Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 16, 2014

Hobbes, then you know why Calvin can’t explain it.

Well maybe your grades could be a f.

Oh well, at least a “D” is better than a “F”…however, Calvin’s imagination rates an “A+” ;)

The low grade means his thinking is free of details so the explanation can be more inspired.

I got an A, but I forgot it again!

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

― Albert Einstein

Mrs. Wormwood is to be blamed for the D grade. How can a simple earthling comprehend Calvin’s mathematical genius?

Don’t try to explain time travel. It’ll just ruin all those stories, Star Treks, etc.

Danae is time traveling today, too. It’d be great if she and Calvin actually met in prehistoric times.

It depends on what your definition of math is

Click here: Reality Check (August 23, 2011)Today’s Calvin and Hobbes is from 1990. Here is a Red and Rover strip from 2011 that may have been inspired by Calvin and Hobbes. On the other hand, Red and Rover is set in the 1960s, so perhaps it inspired Calvin and Hobbes. On the other hand, today Calvin and Hobbes are traveling back before the 1960s, so perhaps they inspired Red and Rover.Click here: Red and Rover (April 14, 2013)On the other hand, here is a Red and Rover strip that is timeless:Click here: Red and Rover (August 29, 2009)

In the Red and Rover astronaut strip above, notice how Brian Basset modifies the shapes and sizes of the panels while working within the constraints of the space that he is allowed. This is like Bill Watterson’s later Calvin and Hobbes strips. Well, actually, Bill Watterson’s strips were earlier than Red and Rover. Even his later strips were earlier. So this is like Bill Watterson’s later earlier Calvin and Hobbes strips.Time can be a confusing thing, at times.

What didn’t he get a “D” in?

Simply put it’s just like driving to grandma’s house.

Wonder if they’ll run into Danae and Jeff from Non Sequitur in their travels.

Prove it!

While they’re traveling, they’re outside the space-time continuum… or something.

Maths is something to avoid at all costs.

xxx

I added it on to my comics page, it’s just adorable. I too am 56 and I (used to) have red hair and luckily I did have a dog who was my very first baby!

I looked on Amazon for vortex goggles but they didn’t have them. Anybody know where I can get me a pair?

“I abhor Summers.”

Oh, you and me both. I’m born and raised in Southern California and detest the heat too. I lived in Houston for two years, so I know about that, and at least we don’t have that humidity here. I love our winter and springtime here. Winters are a refreshing 40s and 50ish if we’re lucky and spring is usually nice and cool, at least it has been for the last few years.

I’d be happy to just go back to the ‘50s; i.e., 1950s..Life seemed so much simpler then; no cell phones, no internet (Al Gore hadn’t invented it yet (hee-hee), pinball machines were actually mechanical, the only Chinese products were those tiny cocktail umbrellas, etc, etc, etc…

Another day where I have not used algebra.

Calvin got a “D” in math!

“I DID get a ‘D’ so trying to explain this to you would be useless!”

Hobbes, EINSTEIN failed math too, but he also made history too.

How does not love this guys? one with an great heart, other with great imagination, but who is who?

@neverenoughgoldHere is what Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, the “co-fathers” of the internet had to say about Al Gore’s contribution:-Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development.

No one person or even small group of persons exclusively “invented” the Internet. It is the result of many years of ongoing collaboration among people in government and the university community. But as the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore’s contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time.

Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role. He said: “During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” We don’t think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he “invented” the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore’s initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it is timely to offer our perspective. Read more at

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp#7udjY8sSYIM4EFwY.99-Oh, when you get back to the 1950s, will you make fun of Eisenhower for inventing the interstate highway?

@joecool2013

“Hobbes, EINSTEIN failed math too, but he also made history too.”

Einstein did not fail math, he excelled at math. According to the following article, Einstein said in response to that allegation, “I never failed in mathematics. Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus.”

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/12/albert-einstein-did-not-fail-at-mathematics-in-school/

@Ben Jammin: It all depends on which way you are facing as you travel. If you are facing backwards, you can at least go back to the future.

The D is why it would take him along time to explain it…