My favorite chewing gum as a kid was Thrills and as Calvin explained when it started to lose it’s flavour I would just pop in another piece until my mouth was over full or I ran out of pieces.
Hah! You should see me when a caramel pulls my dentures loose. Children who see that need intensive therapy, but they suddenly develop incredibly good dental hygiene habits.
(NOTICE!This comment is purely fictitious. No children, teeth, dentists, nor sticky candies were harmed in the posting of this comment. Thank you.)
I’ve had trouble with gut discomfort because of the sugar-alcohols in the gum. That and the fact I was disgusted at seeing what I looked like while chewing made me stop using gum.
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
That’s because grownups have to pay dental bills.
Charles Barr Premium Member over 2 years ago
Calvin will when he grows up.
codycab over 2 years ago
Calvin’s about to get to the point where he can use gum as a weapon, somehow.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 2 years ago
Add a sip of mint juice.
C over 2 years ago
Perspective is great
eastern.woods.metal over 2 years ago
I’ll bet you’re a real hit with the ladies
SunshineDaydream over 2 years ago
Finally the answer to what happens when you leave your chewing gum on the bedpost overnight…
Algolei I over 2 years ago
I’m a growed-up and I still do this. Just never in public.
Scorpio Premium Member over 2 years ago
You do Calvin, just not that many of them do that.
BigDaveGlass over 2 years ago
Hobbes expression………
VegaAlopex over 2 years ago
Has Calvin heard Lonnie Donegan’s song from 1961? It might give him some suggestion where to leave the gum overnight.
Calvinist1966 over 2 years ago
This was the start of a week of chewing gum-themed strips.
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
There is an early Tom & Jerry cartoon, where Tom tricks Jerry into chewing a huge (for him) wad of gum, causing the same problem Calvin has.
Jerry ended up blowing an enormous bubble that exploded.
The film was called “The Bodyguard”.
MayCauseBurns over 2 years ago
Mmmm, big soggy socks….
Who, me? over 2 years ago
Start chewing with two or three sticks new gum. Now that’s pleasure.
orinoco womble over 2 years ago
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost over night? When your mother says don’t chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Prey over 2 years ago
He´s never seen a drunk eating a kebab at 2:30 in the morning!
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 2 years ago
My favorite chewing gum as a kid was Thrills and as Calvin explained when it started to lose it’s flavour I would just pop in another piece until my mouth was over full or I ran out of pieces.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 2 years ago
Add some potato chips for added visual grossness.
jagedlo over 2 years ago
And there’s a reason for that, Calvin!
gokarDun over 2 years ago
Sit in the dugout of a pro baseball game, gum stuffed mouths abound.
JB10000Lakes over 2 years ago
Full sticks of $0.05 Bub’s Daddy as a kid
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member over 2 years ago
That’s becauze grown-ups are too busy… uh… Never mind, I can’t find a way to finish that sentence that’s appropriate for six-year-olds.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
I find orifices less amusing than some but still very entertaining. I loved the movie Orifice Space.
Randallw over 2 years ago
I have an extreme aversion to the idea of chewing gum. I actually have nightmares from time to time where I get gum stuck in my teeth.
AlienHillbilly over 2 years ago
Saw a grownup do that once – it was in a bar after 6 whiskies!
Will_Scarlet over 2 years ago
“Dear friends, we surely all agree
There’s almost nothing worse to see
Than some repulsive little bum
Who’s always chewing chewing gum.
(It’s very near as bad as those
Who sit around and pick the nose).
So please believe us when we say
That chewing gum will never pay;
This sticky habit’s bound to send
The chewer to a sticky end." – Roald Dahl
Bookworm over 2 years ago
Hah! You should see me when a caramel pulls my dentures loose. Children who see that need intensive therapy, but they suddenly develop incredibly good dental hygiene habits.
(NOTICE! This comment is purely fictitious. No children, teeth, dentists, nor sticky candies were harmed in the posting of this comment. Thank you.)
gantech over 2 years ago
I’ve heard some grownups talk that way without the gum.
John Leonard Premium Member over 2 years ago
Lost its flavor? Did he leave it on the bedpost overnight?
wiley207 over 2 years ago
Love Hobbes’s face in the last panel! It just say “Gross-o!”
goboboyd over 2 years ago
Though some grown ups sound like they do. Spitting doesn’t help.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
Some do, with chewing tobacco. Godawful
mindjob over 2 years ago
To add to the drool, he will walk hunched over, dragging his foot, and exclaiming “sanctuary”
g04922 over 2 years ago
Hobbs can have unusual thoughts at times.
robhanold over 2 years ago
Adults succumb to peer pressure; Calvin does not.
bloodykate over 2 years ago
LOL!!
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 2 years ago
That’s why I don’t chew gum
kab2rb over 2 years ago
I stopped chewing gum 45 or more years ago, to me looks like people as cows chewing.
David Rickard Premium Member over 2 years ago
Your chewing gum lost its flavor? Well, that’s what you get for leaving it on your bedpost overnight, Calvin.
Bilan over 2 years ago
It also makes spit wads more challenging.
spaced man spliff over 2 years ago
In the Bazooka v Dubble Bubble debate, which side were you on? (I was a Dubble Bubble kid m’self.)
Chris Sherlock over 2 years ago
First psnel: Does Calvin put his hum on the bedpost overnight
chromosome Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’ve had trouble with gut discomfort because of the sugar-alcohols in the gum. That and the fact I was disgusted at seeing what I looked like while chewing made me stop using gum.
Lightpainter over 2 years ago
There used to be a pack of gum that was the size of a deck of cards. We could get most of it in our mouth when we were kids. I can relate, Calvin.
kozmikgal over 2 years ago
Calvin grew up to be a woman who worked for me. For Secret Santa, I gave her a yard of bubble gum.
Dragongirl55 about 2 years ago
“Romance is like gum. When it loses its flavor, just cram another one in there!” -Mabel Pines
Cade 6 months ago
Why is Hobbes doing an ahegao