Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 08, 2010

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    I’m baack! Things were tense at the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, but since the CIA holds my first born, I speak no further about something that I know nothing about.

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    tirnaaisling  over 14 years ago

    Welcome back marg

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    rentier  over 14 years ago

    Good morning Marg! Fine to be back again!

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    kscr  over 14 years ago

    Dad has no choice but to take a u-turn :).

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    pouncingtiger  over 14 years ago

    Be careful, Dad. You might find yourself in the doghouse.

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    vibjyor  over 14 years ago

    Welcome back Marg. I hope you did not forget Hobbes and leave him behind when you went on your trip.

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    Yukoner  over 14 years ago

    Marg, glad you’re back. Where you been?

    Dad, grown-up logic does not work with little boys. Be a DAD, turn back.

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    yyyguy  over 14 years ago

    hi Marg we’re so glad to have you back where you belong.

    [that’s it, i’m cut off.]

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    Thanks! I was at the north rim of the Grand Canyon, it’s a beautiful place.

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    I see that Mike Firesmith did a great job of filling in for me.

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    carmy  over 14 years ago

    Welcome back, Marg!

    If they had forgotten Mom, they could have went to the racetrack or something like that.

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    MontanaLady  over 14 years ago

    Well, Marg, glad to have you back!!! You always give us such nice comments! How was the north rim? Cold as usual in early June?

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    ML, no, it was hot! In the mid 80s, yet there was still snow around in places.

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    Dino-1  over 14 years ago

    Hope you had a nice holiday Marg!

    Poor Calvin, it’ll be a long day and night without his best stuffed friend! Hopefully there’s some other kids there for him to hang around with.

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    vibjyor, Hobbes was helping me pedal my bike from Jacob’s Lake to the North Rim.

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    That’s just not cool, Dad!

    Welcome back, Marg!

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    ladywolf17  over 14 years ago

    Poor Calvin.

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    ladywolf17  over 14 years ago

    At least Hobbes is having a good time.

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    rayannina  over 14 years ago

    They’re gonna come home to find three broken lamps. And all the seafood will have disappeared.

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    MontanaLady  over 14 years ago

    Marg…..did you ever find the lake at Jacob’s Lake??

    That’s one of those urban legends, I hear!!!

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    yyyguy  over 14 years ago

    i’m a tad jealous, Marg. north rim is on my list of places i want to see. not for a few years yet though.

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    ihobbes  over 14 years ago

    Tough love…..

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    kreole  over 14 years ago

    Keep going, Dad…….Calvin isn’t the adult here……..

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    yyyguy  over 14 years ago

    flagging the spammer!

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    Wiseguy411  over 14 years ago

    Poor Hobbes ! Nice to have you back, Marg, batting leadoff.

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    Ooops! Premium Member over 14 years ago

    You are smiling now Dad. Just wait………

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    rentier  over 14 years ago

    Everybody loves Marg! Nearly everybody said Welcom and glad to hear from you again!

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    Rakkav  over 14 years ago

    WELCOME BACK MARG!

    What do you think of this avatar, y’all? I put it up to rattle Sheik Yerbouti’s cage a bit. :)

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    Rakkav  over 14 years ago

    Gotta love the sense of forward motion given by the drawing of the car. Dad must really be in a hurry.

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    mike.firesmith  over 14 years ago

    Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy!

    Marg has returned to discover Hobbes missing.

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    JTGAM  over 14 years ago

    Welcome back Marg! You see, Dad went back for Marg! Dad should really think twice about what he’s doing. Invest a little time now and get a whole lot of Calvin not bothering him later.

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    Dkram  over 14 years ago

    Oh Marg:

    Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out.

    Welcome back, to the same old place that you laughed about.

    (Welcome back Cotter)

    Grand Canyon, on my bucket list to.

    \\//_

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    Dkram  over 14 years ago

    Hope Calvin isn’t the ring barer.

    He’s gonna be screaming though the whole thing.

    \\//_

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    Ray_C  over 14 years ago

    Welcome back, Marg. Sorry I outted you. I just wanted the attention. I was not the one responsible for Valerie Plame, though.

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    All the better, Dad. If Mom’s not with us, we’ll never get there.

    Welcome Back Marg!

    I’ve been to the south side of the Canyon. Very nice there, too!

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    Smiley Rmom  over 14 years ago

    Marg - Did you make it to Tuweep? Or did you stay on the paved roads?

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    pamlicorat  over 14 years ago

    Allow me to join the others in welcoming you back Marge! I know you enjoyed yourself because I was there many years ago and it is a beautiful and relaxing place.

    Hobbes on the other hand is watching TV and reading Calvin’s comic books. That to can be peaceful & relaxing.

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    lewisbower  over 14 years ago

    Welcome back MARG. I didn’t know the Grand Canyon was on the Afghanistan border? Guess I should get an atlas that was published after1976. Anyway, has BP began filling it with all that surplus oil yet? Did gas prices drop as you drove off the edge? Inquiring minds want to know?

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    midiranger  over 14 years ago

    Nice to have you back, Marg. G.C is spectacular, isn’t it? You came back just in time for the poignant ‘missing Hobbes’ story. (that’s all I’m going to say - I’m no spoiler).

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    Rise22  over 14 years ago

    I worked in the Grand Canyon when I was YOUNG

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    ratlum  over 14 years ago

    Poor Calvin he is not going to be easy to live with.

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    lazygrazer  over 14 years ago

    How can dad joke around when there’s a tiger on the loose!—and probably in their kitchen!!

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    Ray_C  over 14 years ago

    Don’t ask Marg too many questions about her trip. Her cover story is not all that detailed.

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    as yyyguy said, “Hello, Dolly!”

    “…forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before…”

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    Sylvannis  over 14 years ago

    Uh-oh… Dad, you’re in for a SERIOUS storm soon. Never diss mom… good morning everybody :)

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    josh_bisbee  over 14 years ago

    I say keep going. Maybe Calvin will learn that, even if you don’t want to go, you should get ready so you don’t forget things like that. And stalling doesn’t help.

    …then again, maybe not.

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    harrietbe  over 14 years ago

    Welcome home, Marg. I missed your starting quip. Glad you had a nice holiday.

    Love Mom’s reaction to Dad’s comment. Har! Har!

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Do like I do, write yourself a note, and then put it where you won’t forget it. Hopefully!!

    HI MARG!!!!!

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    yyyguy  over 14 years ago

    puddleglum noted the reference that cut me off from my nice relaxing drink (okay drinks) of rum. when i start quoting show tunes, i have gone too far.

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    Starfollower777  over 14 years ago

    Marg: You went to the Afghanistan/Pakistan boarder AND the Grand Canyon? You’re lucky! I hope you get your child back! Also you said it was in the mid 80’s, I didn’t know you had access to time travel… LoL.

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    Captain_Commando  over 14 years ago

    Welcome back, Marg! DEATH TO SPAMMERS!!!!

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    khpage  over 14 years ago

    This strip is beginning to let us see bits of the personalities of Calvin’s parents, especially his mother. Wonder who she is modeled after in the mind of the cartoonist….

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    Everyone, forget what you have been told about the Grand Canyon. Forget those spectacular vistas that you have seen on TV. While they are impressive, they cannot do justice to it.

    It has to be SEEN.

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    avonsalis  over 14 years ago

    Marg, you’ve got the greatest excuses for being absent! I can’t wait til your next trip ends - but of course we don’t want you to start any because we’d miss you.

    What irony that Calvin is suffering an unbearable (or un-tiger-able?) loss en route to a wedding!

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    bmonk  over 14 years ago

    Is it too soon for Calvin to learn that actions and behaviors have consequences? (Of course, that also means that the parents have to live with the same consequences…)

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    larney45  over 14 years ago

    Hello everyone…still unsure about posting but enjoy reading all the comments. Marg, hope you had a great visit to the canyon…you know it was carved out by children’s tears as their parents left the area…

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    -DukeNukem-  over 14 years ago

    To be honest about it, everything other than comments about Calvin is SPAM, including all the personal messages.

    I love when Dad shows his limited sense of humor.

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    Well, apparently you have some personal spam in Sunday’s comments that someone wants you to see. I don’t remember who it was.

    Edit: I think it was in ‘Two Cows and a Chicken’.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 14 years ago

    I think the parents are about to learn all about “consequences” and rightly so. He’s a 6-YEAR-OLD. You don’t expect 6 year olds to pack for themselves. In addition, logic is lost on 6 year olds – isn’t that before the age of reason, can’t remember for sure?

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    I was wrong, Duke,

    It was ‘For Better or for Worse’.

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    glitterygal07  over 14 years ago

    But Dad! Hobbes is the life of every party!

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    wrmswt  over 14 years ago

    I’m with you lindz.coop, hobbes should have been next to the keys, c-phone, purse, beer………

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