“Freight train, freight train, going so fast
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
Please don’t tell what train I’m on
So they won’t know where I’ve gone”
Hello Lonewolf. Really love your Birdbrain comic.. must look them up. Thanks.
ShritailSlim- recently moved from 29907 to 32803
Puddlegum - one of my favorite oldies.
Maybe C&H shouldn’t take the freight train. Those big toughies may try to take their bubbles and yo-yo. Or, maybe that is the place to trade for a harmonica and some lessons in mournful tunes.
Calvin said, “It’s curtains”, because he is responsible, being irresponsible, for the car being ‘draped’ over the ravine. When Calvin is caught, he will get the ‘rod’ of discipline.
Hobbes, you’re already taking Calvin with you; you don’t need another yoyo. “I’ve got the world on a string.” NOT!
“You may not be an angel
cause angels are so few
But until the day that one comes along
I’ll string along with you.”
fran650,
The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group version of “Freight Train”
with Nancy Whiskey on the vocal (1957) was a favorite of mine, (too).
It’s available on Youtube.
65698 home 65711 work zips, Slim. Catch an empty coal train in either of these zips and go to 82001 and points north. Catch a full coal train and go to Virginia.
bleeep, I didn’t mean that the way it sound, what I meant was I didn’t know it was still being published. I remember it from when I was a kid so I thought…
I used to know all about hopping frieghts when I was young. Got started before they went to diesel emgines.When I was17, I rode them all tha way from Colton, California to Meridian Mississippi. Great fun back in the late 40s!
Calvin said, “It’s curtains”, because he is responsible, being irresponsible, for the car being ‘draped’ over the ravine. When Calvin is caught, he will get the ‘rod’ of discipline.
Are you saying that Calvin had better plan to become a Venetian? That his parents might string him up when they catch him? Love may be blind, but parents usually are not, so Calvin better not shade the truth.
“First thing I remember knowin’
was a lonesome whistle blowin’
and a younggun’s dream of growin’ up to ride…
on a freight train leavin’ town,
not knowin’ where I’m bound,
and no one could steer me right
but momma
beat my butt when she found I put her can in a ditch!”
SANG it Calvin!
I’d have to say the bubbles for me. I was never very good at the yo-yo. I’m always looking now when I go to the store for another different kind of manual bubble blower to bring home for my 3 1/2 granddaughter to try out. This year and the last its become almost a nightly event. There’s plenty of giggles to go around especially that there’s enough sets for everyone now.
I’ve got all three numbers down but,it’s the live-in ones I”m after. Seeing how many states I can get. Don/t hold out much hope on Hawai’i. And Thank You.
jrcarter53
I npw have 18 zip codes, Actually 17, got the name and state but not the zip on one,,,,,,yet. And Thank You, Too.
rumplesnitz said:
“Shirttail Slim is my new hero!”
Is this “New Hero” because of my frieght-train riding, or the poetry over on Brenda Starr?
Is that you playing the suitar? I do that a bit myself.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Indeed, Hobbes, indeed!
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Hi, marg! I see you’re getting in early here, there and everywhere, comme d’habitude! :)
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
TAXI!
Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠
margueritem over 14 years ago
Hi, Johanan and Grog. Johanan, so many comics, so little time!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Run little buddies run!
Good Morning, Mike, Marg, Fran & Grog!
artybee over 14 years ago
Lord, you guys stay up late. What is this, the Before-Breakfast Club?
00andy over 14 years ago
I’d have taken the bubbles… now hurry away
Roger Smith over 14 years ago
Morning all! I notice artybee that you too are up. You must be part of us.
PetrusS over 14 years ago
Nothing wrong with a good comic before breakfast ;)
mike.firesmith over 14 years ago
Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog! RUN CALVIN RUN!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn’t this the one where he is actually arrested?
moronbis over 14 years ago
Soon Calvin will be an outlaw.
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
Mom didn’t know she birthed a living disaster. :-))
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
I have decided to expand my search. I collect zip codes,and I am doing it here on gocomics. Want to see how many states I can get?
I.ve gotten 15 so far over at Brenda Starr. And I see three of them here today/tonight.
Roger Smith over 14 years ago
Reminds me of me. Slim Check “Arlo and Janis”.
Yukoner over 14 years ago
Hope you remembered to pack some tuna.
rentier over 14 years ago
Comic AFTER breakfast!
DeepHappy over 14 years ago
Not early in Japan at all…
Herocoder over 14 years ago
Wonder .. why if at all Calvin was so afraid of his mom .. never stopped being naughty .. :-O ..
pintcape over 14 years ago
run calvin,run.
Commentator over 14 years ago
And they’re off…..
behome09 over 14 years ago
Well at least he packed some sandwiches - some kids wouldn’t even think about it.
rshive over 14 years ago
No freight trains on your street Calvin. Only ditches waiting to trap errant cars. .
cats32 over 14 years ago
yeah behome09 when i ran away i forgot to take ANYTHING(but my clothes).
zev.farkas over 14 years ago
Calvin, you just narrowly escaped killing yourself with the family car, and now you want to mess with freight trains?
txmystic over 14 years ago
Hobbes knows that the tough decisions require delicate consideration and cannot be rushed…
musicnut1986 over 14 years ago
Andy, I would have taken the yo-yo, it would have lasted longer. That is as long as the string didn’t break.
Puddleglum2 over 14 years ago
“Freight train, freight train, going so fast Freight train, freight train, going so fast Please don’t tell what train I’m on So they won’t know where I’ve gone”
fran650 over 14 years ago
’ morning Mike and Loki.
Hello Lonewolf. Really love your Birdbrain comic.. must look them up. Thanks.
ShritailSlim- recently moved from 29907 to 32803
Puddlegum - one of my favorite oldies.
Maybe C&H shouldn’t take the freight train. Those big toughies may try to take their bubbles and yo-yo. Or, maybe that is the place to trade for a harmonica and some lessons in mournful tunes.
david5992 over 14 years ago
Riding on the City of Milwaukee… …Illinois Central, monday morning rail…
rotts over 14 years ago
Spammerflaggen!
Puddleglum2 over 14 years ago
Calvin said, “It’s curtains”, because he is responsible, being irresponsible, for the car being ‘draped’ over the ravine. When Calvin is caught, he will get the ‘rod’ of discipline.
josh_bisbee over 14 years ago
I would have taken both.
Also, it’s been theorized that they live in Ohio, but never confirmed. If they do, they’ll never make it to Canada or Mexico.
Puddleglum2 over 14 years ago
Hobbes, you’re already taking Calvin with you; you don’t need another yoyo. “I’ve got the world on a string.” NOT! “You may not be an angel cause angels are so few But until the day that one comes along I’ll string along with you.”
MontanaLady over 14 years ago
Maybe Spaceman Spiff will come to the rescue, and C & H will wake up from a terrible dream???
George Arnold over 14 years ago
To repeat: Run Calvin Run, Faster!
Puddleglum2 over 14 years ago
fran650, The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group version of “Freight Train” with Nancy Whiskey on the vocal (1957) was a favorite of mine, (too). It’s available on Youtube.
glueru over 14 years ago
Spiffs in another galaxie now, But if you’d care to leave a message….
I think this is more of a job for STUPENDOUSMAN.
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
65698 home 65711 work zips, Slim. Catch an empty coal train in either of these zips and go to 82001 and points north. Catch a full coal train and go to Virginia.
chinook2 over 14 years ago
You THINK mom was getting suspicious?
ratlum over 14 years ago
Where is a freight train when you need one? Oh how many times when I was a youth did that come to my thoughts.
mike.firesmith over 14 years ago
There are people who still read Brenda Starr?
mike.firesmith over 14 years ago
bleeep, I didn’t mean that the way it sound, what I meant was I didn’t know it was still being published. I remember it from when I was a kid so I thought…
You know what? I’ll just stop now, okay?
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
Yukoneric………fran650
Thank you, very much. Goy your number! :-))
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
I used to know all about hopping frieghts when I was young. Got started before they went to diesel emgines.When I was17, I rode them all tha way from Colton, California to Meridian Mississippi. Great fun back in the late 40s!
musicnut1986 over 14 years ago
Puddleglum2 said, several time zones ago
“…for the car being ‘draped’ over the ravine.”
That brings to mind an image similar to Dali’s melted clocks.
bmonk over 14 years ago
Puddleglum2 said, about 3 puns ago
Calvin said, “It’s curtains”, because he is responsible, being irresponsible, for the car being ‘draped’ over the ravine. When Calvin is caught, he will get the ‘rod’ of discipline.
Are you saying that Calvin had better plan to become a Venetian? That his parents might string him up when they catch him? Love may be blind, but parents usually are not, so Calvin better not shade the truth.
kamran2002 over 14 years ago
i miss c and h whatever happened to bill
Gretchen's Mom over 14 years ago
If you’ve got your best friend in the whole world with you, then what more could you possibly need?
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
The poor child is too young to be running away from home! ~Legs are too short.
coffeeturtle over 14 years ago
definitely the yo-yo!
jrcarter53 over 14 years ago
Why was he moving the car again? Got caught up in the wreck and can’t remember what started it?
simestache over 14 years ago
runaway train on a one way track…
Mythreesons over 14 years ago
SLIM: I live in 73703, church and shopping in 73701, and the post office is 73702. That will fill in three blanks in one city of 45,000.
jrcarter53 over 14 years ago
Slim I am in 76137. How many do you have now?
cynthia_hobbes over 14 years ago
I would have taken the yo-yo. Go Calvin….run faster….
rumplesnitz over 14 years ago
Shirtail Slim is my new hero!
“First thing I remember knowin’ was a lonesome whistle blowin’ and a younggun’s dream of growin’ up to ride… on a freight train leavin’ town, not knowin’ where I’m bound, and no one could steer me right but momma beat my butt when she found I put her can in a ditch!” SANG it Calvin!
Sylvannis over 14 years ago
RUN CALVIN, RUN!!!!!
deepfrieddrippingrag over 14 years ago
Gretchen’s Mom, You are absolutely right.
I don’t recomend hitching a ride on a freight train because you can starve to death on it.
kamran2002 over 14 years ago
hobbes sure is his buddy ps he shouldnt run away hes to young
Dino-1 over 14 years ago
I’d have to say the bubbles for me. I was never very good at the yo-yo. I’m always looking now when I go to the store for another different kind of manual bubble blower to bring home for my 3 1/2 granddaughter to try out. This year and the last its become almost a nightly event. There’s plenty of giggles to go around especially that there’s enough sets for everyone now.
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
Mythreesons:
I’ve got all three numbers down but,it’s the live-in ones I”m after. Seeing how many states I can get. Don/t hold out much hope on Hawai’i. And Thank You.
jrcarter53
I npw have 18 zip codes, Actually 17, got the name and state but not the zip on one,,,,,,yet. And Thank You, Too.
rumplesnitz said:
“Shirttail Slim is my new hero!”
Is this “New Hero” because of my frieght-train riding, or the poetry over on Brenda Starr?
Is that you playing the suitar? I do that a bit myself.
khpage over 14 years ago
The car is trashed and the kid is missing - Calvin’s mother is going to need medical attention pronto…
lin4869 over 14 years ago
@Shirtail Slim–45107 here.
glitterygal07 over 14 years ago
I thought that Hobbes would have a swimsuit magazine.
Rockingwoman over 14 years ago
You can run but you can’t hide! Mom will find you Calvin.
Colonialgirl over 14 years ago
33543 is the zip here, Calvin’s one of my favorites along with Hobbes of course.
wrmswt over 14 years ago
55929, exit #229, yo-yo all the way
The Wilting Daffodil almost 4 years ago
still, hilarious…this was my day of birth.