Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 21, 2014
September 20, 2014
September 22, 2014
Transcript:
Calvin: "I got a goal!" Hobbes: "Ok, the score is oogy to boogy" Calvin: "I already HAD oogy!" Hobbes: "You just ran into the invisible sector! You have to cover your eyes now, because everything is invisible to you!" Calvin: "Invisible sector?? I didn't know we had an invisible sector! Where is it?" Hobbes: "You can't see it. It's invisible" Calvin: "How do I know when I went in it then?" Hobbes: "You can't see anything, right?" Calvin: "Ok, so how do I get out?" Hobbes: "Somebody bonks you with the calvinball! I get another point!" Calvin: "HEY! OW! WHY YOU....!" Calvin: "That was a rotten rule! I decree no more invisible sectors! ...In fact, I'll show YOU! YOU just ran into a vortex spot! You have to spin around until you fall down!" Hobbes: "Sorry. This vortex spot is in the boomerang zone, so the vortex returns to whoever calls it. YOU spin!" Calvin: "THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Hobbes: "You know the calvinball rules" Calvin: "Yeah, yeah. Anything we make up. Well, you'll pay for this" Calvin: "This game lends itself to certain abuses" Hobbes: "Guess how you get out of the boomerang zone!"
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BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
Does calvinball have a commissioner?
RH3 over 10 years ago
The only sport that isn’t terminally boring.
Miny Boy over 10 years ago
Nobody wins at Calvin Ball.
susan.e.a.c over 10 years ago
Wait, Hobbes, if the way to get out of the boomerang zone is to get hit in the head, that would mean you’d be the one getting conked.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 10 years ago
Or, everybody wins….
bluskies over 10 years ago
Hobbes can be more devious- and therefore far more dangerous- than your archenemy Moe. With Hobbes there is never a “DUH!” moment.
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 10 years ago
They should start Calvinball leagues. It would quickly become the most popular of organized sports. Oh, wait —
Hobbes Premium Member over 10 years ago
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.— Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (March 31, 1991)Click here: B.C. (October 19, 2013)Click here: Ziggy (July 8, 1993)Click here: Peanuts (June 28, 1953)Click here: Peanuts (May 29, 1951)mkd_1218 over 10 years ago
I marvel at the imagination!
emjaycee over 10 years ago
So would an anarchist enjoy playing Calvinball? If the only rule is “There are no rules, only made-up rules”, do that mean there are rules or are there no rules. Sorry, I have only decaf in the house today, so I cannot answer my own question. Kind of like my double-sided t-shirt: the front says: “The back of this shirt is true.”, whilst the back says, “The front of this shirt is lying.” Gah, my tiny brain is twisting in agony….
lindaf over 10 years ago
Someone once tried to describe cricket to me. I told them it sounded like upper-class Calvinball….
pshapley Premium Member over 10 years ago
The jump area is labeled. Isn’t that against the rules?
eisneun over 10 years ago
Everyone wins!
Hug O’ War by Shel Silverstein
I will not play at tug o’ war.I’d rather play at hug o’ war,Where everyone hugsInstead of tugs,Where everyone gigglesAnd rolls on the rug,Where everyone kisses,And everyone grins,And everyone cuddles,And everyone wins.
Aaron Saltzer over 10 years ago
“Calvinball”? It sounds more like “Tortureball” to me. Lol
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
I get it now!! Hobbes is Calvin’s CONSCIENCE! Who’d ‘a’ thought???
neverenoughgold over 10 years ago
Rule 1: I make all the rules!Rule 2: I always win!Rule 3: Never forget rules 1 & 2!
Susie Derkins D: over 10 years ago
Calvinball is mixed up of a bunch of sports.
rgcviper over 10 years ago
The eye masks are a nice touch. They give C&H quite a mysterious quality.
Hobbes Premium Member over 10 years ago
@rgcviper: The problem with the eye masks is that the readers may not recognize them.
MaxwellRen over 4 years ago
Calvin is crazy as