Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 14, 2014

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    BE THIS GUY  about 10 years ago

    Show some guts, Boy. Hit him with the balloon and see what happens.

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    rshive  about 10 years ago

    Sure, hit him. And take the situation from the realm of hypothesis.

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    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.

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    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.

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    unnormal  about 10 years ago

    You’re right Calvin. That was more of an existential statement than a hypothetical question.

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    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.

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    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!

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    rentier  about 10 years ago

    Where is Susi?

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    GROG Premium Member about 10 years ago

    That would be a very effective form of parenting.

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    ladykat  about 10 years ago

    Life will kill you no matter what you do.

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    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!

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    thirdguy  about 10 years ago

    I wonder, could a boys’ stuffed toy tiger be convicted of murder?

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    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)
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    Zero-Gabriel  about 10 years ago

    @Calvin

    Throw Hobbes in the Washing-machine and hit HIGH-SPEED Spin Wash on MAXIMUM…

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    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.

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    sonnygreen  about 10 years ago

    Could it be that Hobbes is Calvin’s tangible version of a conscience?

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  about 10 years ago

    Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

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    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.

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    Number Three  about 10 years ago

    I want the 6th panel as my desktop background,

    LOL xxx

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    JLG Premium Member about 10 years ago

    Always loved this one.

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    ACTIVIST1234  about 10 years ago

    Go find Suzy. A water balloon is a terrible thing to waste.

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    Susie Derkins D:  about 10 years ago

    Glad he’s not pulling any of this on me.

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    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!

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    flowergirl19  about 10 years ago

    Poor Calvin, he’s really scared. Best to keep Susie (or Mom) as his targets.

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    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?

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    Michelle Morris  about 10 years ago

    Since when does Calvin back down from a dare from Hobbes?

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    katzenbooks45  about 10 years ago

    YOLO, Calvin. Go for it!

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    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

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    DelWatts  over 8 years ago

    That’s Tigers for you both cunning and philosophical

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    An Average Comic Reader  about 2 years ago

    amogus

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