Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 11, 2022

You gave Hobbes a choice, and he chose.

Good choice, Hobbes!

Calvin’s folks are going to give their son a lecture about walking through the house with his snow-covered snow boots through the house.

I still have to question the motives of Calvin’s parents giving him a toboggan and then allowing him to take it out to Doom Drop. The tiger is the wise one…

Hobbes is likely to outlive Calvin.

Reminds me of that Mitch Hedberg joke, of him being in a rock band event, and the lead singer asking the audience, “how many of you feel like human beings”, and then again asking “how many of you feel like animals”. Mitch responded to the first question because he didn’t know there would be a second part.

“Risk demise” vs “security of home and hearth.” Kind of a no-brainer, at least to the feline brain.

Hobbes has saved the day…. again!

Stupefying security beats out the flood of somatic sensation that screams we are alive in my book any day.

When Calvin grows up ( if ) he’ll see that doom drop is only 3 ft high

Death is not rhetorical.

P2 is somewhat reminiscent of the Jack London credo, is it not?

When I was a kid we had Nutcracker Hill.

I’m with Hobbes on this one……..

Alliteration Alley.

Hobbes chose safety and sanity over danger and doom!

Hobbes decided not to pursue a “Darwin Award”.

The nice thing about growing up, where the earth is full of ups and downs is risking life and limb for a cheap thrill.

YAHHHHH!!!!! let’s do that again.

“Somatic Sensation”, I’ll have to look that one up…

Sometimes you can say too much and talk the person out of it instead of into it.

I’m not good with rhetorical questions, or statements. “Go big or Go home!” …okay. See ya! Wouldn’t wanna be ya!

Hobbes is the only one in that household with any sense!!

Simply outstanding Panel 4. This conversation shows the fault line between Calvin’s personality and Hobbes’s.

Not exactly a Hobbes-on’s choice!

This was originally printed in newspapers the day Disney reissued “The Great Mouse Detective” to theaters in 1992. And here’s what was printed the day the film was first released in 1986… https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/07/02

Tigers is smart….

For a six year old that does not do well in school that Calvin sure does have a fantastic vocabulary.

Always impressed with his vocabulary considering all he does is watch TV

I agree with Hobbes.

Or just say we did.

The flood of somatic sensations might include bruising, open bleeding, concussion and displaced or broken bones. But if dry clothes, hot chocolate with marshmallows by a roaring fire is what follows…

The literary rhetoric has taken its toll on the feline. Mrs Wromwood is naive to not observe this young literary genius.

He chose wisely.

Learn new words all the time, somatic!

I read this just as the Berlin (oops — Beijing) Olympics are in progress, with well-trained, skilled, amazingly fit, and perhaps gloriously-mad young people schussing by the dozen down what certainly look to me like Doom Drops. Health to them all.

Meanwhile, I’m with Hobbes.

I’m not sure that I’d have that much bravery.

Hobbes is selective about when to be a fierce jungle cat.