Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 21, 2022

Go inside and get a cup of hot cocoa.

Because you let it.

Hard to fight your inner thoughts, isn’t it?

Maybe Hobbes would be able to steer past the obstacles.

Today a kid would have to wear a helmet, be padded with pillows, and wear a life jacket. And the sled would have to have an air bag

The hill in the park I sledded in had a big rock and flag pole at the bottom. Mostly we missed it, But sometimes it got bloody and every few years we would lose someone.

It’s like when you feel the invisible hand of God pushing back from the edge of the cliff.

He’s gonna do it anyway.

You should listen to your stomach then. Or your heart.

Charles Darwin is on the edge of his seat…

Where’s Hobbes? Calvin could send him down for a test run.

He’s hearing voices now!!! The beginning of the end for the little tyke!!

It hasn’t occurred to Brain that if Calvin dies, the Brain will also die. I see Hobbes has taken a pass on this ride.

Hobbes is just out of the frame, ready for the push…..

Too bad more kids can’t think this way.

Better than a girlfriend texting you.

Today’s strip reminds me of the “Agnes” ones, where our anti-heroine balks at doing a high-dive into a public swimming pool.

Too bad Watterson didn’t use the classic “angel” and “imp” images to show Calvin’s opposing thoughts. It would be interesting to see what an “angelic” Calvin looked like, even as a complete figment of the imagination! :D

“Go ahead. You can do it.” ~ Sonny Bono

Brain would be more convincing if he didn’t mention all the dangers.

At least he’s on a steerable sled instead of the usual toboggan this time…

FLASH! Tune in tomorrow to see what may be the final episode of Calvin and Hobbes.

“Look before you leap,” is not in a 6-year-old’s lexicon.

Only a little bit. The rest of it is keeping you alive and waiting to see what happens.

What’s this? Thinking ahead about the dangers? Who is this child and what has he done with Calvin?

His brain has been trying to kill him for 6 years. It keeps getting closer & closer to succeeding.

Human condition; it just gets different as people get older.

“I can change him.” “The tax people will never find out.” “One more won’t kill me.” “Hold my beer.” “She’ll never find out.”

Sigh.

If my brain would’ve reasoned with me more at that age, I’d have less scars and phobias today.

It’s going to be a bumpy ride with a physics lesson to make it memorable.

8/10

“Brain and brain! What is brain???!!!”

Calvin is me; the sled is my BPD.

Its either this or go light fires with magnifying glasses

“It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves.” T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) commenting on human nature, Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Alternate realities can be daunting.

That is not your Brain, Calvin. Only the Heart wants what it wants and ignores all evidence and logic to the contrary.

Carry on Calvin! Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and don’t mess with Mr. In-Between. Danger isn’t your enemy, it’s your friend, (and besides, “careful” doesn’t make for good comics).

Yes, yes, go ahead, Calvin. Trust your brain… wait. Doesn’t Calvin always get in trouble when he listens to that great mind of his?… uh oh.

My mind’s got a mind of its own. Takes me out a-wanderin’ when I’d rather stay at home. Takes me out to parties when I’d rather be alone. My mind’s got a mind of its own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUv2DWWBIuY

Some young fellows went ice fishing on a frozen reservoir. They had a pickup truck and had a great time skidding around on the ice before deciding it was time to start fishing. It was then that they realized that the water in the reservoir had been lowered. Took the tool they used to make the hole quite awhile to make a splash. No wonder there was no one else fishing. It was a large reservoir and the truck owner said they could all drive back to shore, but amazingly his friends said no they would rather walk.

His brain is not the only one trying to kill him. Join the club.

Most of us don’t realize that until we’re in our 30s.

¿A reasonable brain that knows how to calculate risks or just an overly optimistic brain?

Nah, he got to go, it is in inter being!

My Brain has been after me for years too Calvin.

A perfect description of the toboggan run we used as kids.

No way. Doesn’t Calvin have a bad boy cousin?

The six year old is hallucinating. Where is the feline when he needs him most.

This is what we call “intrusive thoughts”.