’s, both my mom and my wife’s mom believed if a vegetable still had texture, it wasn’t cooked enough. Ever eaten mushy asparagus? It is disgusting, it not bad when it has texture!
At our house when I was young, you would eat everything on your plate (with some leeway on “everything”) even if you sat there indefinitely. I tried outlasting my mom over some truly noxious overcooked liver with gristle in it. I figured that if I was still sitting there at bed-time, I’d get out of one or the other. But no. I went to bed on time and found the same piece of liver-flavored gristle on my plate at breakfast! I swallowed it, whole, then ran to the bathroom and threw up.
There was a long parental discussion that next night, after we were supposed to be asleep, and as I recall, that was when the rules changed to allow you to somewhat pick your own portion size. You would eat everything on your plate, but you could ask for a small helping of something you disliked.
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
Forget the discoloration! What about the smell?
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
That enlarging discolored spot on the rug is coming out of your allowance, Calvin (who’s probably drinking chocolate milk), to get rid of it.
codycab about 5 years ago
They seriously didn’t see what Calvin did? They’re right in front of him.
SHIVA about 5 years ago
Disconnected, like so many parents.
in.amongst about 5 years ago
Greens are supposed to go into the ground – not the tummy (or rug)
DennisinSeattle about 5 years ago
Some meals just seem to get bigger in your mouth as you struggle to swallow them. This green goo seems to be one of those.
sirbadger about 5 years ago
I’ll bet that Bill had fun drawing this.
Watcher about 5 years ago
Be sure to ask them for a pet dog Calvin. The dog will get rid of the discolored spots on the rug and the dog will be a good friend for Hobbes as well as keep you out of trouble with Mom’s cooking.
donwalter about 5 years ago
Mom’s been out shopping at Garfield’s store,, and brought back the stuffing from the kale muffins…
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 5 years ago
I was with friends and we walked into an eatery and they were cafeteria style. There were pans with green stuff and red stuff, all unidentifiable. We left. The meal on Calvin’s dish reminds me of that.
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
Maybe if you cooked something edible the spot wouldn’t keep growing! That looks disgusting!
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
On that night, being sent to my room without dinner would be a reward! Having to eat every bite of that green slop is punishment!
Pocosdad about 5 years ago
Mmm..Spinach-Tofu Surprise. Yummy! /s
nuncanunca about 5 years ago
If even chocolate milk can’t wash it down, it’s bad …
Diat60 about 5 years ago
When I was Calvin’s age, it was cauliflower with white sauce. My father’s favorite but my downfall.
rbluecat Premium Member about 5 years ago
The next-to-last panel shows such a look of relief!
pcmcdonald about 5 years ago
Get the GOO GONE.
Bubba_Boo Premium Member about 5 years ago
One of my favorite strips. I love the range of expressions!
BiggerNate91 about 5 years ago
The first ever Calvin strip I read.
tripwire45 about 5 years ago
Worst cook ever.
fix-n-fly about 5 years ago
Really Mom? Are you that lost in your conversation that you can’t tell where that stain is coming from?
ForrestOverin about 5 years ago
That’s not funny, just gross.
DondiDoo about 5 years ago
Yum. Soylent Green. My favorite.
SweetSinger about 5 years ago
Mom is smarter than that.
Nuke Road Warrior about 5 years ago
Green no deal.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member about 5 years ago
If that food tastes as nasty as it looks, then I’m with Calvin all the way!
DCBakerEsq about 5 years ago
Gotta be kale. Or Brussels sprouts. OR BOTH! Oh, the humanity …
Lightpainter about 5 years ago
It’s a well known test for aliens to see if anyone likes liver. I’m calling the Men in Black about some of you.
abesnake about 5 years ago
I never saw okra that looked like that! Must have been mashed.
Leojim about 5 years ago
Cal needs a dog!
Lightpainter about 5 years ago
I just looked at the strip again, note panel two. Watterson could have drawn the veggies, but he makes clear in panel two it is SUPPOSED to be green slop..worse than kale, spinach, or Brussels sprouts. Something fiendishly evil. And if it wasn’t slop, it wouldn’t sink into the carpet. I bet Watterson did this strip from personal experience.
In the 60’s, both my mom and my wife’s mom believed if a vegetable still had texture, it wasn’t cooked enough. Ever eaten mushy asparagus? It is disgusting, it not bad when it has texture!
Malcome1 about 5 years ago
Only one thing I know that would get bigger in your mouth and hard to swallow.
Doctor Go about 5 years ago
I mean you gotta give Calvin some credit…if his mom’s cooking is THAT bad…
zeexenon about 5 years ago
Hey mom, yes spinach has lots of iron but good authority says it’s not in a form that’s absorbed well. All my career I took vitamin pills, Popeye.
rgcviper about 5 years ago
THPWIPBTH …
I love the sound of Calvin’s … solution … to the food issue here.
Concretionist about 5 years ago
At our house when I was young, you would eat everything on your plate (with some leeway on “everything”) even if you sat there indefinitely. I tried outlasting my mom over some truly noxious overcooked liver with gristle in it. I figured that if I was still sitting there at bed-time, I’d get out of one or the other. But no. I went to bed on time and found the same piece of liver-flavored gristle on my plate at breakfast! I swallowed it, whole, then ran to the bathroom and threw up.
There was a long parental discussion that next night, after we were supposed to be asleep, and as I recall, that was when the rules changed to allow you to somewhat pick your own portion size. You would eat everything on your plate, but you could ask for a small helping of something you disliked.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 5 years ago
Those are little pieces off of ‘The Blob’. If you don’t eat them all, then they will eat you, and grow and grow.
hagarthehorrible about 5 years ago
Parents will appreciate if Calvin gulps down the greenish goo but then we all will miss the faces that he makes during the process!
57BelAir about 5 years ago
Chocolate milk with green casserole!!!!! No wonder he spit it out!!