Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 18, 2014
Transcript:
Calvin: "Calvin the hummingbird zips by with a loud whir!" Calvin: "Although small, he puts out tremendous energy. To hover, his wings beat hundreds of times each second!" Calvin: "What fuels this incredible metabolism? Concentrated sugar water! He drinks half his weight a day!" Calvin: "...Preferably loaded with caffeine" Mom: "Are you drinking more soda pop?!"
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
He wouldn’t be able to drink it if there wasn’t any in the refrigerator.
ORMouseworks over 10 years ago
Bad for the teeth, Calvin! =-O
SydneyCityTV over 10 years ago
Did those types of energy drinks even exist when C&H was last on the drawing board? I wouldn’t have thought so.
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
@SydneyCityTVNo, they didn’t. He is drinking an old-fashioned cola.
Olddog1 over 10 years ago
Probably Coke or Pepsi.
Hobbes Premium Member over 10 years ago
Mom is concerned about the upcoming energy crisis.Calvin needs to refuel, because it’s been awhile since breakfast:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (March 22, 1986)Click here: Thatababy (August 21, 2011)Click here: Thatababy (August 22, 2013)Click here: Peanuts (February 21, 1958)Click here: Peanuts (January 16, 1955)Click here: Zits (November 25, 2006)
rshive over 10 years ago
If memory serves, one used to see energy drink ads in the back of comic books. Along with punks kicking sand on a would-be Charles Atlas.
Hobbes Premium Member over 10 years ago
@Nun’Ya Bidness: Did you see the baby up on the ceiling fan?
Ermine Notyours over 10 years ago
My biology teacher said (among other questionable things) that Alka-Seltzer makes seagulls explode. I imagine carbonated beverages wouldn’t be good for hummingbirds.
neverenoughgold over 10 years ago
Could be Mountain Dew. It’s been around for a long time, and has a lot of caffeine. More calories than Coke and contains orange juice..Why, a Twinkie washed down with a Dew is almost a perfect meal!.Well, almost…
JanLC over 10 years ago
Every once in a while, I am so very impressed with Watterson’s talent as an artist. That hummingbird is exquisite!
klunker rider over 10 years ago
Mountain Dew or Jolt
Number Three over 10 years ago
No he’s drinking apple juice.
Honest.
xxx
MysteryCat over 10 years ago
Lucy could use some of those chocolate frosted sugar bombs to enable her to keep her fussing up to standard.
InuYugiHakusho over 10 years ago
Yeah, that’s what Calvin needs: More energy.
kwanza_30303 over 10 years ago
Wikipedia says that even the smallest hummingbirds max out at 100 beats per second—Calvin is faster!
rphbeta over 10 years ago
Hummingbirds don’t whir, loudly or otherwise. Their wings beat so fast that the frequency of the sound produced is too high for human hearing.
Susie Derkins D: over 10 years ago
This is how you get fat.