Kid, you need to not say anything unless asked. Answer the question, with a yes or no and nothing more. This will stand you in good stead for dating/marriage as well as questions from your kids/grandkids.
Some commentators have questioned a parent-teacher meeting just after school has resumed and some others have replied that it is a special one for Calvin’s problems. This has reminded me of the 1999 film “The Sixth Sense” in which Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sears remembers a time when he drew a picture of a man with a screwdriver through his head at school. Afterwards, he just drew pictures of rainbows. “They don’t call parent-teacher conferences over rainbows.”
“Calvin and Hobbes” can be seen as a comedy forerunner of “The Sixth Sense” especially for those who feel that Calvin, like Cole Sears, isn’t out of touch with reality but in contact with a reality which is closed to most of us.
One thing I’ve learned from TV sitcoms: always let the other person go first. Best example: The Honeymooners. Ralph plans to ask Alice to join him at the lodge convention — the only way he can get money from her for the trip. Alice, meanwhile, has decided to give Ralph the money without any conditions, because she appreciates how hard he works all year. Naturally when they come at each other with the “I’ve got a big surprise for you” speech, Ralph insists on going first. And of course he wants to kick himself — hard — when he realizes what he’s done.
BE THIS GUY about 4 years ago
Calvin, you have the right to remain silent.
Sugar Bombs 95 about 4 years ago
And here’s the first mention of the Noodle Incident…
chienetfou about 4 years ago
Kid, you need to not say anything unless asked. Answer the question, with a yes or no and nothing more. This will stand you in good stead for dating/marriage as well as questions from your kids/grandkids.
codycab about 4 years ago
That’s what they all say!
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 4 years ago
Calvin served mom a redde rationem day on a silver plate .
rekam Premium Member about 4 years ago
Calvin opens mouth wide, inserts foot.
jagedlo about 4 years ago
Just burying yourself deeper, huh, Calvin?
Potato Brain about 4 years ago
You Heard Nothing
whahoppened about 4 years ago
Yer not usin’ yer noodle, kid.
LeeCox about 4 years ago
Calvin reminds me of a certain recent newsmaker — I can’t quite put my finger on it, though!
BalognaVirus about 4 years ago
A blast from the past(a), so to speak.
Qiset about 4 years ago
A real problem. Choosing which diet!
Calvinist1966 about 4 years ago
Some commentators have questioned a parent-teacher meeting just after school has resumed and some others have replied that it is a special one for Calvin’s problems. This has reminded me of the 1999 film “The Sixth Sense” in which Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sears remembers a time when he drew a picture of a man with a screwdriver through his head at school. Afterwards, he just drew pictures of rainbows. “They don’t call parent-teacher conferences over rainbows.”
“Calvin and Hobbes” can be seen as a comedy forerunner of “The Sixth Sense” especially for those who feel that Calvin, like Cole Sears, isn’t out of touch with reality but in contact with a reality which is closed to most of us.
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
And Calvin’s motor-mouth runs a little too fast!
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
Always wait until you hear all of the charges before trying to mount your defense.
Comicgeek about 4 years ago
Guilty. Any objections?
DorothyGlenn Premium Member about 4 years ago
So Hamster Huey must have eaten excessive amounts of noodles and burst, thus Gooey Kablooie.
Alexander the Good Enough about 4 years ago
Are we entirely certain that Mom isn’t Bob Woodward in drag?
Jimvideo about 4 years ago
Sounds to me like Peter Strzok, John Brennan, James Comey, Christopher Steel, Andrew McCabe, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, et al.
MichaelHelwig about 4 years ago
Calvin, tell us the virus is not a threat.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 4 years ago
deny , pivot and blame, that seems to be the strategy
kab2rb about 4 years ago
Keep going Calvin more to confess.
ekw555 about 4 years ago
We must never speak of the Noodle Incident.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Hence, “the right to remain silent”.
raybarb44 about 4 years ago
You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to know that something is amiss…..
KEA about 4 years ago
One should never bring up one’s own transgressions.
PaulAbbott2 about 4 years ago
Strange that Miss Wormwood didn’t mention the Noodle Incident. It must have happened at school.
Earnestly Frank about 4 years ago
I vaguely remember a noodle incident that happened at our school. I never did find out what happened to that kid…
MoeyTehr about 4 years ago
Ah, yes, the Noodle Incident. My first storytelling lesson that less is more.
ZBicyclist Premium Member about 4 years ago
Whatever the “Noodle Incident” was, I’m sure it involved oodles of noodles.
I like the fact that Watterson never told us what it was.
platyfurmany about 4 years ago
Calvin cracks even before the interrogation begins.
DCBakerEsq about 4 years ago
“David is a pure joy to have in class.” 3rd Grade, Luther Burbank Elementary.
bloodykate about 4 years ago
I love this! : D
txmystic about 4 years ago
The noodle incident!!!
Stephen Gilberg about 4 years ago
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00125.htm
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Damn never knew Calvin was a millennial.
Doctor Go about 4 years ago
Today’s dialogue taken directly from Bob Woodward’s transcripts of the taped conversations.
Scoutmaster77 about 4 years ago
This sounds familiar…
paullp Premium Member about 4 years ago
One thing I’ve learned from TV sitcoms: always let the other person go first. Best example: The Honeymooners. Ralph plans to ask Alice to join him at the lodge convention — the only way he can get money from her for the trip. Alice, meanwhile, has decided to give Ralph the money without any conditions, because she appreciates how hard he works all year. Naturally when they come at each other with the “I’ve got a big surprise for you” speech, Ralph insists on going first. And of course he wants to kick himself — hard — when he realizes what he’s done.
“I’ve got a BIG mouth!”
hagarthehorrible about 4 years ago
After all it is apparent that his suitcase is for undergarment and socks! What about the stuffed tiger?
rgcviper about 4 years ago
Bring on the Noodle Incident! Fun stuff.
The Pro from Dover about 4 years ago
He sounds like Trump. I don’t take any responsibility, I didn’t do it, it’s not my fault.
{* Cj.løve.the.music *} about 4 years ago
That’s why you always have to let your parents finnish what there saying or else you might just reveal something you want to hide