Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 28, 2010

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    margueritem  almost 15 years ago

    Hobbes bailed on him this time!

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    Yukoner  almost 15 years ago

    Discretion is the better part of valour.

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    garfield246  almost 15 years ago

    Hobbes did the right thing, Calvin.

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    GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    So is Hobbes the one that said that “These things should come with air bags?” Why else would he say “I told you.”

    Good morning, Marg!

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    ejcapulet  almost 15 years ago

    Smart tiger.

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    carmy  almost 15 years ago

    Looks like it was a wild ride. Did you enjoy that, Calvin?

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    margueritem  almost 15 years ago

    ’ Morning, Grog!

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    Comic-Nut  almost 15 years ago

    Hobbes ain’t no sissy. He’s a smart tiger. He’s smart enough not to let the “stuffing” get knocked out of him. LOL

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    Dino-1  almost 15 years ago

    Looks like me when I was sledding with my cousin and neighbors. I borrowed a friend’s sled and it was alot quicker than mine. I whizzed down the huge hill and over several little hills picking up speed and flew up in the air and landed in the neighbor’s hedge. She saw me coming through her window and came out to unfurl me from the hedge and bring me in for first aid. I was pulling twigs out of my nose and face and the snow was white no more!

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    Bittermelon of Truth  almost 15 years ago

    Calvin seems to be a testosterone junkie, as evidenced by his tendency to seek dangerous sledding hills or get tackled by Hobbes.

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    lewisbower  almost 15 years ago

    And you were any different? Hmm!

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    rentier  almost 15 years ago

    Oh Hobbes! Did you let Calvin allone drop into sticks and thorns?

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    ronaldmundy  almost 15 years ago

    it ain’t braggin’ if you can do it.

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    mexdr1958  almost 15 years ago

    Now, who will have had the more fun?

    Calvin having the wildest, longest ride of his life (as evidenced by the 5 panels Hobbes is watching him with different degrees of pity), or Hobbes watching Calvin?

    I´ll bet Calvin did.

    I bet Calvin will do it again as soon as the sled is functional again, present injuries notwithstanding.

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    mexdr1958  almost 15 years ago

    Calvin reminds me of my wild infancy.

    By the age of twelve, I have had about 12 visits to the ER, ending up with stitches in 6 places of my head and face (Upper lip, covered with a mustache since age 18, one stitched place per visit only), one broken bone (right forearm), no surgeries, and a 3 day comma with a total of 14 days of hospitalization due to a bike accident.

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    mexdr1958  almost 15 years ago

    P.S. There was no snow in my town. If there had been, the tally would have been probably bigger…or I wouldn´t be here to tell you!.

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    tirnaaisling  almost 15 years ago

    Grog (AKA BC13) I agree it looks like it was meant to be Hobbes that said that in panel 2

    Personally I’m with Hobbes here, staying alive is too important ;)

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    anne-marie hunter  almost 15 years ago

    mexdr1958, you sound like you had fun. If any kid these days shows up in the ER as often as you did, child services would be called out…. that’s one change I dont; appreciate…let the kids play and learn to use their imaginations

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    jrbj  almost 15 years ago

    Hobbs did make it through without injury, but Calvin got to experience the thrill of the ride. It’s not a matter of right or wrong, but a matter of personality.

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    Charles Brobst Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    What do you expect, Hobbes is a pussy.

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    vldazzle  almost 15 years ago

    The way Hobbes looked up in the 9th panel, Calvin must have started up above the snow/ice loop they constructed;-)

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    rshive  almost 15 years ago

    Hobbes may be a sissy. But he’s also relatively warm and dry.

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    tessner  almost 15 years ago

    at rshive thats true, i mean the second part

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    narutog3  almost 15 years ago

    i don’t want to go sledding anymore,they alwas crash!

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    pintcape  almost 15 years ago

    calvin made the statement he wished these things came with air bags,hobbes was listening,made a wise decision to get off.

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    lazygrazer  almost 15 years ago

    LOL!—love the bottom “WOW” panel….so telling.

    Also like how today’s comic flushed confessions out of you kids.

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    Trainwreck_1  almost 15 years ago

    Grog (AKA BC13) I’ve been thinking about your observation and I wondered the samething… We all know whatever Hobbes says is truly the thoughts of Calvin so I guess this time we get to see that in action… Should have listened to that little voice in his head this time for sure!

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    kittenpah  almost 15 years ago

    From what I know about how Watterson does these, the unstated back story is that the planned route had already been constructed/layed out to assure an interesting ride.

    Calvin made the airbag comment in the second panel (which often gets left off of pages trying to conserve space) as foreshadowing. Hobbes had pretty much already judged that he wasn’t going to take the ride, but rather get his enjoyment watching how well it worked.

    As with other strips, including some references to the “noodle incident”, what’s off-panel expands the story considerably.

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    ratlum  almost 15 years ago

    Hobbes is OK He is not ready for the Olympics yet thats all

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    bullwinkle56  almost 15 years ago

    Love C&H. My 14 yr old niece broke 10 ribs in a sledding accident recently, some in multiple places. Doesn’t seem possible.

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    coltish1  almost 15 years ago

    I think the correct term for that piece of equipment is tobaggan, not sled. But, whatevs.

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    rumplesnitz  almost 15 years ago

    Ditto Kittenpah! Bingo.

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    Gretchen's Mom  almost 15 years ago

    Calvin is getting some excellent training for a future Olympic gold medal!

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    COWBOY7  almost 15 years ago

    bullwinkle56–I have a 14 year old, too. All I can say is OUCH!

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    dvoyack  almost 15 years ago

    Such events these days are preceded with the comment,”Hold my beer and watch this.”

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    artybee  almost 15 years ago

    People were tougher in the old days. When my mother was little (around 1920), she lived on an awesome hill in Wisconsin. At the bottom, the street ended. The kids would all sled down the street, but when you got to the bottom, you had to throw the sled sideways so the runner would catch the trolley tracks and flip you over into the ditch. If you didn’t stop, you went head-first into a barbed-wire fence. Tough times!

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    bleepingdeadalien  almost 15 years ago

    Toboggan? Taboggan? Tobaggin? Toboggon? It’s easier just to say sled…isn’t it?

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    Mythreesons  almost 15 years ago

    OPHELIA, did you tell them their dog was at a farm upstate, too?

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    zerotsm  almost 15 years ago

    We didn’t have snow where I lived growing up, but we did have hills and skateboards and injuries related thereto.

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    mrslukeskywalker  almost 15 years ago

    Well, Calvin is still alive, so Hobbes IS a SISSY.

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    ratlum  almost 15 years ago

    Its GOLD

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    whims  almost 15 years ago

    Ophelia – with sleds the method of steering is more obvious, but you can steer toboggans by twisting the front of it, with ropes attached to the corners, or directly. Some toboggans actually give you more control than sleds this way (the ideal design is easy to twist but hard to bend).

    This won’t help riders who steer toward danger, of course, but one can appreciate the results from a safe distance (as illustrated above).

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    BigHug  almost 15 years ago

    Calvin is alive because he must be part cat too. I swear he’s outlived his 9 lives!

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    Yukoner  almost 15 years ago

    It’s 14 GOLD

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    Droptma Styx  almost 15 years ago

    Must’ve been that 50/50 turn …

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    Rakkav  almost 15 years ago

    I’ve been so preoccupied by local concerns that I didn’t get to see ANY of the Olympics. Alas.

    I know you Canadians are proud right now, but remember, the last time I encountered Americans with that degree and kind of pride (right before the “Bay Bridge World Series”), we had an earthquake on the opening day of the event!

    Rejoice, but remember, it’s only a perishable crown.

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    khpage  almost 15 years ago

    Calvin’s experience with his toboggan reminds me of where our present administration, especially that of California’s, is headed. Should be interesting to see if the politicians are stupid enough to go back up the hill and try again. Never mind, I just thought about that…they will….

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    OhYesiLoveYou  almost 15 years ago

    i absoultuely love hobbes’ dryness. he is my favorite.

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    Loki91308  over 2 years ago

    Hobbes’s face as he watches the sled tells the story in the best possible way.

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