Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 01, 2023

He’s six year old Hemingway!

I agree with what Calvin says about Tyrannosaurs. Anyone else?

Another instance where the brain machine would’ve come in handy.

All of that genius . . . wasted!

I like it. Give extra points for being succinct.

Where’s the artwork??? Isn’t there one with them in F-14s?

Well, it’s probably more than any other first-grader could do.

That took a half an hour to write??!!

Should have got Hobbes to help write it……

He failed to elaborate on the subject.

You really want me to expound?

There is a very weird movie called “Some Like It Rare”. I can’t say what it is about in here.

When my son was learning to write, he decided to write a fairy tale. He wrote, “A little girl lived with her grandfather. She went into the woods and never came back.”

I’m always amazed at his vocabulary.

Also, they perform poorly at “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.”

Just as concise as he is defensive!

Cal’s grade will be as concise . . . F

AUGH!! You’re a bigger blockhead than Charlie Brown! What happen, Calvin? You were well on your way to an A!

Actually, it shows more depth than things that some college professors write these days…

Unfortunately, the truth is sometimes uncool

Short, sweet, and to the point.

Succinct. I like that.

Concise but said with such aplomb, very inspiring. Okay, maybe too concise but the aplomb part is still true.

29 words, counting the title and “the end”. Funny? yeah, i guess so.

Some years ago I heard a lecture on my car radio (PBS I think) from a renowned paleontologist who stated that T. Rex couldn’t be a predator because predators have strong grasping forelimbs. The first thing I thought of were the crocodilians. Now class, tell me some others…

Calvin’s three best qualities are conciseness.

Looks like another parent teacher conference is in the offing…

Anne Elk’s Theory on Brontosauruses

“My theory by A. Elk. Brackets Miss, brackets. This theory goes as follows and begins now. All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle and then thin again at the far end. That is my theory,it is mine, and belongs to me and I own it, and what it is too.”

The argumentative part is there. But a little thin on the facts, Calvin.

I wouldn’t even give Calvin E for effort. Pitiful!

I have a kiddo just like him. LOL. REALLY concise writer, which cheesed off his Social Studies teacher. :P

Sure bet the teacher is looking at Calvin as dead meat!

Actually, it’s hard to write shorter works because you have to be more selective with what you choose to include. Mark Twain once apologized to a friend for sending a lengthy letter, saying “If I’d had more time, I would have written a shorter one.”

However, I Calvin’s case, this doesn’t apply. He only wrote an opinion, devoid of any facts.

The report was supposed to be 5 pages, double spaced

His paper shifts the perspective of the conflict from the mere physical to the question of the observer. Is the observer comfortable with the view being bogus?

Mainstream philosophy argues we should accept the historical view rather than taking a broader perspective. Pure genius! The mainstream is supported by stodgy academics who have never seen a Tyrannosaurus in real life, yet they argue it is because there are none. Hah! The argument bifurcates (we hoity toity academic guys like that word) into “vetted physical evidence” versus “metaphorical persuasion” as expressed in the works of Rodion Raskolnikov (look it up if not familiar with him). Now I should take my medications.

Can’t wait to see Calvin’s expression when he get his grade…. plus his rationale to why when he blames it on Mom for sending him to bed on time.

Back in high school I recall mooning over a gal before I dated her. Does that make me a pre-dator?

I’d give it an F+

That’s all he wrote in 30 minutes – after all that research??

They call them that because they rex everything in sight.

Calvin does a great S. E. G.

Your teacher is a concise grader too.

I can see that taking him 15 minutes to write.

pure predators or scavengers are very rare, lions have been known to scavenge and hyenas have been seen hunting

Where do I get a think-o-meter like Calvins? And the cap also anti-bloviates!

When I was a kid, I had a clever idea for a school assignment. It was where you were to write sentences using the week’s vocabulary words. My idea was to have the sentences tell the story of a guy testing his new motorized shopping cart invention at a supermarket, but it went bad for him. My teacher gave me a bad grade as I didn’t understand the assignment fully, and I likely messed on grammar. Also, the teacher didn’t like my trying to tell a story. So I know where Calvin is coming from. Sort of

I was taught the length of report should be like a woman’s dress – short enough to be interesting, but long enough to cover the subject,,,

“would be so bogus if things were already dead”

I dunno… I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t enjoy a hamburger as much if the cow were still alive…