Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 11, 2009

Mom certainly doesn’t know about Hobbes.

Keep Hobbes safe, Calvin. It would break your heart if anything happened to him.

You are a genius, Hobbes

Hobbes looks like a paratrooper.

And Hobbes will end up clean - for a while!

Mom doesn’t know much about tigers - they actually swim very well and hunt their prey in lakes in India. Thank goodness for National Geographic!

There are lions that hunt in swamps too, according to the same source. They can swim well at need, although *NG* claims that all cats have an instinctive fear of water and that these lions must overcome it in order to hunt their prey, water buffalo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94-sLkZKOYg

Soggy tiger and no spin-drier, I hope it’s hot ;)

With this suit on Hobbes certainly will be a good swimmer!

Once that moldy smell gets in you can never get rid of it. Good luck with that Mom!

Wow, Hobbes looks like a WW2 aviator!

A boy with a mind!!

Well done Calvin

Oh Tigers swim fine- they retain water pretty well too.

It will take all day to dry off.

That’s all mom and dad need a smelly tiger in the tent…

Sometimes, C & H are both all wet! I hope Calvin never gets smelly!

Calvin always listens to his mom. Last on in…

“We just want to avoid an argument”? All right, who are you, and what have you done with Calvin???

An argument might liven things up around there. How much longer is this camping trip gonna last?

He’s gonna be awful heavy to carry back!

I have to agree with Destiny23–since when does Calvin avoid an argument?

At least Mom doesn’t try to convince Calvin that Hobbs IS a toy tiger. And by not continuing the conversation, Calvin has not been told “no, you can’t take Hobbs into the water, even in a life preserver.” He didn’t hear that, so he can claim he wasn’t disobeying.

哈哈哈哈哈hahhahahao(∩_∩)o…

i have … brocitis

Well, at least Calvin is actually listening to what Mom is saying in the third panel, and reflectling on her words thoughtfully.

Hey are those shorts Mom’s wearing - or a skirt? Camping?

Stuffed animals are precious regardless of smell or swell.

Feel better soon!

Lol comicgirl, you type like you have bronchitis too, with the ‘n’ missing it sounds just like you have a stuffy nose (I hope that was intentional grins)

Get well soon :)

Tonsilitis and Broncitis. Good luck with that. Get well soon.

The skin of most cats cannot tolerate prolonged exposure to water. It cracks and bleeds. The breeds that like water tend to also have additional oil in their skin. In addition, small cold weather cats depend on their fluffy fur to stay alive. A wet cat in a cold climate is a dead cat. Tigers are large and live in a warm climate, and so have little reason to fear water.

I sense trouble.

hahaha! hobbes!

4deerinmyyard: Regarding your question yesterday about moving in with my in-laws … I don’t think they’d let you move in with them but my brother-in-law DOES have his house and about 35 or 40 acres it’s sitting on for sale!

Oh, sure. It sounds peaceful and quiet now but what would you do when you couldn’t get internet connection to post here on Calvin???!!! We’re talking SERIOUS boondocks, my friend!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.: I like your online name. While visiting the in-laws, we saw a momma deer and her 2 babies grazing in their back yard on more than one occasion. That part regarding our trip was very sweet to watch!

Hobbes is a stuffed tiger; Calvin’s father is a ‘stuffed shirt’.

Oops, new world records in swimming ? Poor Michael Phelps……

Sink, shrink and stink time.

Using spelling/poetic license, I could say Calvin and Hobbes are both “devious and mischievious” in this cartoon.

she should have told him the truth that Tigers don’t dry very well! :)

Tigers in Siberia live in cold and wet Calvin listens to Mom Look out Hobbes anything can happen now

Wet, smelly and hard time to dry up. They have to wait till they finish having their camping vacation and then go home and put Hobbes in washing machine to make it smell fresh and clean as a whistle. Good luck!

In the wild, tigers like to swim and cool off in the water. There’s a white Bengal Tiger at a zoo/wildlife park in the SF Bay area that actually swims under water.

at least calvin had hobbs put on a life vest, for safety sake

I guess Calvin has a ‘vested’ interest in keeping Hobbes safe.

@GretchensMom I love the sound of your inlaws place, the lack of a super market sounds absolute heaven to me, give me a mountain or two a few trees and a lake and I’ll happily give up the internet for life lol (tho’ I probably would purchase the complete unabridged works of Bill Watterson for my philosophical re-education)

Hobbes is a ‘stuffed’ tiger? Oh no my world is coming apart :(

Just so Hobbes doesn’t get lost in the water – uh oh!!

its really funny

Fun fact: actual tigers are excellent swimmers and enjoy water.

Hobbes is in the house now.