Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 30, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  about 2 years ago

    You can’t be there 24/7.

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    leopardglily  about 2 years ago

    Aw… little guy paid for his fun. Worth it, though.

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    dadthedawg Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Splish splash, I was walking to school…..

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    codycab  about 2 years ago

    And even after all that, Calvin still doesn’t learn.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  about 2 years ago

    I guess rain is what it takes for Calvin to like going to school.

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 2 years ago

    Gesundheit, Calvin.

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    C  about 2 years ago

    Don’t let Mom dampen your spirits

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    4everbound2  about 2 years ago

    …good grief, ‘sigh’. I thought everyone knew you can’t catch a cold from being cold or wet…

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    orinoco womble  about 2 years ago

    Mom used to tell us we could play out in the rain “if it’s a warm rain.” I was grown before I realised no rain would ever be warm enough for her to let us do that.

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    Zykoic  about 2 years ago

    In the sixth grade my buddy and me, on those rare occasions of rain, would stand under a downspout during our walk to school and get soaked. The nuns took pity on us and got us dry clothes, hot chocolate and cinnamon toast. After a few times, they got wise and called our parents…

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    njchris  about 2 years ago

    I remember wearing heavy, rubbery, yellow rain gear

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    sandpiper  about 2 years ago

    Many decades past we kids tried to get to school dry, but then the problem became where to put the outerwear. Oh, and by the way. the burg was small and we walked to school, so there was always a good chance to get soaked on both trips.

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    Susan00100  about 2 years ago

    I’m reminded of a TV commercial for kids’ outerwear that depicted a mother literally pushing her son out the front door in all kinds of weather.

    The ad didn’t last long; I suppose that even with the kid wearing protective clothing and with the school bus just outside the door, most viewers could tell that woman was a b!

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    Susan00100  about 2 years ago

    Why didn’t the school call Mom and tell her that her son was sitting in class dripping wet??

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    Zebrastripes  about 2 years ago

    And there it is! Mom now knows he’ll probably get sick.

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    Wren Fahel  about 2 years ago

    Going, yes; attending…not so much.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Sometimes, we see that being free is its own reward. Of course, “reward” is a relative term.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Children’s hospitals are filling up with kids with RSV, a respiratory virus. Supposedly owing to them coming together again in school.

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    Daltongang Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Ah yes, the age old myth that playing in the rain will cause a cold.

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    Skippy the Magnificent  about 2 years ago

    I know it’s a comic and it’s very funny but getting wet and/or cold will not make you sick.

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    Will_Scarlet  about 2 years ago

    I was dancing…

    And singing…

    In the rain.

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    Norris66  about 2 years ago

    Elementary school we use to get cardboard and slide down the hill in the snow our pants were placed over the heat register too dry. They were dry by the time we started getting cold in out underwear. Heaven forbid they allowed that today. HaHa

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    johndifool  about 2 years ago

    All he needs now is a Spelunking Rock for all those puddles.

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    GoBlue  about 2 years ago

    Unfortunately, comic strips like this one will continue to feed the brains of those who think that just because you get wet/chilly that you’ll catch a cold. Viruses cause colds, not getting wet/chilly. Yes, getting wet/chilly could lower your resistance.. but you’d still have to be exposed to a cold virus to get sick.

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    SweetSinger  about 2 years ago

    I never understood why the hood was separate from the coat. Water always got down my neck and back and I got cold.

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    mountainclimber  about 2 years ago

    Such a panoply of colors.

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    Brent Rosenthal Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Wow what a nostalgic strip. I had totally forgotten about those yellow slickers we used to have to wear in elementary school. The reproduction of the hat is perfect

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    mindjob  about 2 years ago

    Time to break out the vitamin C

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    j.l.farmer  about 2 years ago

    I’m surprised his clothes weren’t dripping water all over the floor?

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    sobrown51  about 2 years ago

    His mom didn’t notice he was soaked when she removed his rain gear?

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    donwestonmysteries  about 2 years ago

    Who can resist a good mud puddle. Especially if someone is with you to splash on.

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    g04922  about 2 years ago

    Poor Mom….just think the trouble Calvin will be as a teen.

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    curtlyon19  about 2 years ago

    that’s so me

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    EnlilEnkiEa  about 2 years ago

    Squish, squish, squish…

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    snowedin, now known as Missy's mom  about 2 years ago

    You can’t catch a cold from being or getting cold.

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    wiley207  about 2 years ago

    Nice onomatopoeia for a sneeze there.

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    Slatsmagee I  about 2 years ago

    Serves ya right…

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    whelan_jj  about 2 years ago

    Today’s urban legend is that your body being cold does not leave you more susceptible to disease. Sorry folks, but running around in the ran CAN make you more likely to come down with a cold. The virus are everywhere you just need a slightly depressed immune system for them to take hold and cold can do that, so can excessive heat

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    namelocdet  about 2 years ago

    At first I thought Calvin’s Mom was sending him out to play in the rain, but he was going to school.

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    LunarRover  about 2 years ago

    This is why I love bill waterson, it’s not “achoo” it’s not “choo” it’s “WATCHOO” so descriptive.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  about 2 years ago

    You’re not fooling anyone, Calvin.

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    hagarthehorrible  about 2 years ago

    Love the mother and son duo. And Calvin sticks to his six year old avatar by having fun in thr rain.

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