Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 23, 2016

I’m surprised Calvin’s parents allow him to hang out with Hobbes, with all trouble that causes.

What about the fishing?

Well, he wanted more exitement, he got it. But next time, go scuba diving.

Enough happened now!!

Well, Hobbes always comes through for his pal, but it’s not always what one might hope for! Still, if I had him, I wouldn’t want to lose that warm fur ball!

Beware of what you wish for, Calvin. What you wish for is often not, in the end, what you wanted.

And Hobbes: You are a thoughtful friend who injects necessary excitement into Calvin’s life. Everyone should have a best pal like you!

In my experience, sitting there doing nothing was the point of fishing! You had a perfect excuse to just sit, surrounded by nature. The people who took me fishing often forgot to even bait their hooks. Only once do I remember actually getting any fish to take home. It was “they’re just not biting today, I guess.”

Fishing teaches patience, endurance. Qualities typically unheard of in kids with short attention spans.

Ah, what are friends for?

Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.

I had a book by Watterson once that talked about the development of his comic strip. He said that he changed Hobbes’ paws into more human looking hands, and did away with the pads on the paws. He used this strip to show how they looked before the change.

My short attention span wouldn’t let me fish without falling asleep. When my sister visits, she fishes while I go off for a hike, coming back several hours later to find she hasn’t moved.

Calvin is the bait

Full body-contact fishing,

Believe it or not, kid, there will come a day when you’ll appreciate sitting around with nothing happening.

Careful what you wish for….

That will scare the fish away.

Now Hobbes is going to have to fish Calvin out.

Gotta get the chum line started somehow I guess. Let the war begin!

I can think of several sports as boring as fishing like auto racing, golf and football. As an avid cyclist and (perhaps) rabid mountain biker I have to admit that mountain bike racing is the worst to watch. All you see is cyclists flashing by and maybe catching some air when the parts of the course that require slow power riding are the most challenging and thus most interesting to me. To each his own. I’ll probably catch grief for saying football is boring (I had more than enough war games when I was in the Army) so what the heck. I think baseball on tv is great.

I realized on a backpacking trip that the wonderful fresh caught mountain trout was not worth the boredom of trying to coax the fish onto the lure. .Now if someone else on the trip wants to catch a fish, I’m happy to help cook and eat it!

Haha that was great Hobbes!

Fishing can be very exciting at times…

I agree with Calvin. Fishing is the most boring sport in the world.

But I think Golf comes first.xxx

Is that Evelyn Waaughh or Alec Waaughh?

The comments here are just as good as the strip panels. Good job, folks!

Be careful what you wish for, little guy…

Ask and you shall receive.

LOL, Hobbes!!! Way to liven things up!

You might find it less boring if you didn’t mistake fishing for a sport.