Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 14, 2014
Transcript:
Calvin: "To make instant fun... just add water!" Hobbes: "Looking for someone?" Calvin: "Uh, who? ME?? Ha ha ha ha ha! Um, no-o. I mean, yes..but someone ELSE. Heh heh. Not you" Hobbes: "Here's a hypothetical question you should ask yourself" Hobbes: "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do different?" Hobbes: "...ESPECIALLY if, by doing something DIFFERENT, today might NOT be your last day on earth" Calvin: "I don't think that question was very hypothetical at all"
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
Show some guts, Boy. Hit him with the balloon and see what happens.
rshive about 10 years ago
Sure, hit him. And take the situation from the realm of hypothesis.
watmiwori about 10 years ago
The catch is, you DON’T know, but as life is invariably fatal anyway, you might as well go for broke. If you don’t and itisn’t, you’ll always regret the lost opportunity. If you do andit is, at least you’ll go out with a bang.
bluskies about 10 years ago
Always good to think the concept through to completion BEFORE you leap on it. Hypothetical concepts tend to have real consequences.
unnormal about 10 years ago
You’re right Calvin. That was more of an existential statement than a hypothetical question.
RVLDeJung Premium Member about 10 years ago
Last row, second panel… what’s that white goggles shaped thing between Calvin’s eyes and his hair, please? That’s not how his forehead is drawn in any other panel in today’s strip.
sonoferu about 10 years ago
I noticed that too – it’s Hobbes’ thumb, a good grip on Calvin’s head. Calvin – YOU get a grip!
rentier about 10 years ago
Where is Susi?
GROG Premium Member about 10 years ago
That would be a very effective form of parenting.
ladykat about 10 years ago
Life will kill you no matter what you do.
ajnotales about 10 years ago
I became a psychologist so that I might understand how that boy’s mind worked. Watterson? Freud couldn’t figure HIM out!
thirdguy about 10 years ago
I wonder, could a boys’ stuffed toy tiger be convicted of murder?
Hobbes Premium Member about 10 years ago
Hobbes is being very forceful with Calvin, because he doesn’t want his hypothetical question to become watered-down.
Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right.— Robert AnthonyClick here: Peanuts (May 2, 1973)Click here: Frank and Earnest (August 20, 2012)Click here: Pearls Before Swine (January 17, 2009)Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (November 19, 1992)Zero-Gabriel about 10 years ago
@Calvin
Throw Hobbes in the Washing-machine and hit HIGH-SPEED Spin Wash on MAXIMUM…
Packratjohn Premium Member about 10 years ago
Calvin’s version of Schrödinger’s cat, or tiger in this case. Is Hobbes wet? Is Calvin still alive? We can’t possibly know until we peek through our fingers. So we think of Hobbes as both wet AND dry.
sonnygreen about 10 years ago
Could it be that Hobbes is Calvin’s tangible version of a conscience?
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 10 years ago
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
King_Shark about 10 years ago
Just say you were looking for Susie, Calvin. Hobbes won’t murder you if you say you were going to balloon Susie.
Number Three about 10 years ago
I want the 6th panel as my desktop background,
LOL xxx
JLG Premium Member about 10 years ago
Always loved this one.
ACTIVIST1234 about 10 years ago
Go find Suzy. A water balloon is a terrible thing to waste.
Susie Derkins D: about 10 years ago
Glad he’s not pulling any of this on me.
platechick about 10 years ago
hahaha. Did anybody else see the episode of ‘Shark Tank’ where the guy invented the water balloon filler that actually does a bunch at the same time and seals them up? It was great!
flowergirl19 about 10 years ago
Poor Calvin, he’s really scared. Best to keep Susie (or Mom) as his targets.
ChappellGirl5 about 10 years ago
Calvin is a lot of things, but a good liar isn’t one of them. “Yeah, Hobbes, I was waiting to cream Suzy with this water balloon, wanna help?” How difficult was that to come up with?
Michelle Morris about 10 years ago
Since when does Calvin back down from a dare from Hobbes?
katzenbooks45 about 10 years ago
YOLO, Calvin. Go for it!
CalvinObvious about 10 years ago
Calvin and his pet tiger Hobbes are playing outside. Calvin thinks it would be fun to add water to their outdoors playing. Hobbes disagrees. Calvin throws a lawn dart at Uncle Max
DelWatts over 8 years ago
That’s Tigers for you both cunning and philosophical
An Average Comic Reader about 2 years ago
amogus