Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 09, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 1 year ago

    But he’s willing to spend hours outside to make an army of monstrous snowmen.

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    codycab  almost 1 year ago

    Calvin always finds ways to feel the heat, so what’s he complaining about?

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    Concretionist  almost 1 year ago

    We have an agreement at our house. Spouse sets the thermostat and I adapt. Fortunately for me, she prefers it cool, so I can add layers. Also fortunate that she doesn’t like it COLD, just a couple or three degrees below my preference.

    By contrast, when I was working on my thesis I had to do my programming on the “head” of a machine that was in the computer machine room. They kept that room at about 55º and I wore long underwear (top and bottom) and winter coat and watchcap. I also built a tray for my feet that had 1" if Styrofoam. And wore gloves with the fingers snipped off. THAT was awful.

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member almost 1 year ago

    My house is 78, year round. BUT my bedroom is 65 degrees from 1 am to 9:30 am. AC and heat go off after 11 pm

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    Bilan  almost 1 year ago

    Calvin, if it wasn’t that cold, you wouldn’t have anything to complain about.

    Wait, what am I saying?

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    BigDaveGlass  almost 1 year ago

    All together now, it builds character……….

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    sandpiper  almost 1 year ago

    If I tried that, Mom would bring one of her quilts and wrap me in it and let me sweat for a while.

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    I thought all mothers just said, “Put on a sweater”!

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    snsurone76  almost 1 year ago

    Be patient, Calvin. Your parents will change their minds when they come down with the flu.

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    donlackie  almost 1 year ago

    I’m with Calvin here. Cannot stand a cold house. My thermostat is set on 74, winter and summer.

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    jvo  almost 1 year ago

    Calvin feels the cold more because he has a lot more surface area relative to his volume.

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    The Old Wolf  almost 1 year ago

    Yeah, but if mom’s cold, everyone has to put on a sweater.

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    Purple People Eater  almost 1 year ago

    It builds character.

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    SquidGamerGal  almost 1 year ago

    Why do everybody have to be so stingy when it comes to keeping the house warm?

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    jagedlo  almost 1 year ago

    and it’s only November, wait until REAL WINTER kicks in!

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    dflak  almost 1 year ago

    My son complained that we kept the house too cold in the winter. We told him to wear something warmer than shorts and a T-shirt.

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    dflak  almost 1 year ago

    We have a his and hers thermostat in our house:

    Mine is marked off in degrees Fahrenheit. Hers has two settings: too hot and too cold.

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    Bruce1253  12 months ago

    Calvin you are a rookie, do the puppy dog eyes and ask for a cup of hot chocolate. Sheesh, buy them books, send them to school, then they come back and tell you Pi r square, igdit!! Pie are round, corn bread are square. Thank you, thank you, I’m here the rest of the week. . .

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    Dr. Quatermass  12 months ago

    My favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the one from 1984, starring George C. Scott as Scrooge and David Warner as Bob Cratchit. When Bob asks Scrooge if he can put more coal on the fire, Scrooge answers, “These are garments, Mr. Cratchit. Garments were invented by the human race as a protection against the cold. Once purchased, they may be used indefinitely for the purpose for which they are intended. Coal burns. Coal is momentary and coal is costly. There will be no more coal burned in this office today, is that quite clear, Mr. Cratchit?” I have this memorized for my daughter, because sometimes she seems to think that we can keep the house warm enough for her to go around dressed like it’s summer.

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    feralcat_52  12 months ago

    We live in an older farm house heated entirely by a 1923 wood furnace, to which we’ve added a couple of fans to help distribute the heat. As such, we have temperature zones. If you’re cold, sit near the fire. If you’re hot, go to one of the adjacent rooms where it’s usually several degrees cooler.

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    hagarthehorrible  12 months ago

    A six year old can show his theatrics to his mother. And this six year old is charming little fella.

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    PoodleGroomer  12 months ago

    Build a fire in front of the chair.

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    Sherlock5  12 months ago

    Comfort levels are relative to our desires. Look at Calvin’s dad: He’ll get up early in bad weather to go biking or fishing because that’s what he wants to do.

    Others stand outside in the cold on Black Friday waiting for the stores to open because they want to get a “good deal” on something.

    I would not do what Calvin’s dad does nor the Black Friday shopper.

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    wiley207  12 months ago

    Well, maybe if Calvin wasn’t always wearing short-sleeved T-shirts in the winter, he wouldn’t feel so cold inside!

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    dflak  12 months ago

    When I was a kid, the apartment I lived in was heated by a coal burning stove in the kitchen. My job was to take the ashes downstairs to the bin and pick up another bucket of coal.

    This was Brooklyn, NY 1950’s not out on the plains 1850.

    The front room (3 rooms away in the railroad flat) got cold enough that ice formed on the INSIDE of the window. Given the temperature differential, we should have had a thunderstorm mid-way down the apartment.

    How my mother managed to cook using that stove, I’ll never know. You just didn’t turn a dial and have fire. You had to build a fire and wait for it to “catch.” You could manage the heat by moving the coals around and also playing with the flue . Cooking meals in the summer meant heating the kitchen for several hours.

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    Robert4170  12 months ago

    Calvin the drama ham.

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    V45mikky  12 months ago

    Calvin has his tiger to keep him warm, where is Hobbes.

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    eced52  12 months ago

    I have always found women to be the ones who complain about the heat.

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    TommyEfreeti  12 months ago

    never once will I ever have regretted keeping my home as comfortably warm as I like! Your money does not go with you, nor can you frugally freeze yourself to wealth – it is a small-minded holdover trope aped by those with Dicksonian tendencies. The truth is older homes are inefficient, and climate control post-fireplace is still a relative luxury. My 100+ home is kept warm enough to please myself and my birds. When you are an adult, live how you like.

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