Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 20, 2009

So…can we go out for hamburgers tonight?

Be careful calvin, Mom knows where the poisons are kept

Calvin likes going out for meals!

It is amazing how good Watterson is at capturing childhood.

be careful what you say calvin- mom may make you sit at the dinner table until you finish all your food , even the brussel sprouts

Cruisin’ for a bruisin’

If there’s one thing I learned over the years is that you should never insult moms cooking.

A note to all you fellow comic readers. I shall be out of town for awhile. I am going on a camping trip and will see you all when I get back. LONG LIVE CALVIN AND HOBBES.

rembr that Rosalyn the freek? “Doctor says to tie you to the table and feed a spoonful of castor oil”

LOLLLLLZZZ!

that castor oil stip: http://www.gocomics.com/featureitems/explore?page=1&tag=31098&tagname=castor

poor calvin there :(

Rosalyn, I’ll kill you dammit! KEEP OFF CALVIN!!

I think the vegie of the night will now be lima beans…

Is that a knife in Moms hand?

It’s probably the dreaded liver and spinach!

Ooh, looks like Mom will be serving up Calvin something extra special.

Sounds like my 11-year-old daughter. She hates 90% of what I make for dinner.

I bet we all went thru this phase; then we grow up and think “Nobody can cook like Mom used to, how I long for her homemade_. Fill in the blank your self, for me it was home made and baked breads and cinnamin rolls.

It isn’t that bad what mom is fixing for diner, Cal. But we know you like bug butter sandwhiches even better.

Leonardeuler: Do you think that, if she actually made a bug butter sandwich, would Calvin really eat it? Hmmmm, he just might.

N7326F says:

Leonardeuler: Do you think that, if she actually made a bug butter sandwich, would Calvin really eat it? Hmmmm, he just might.

I used to maker bug butter sammiches as a kid - it was actually peanut butter with raisins i actually thought it was good

Reminds me of the one where they told him it was weird things like monkey brains. LOL He was interested then.

Tread lightly Calvin. Remember, she knows where you live!

On the other hand, Calvin will get to pick which rest home she will be put in, when she reaches her dotage.

wolfbyte36 says:

If there’s one thing I learned over the years is that you should never insult moms cooking

…especially when they are weilding a big sharp knife!

EMET says:

Apparently, Calvin is not a fan of manna casserole.

Good one EMET. Children seldom appreciate providence when they have it. ;)

Bald says:I used to maker bug butter sammiches as a kid - it was actually peanut butter with raisins i actually thought it was good.

Bald I’m sure it tatsed good (In fact, I think I’ll try it. It’s what it looked like that would gross people out. My mom made peanut butter and grape jam sandwiches for school. By the time it was lunch time, my sandwich was purple. Ugh! Tasted good though…I guess..

I thought my mom was a terrible cook while growing up. A half century later I’ve been lucky enough to sit at her table again. I was right all along. She’s a lousy cook.

Honest communication

as a picky eater, I know what Calvin means. But in some of the strips it is really hard to tell what mom prepared…. :-)

How did Calvin know while Mommy fixed the supper? I am sure we knew that Calvin hated liver, spinach, and brussel sprouts… what else?

Macushlalondra says: It’s probably the dreaded liver and spinach! Ooooohhh, I love liver and spinach. YUM! :-P

EMET says: Apparently, Calvin is not a fan of manna casserole. I never heard “manna casserole.” What does it look like?

Shikamoo MB says: My mom made peanut butter and grape jam sandwiches for school. By the time it was lunch time, my sandwich was purple. Ugh! Tasted good though…I guess..

I used to make peanut butter and jelly sandwich when I was kid and loved to eat it. But now I hate it because it tasted too much SWEET! :-p Ugh! I know it was good but it was too much sweet!

Cal’s ‘bout ta be wearin’ his din-din…..

If ya don’t like mom’s cook’in there’s a McDonalds down the street.

Think you stepped in it, Calvin!

Wildmustang: “manna” is food that God gave to the Israelites in the desert. They grumbled about it too. Just like human nature, true of us all sometimes. You can read the story in Exodus chapter 16 in the bible, if you have one.

Mum seems a little bit disappointed for Calvin does not appriciate enough her cooking!

Had to laugh at this one. My mom, God bless her,was a really bad cook. She openly admitted it was true. Many a night I’d cruise thru the kitchen and feel just like Calvin in this cartoon.

Ouch! As Kelso would say on “That 70’s Show”: “BURN!!!!!!!!!!”

But who can blame him? I never liked what my mom made for dinner when I was a kid either … especially when she made fried liver. YUCK!!!!!

Wildmustang, nobody knows exactly what manna was but based on information from the Bible and other historical writings manna resembled and tasted like large flakes of dried honey. All we really know is it provided for all of the nutriential needs of the Isrealites and each morning they gathered all they needed to sustain them for the day. And still the people complained. Free food from God. Go figure.

Ouch! as a child you can (and want to) eat you favourite food every day without growing weary of it… amazing

What was wrong with the old format? If its not broke, don’t fix it!

Thanks guys whoever describes what manna casserole looked like. Now I know what manna is. I am a duh! :-)

Fascinating, I know what it is now…

Im hungry!!!

I thought I open a wrong page, but, Calvin and Hobbes still here…. Alwayz dig changes, only if something still the same.

Wow! New Look! I like it

Today I am born

He knows she’s making something for dinner? Of course he does! He just doesn’t want to eat the gross food.