Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 05, 1986
Transcript:
Hobbes: Making a sign? Calvin: I'm declaring the creek back in the woods "Calvin's Creek." When you discover something, you're allowed to name it and put up a sign. Hobbes: But suppose you didn't discover that creek. Calvin: Of course I did! Nobody else has a sign there, right?
sarahdeer over 14 years ago
doctrine of discovery
Demonsloth over 14 years ago
hmm This reminds me of something but can quite put my finger on it, like something I’ve seen in US history class.
insidethenfl almost 14 years ago
Hobbes has great spelling abilities. =o)
yow4zip Premium Member over 13 years ago
Must be a sign.
bmonk over 13 years ago
Wow! Like the explorers who discovered vast new lands—and all the people living there, who had made the elementary mistake of not putting up a sign that they were in posession of these lands. . . .
jassonlsm76 about 9 years ago
Exactly. Roanoke.
brickbagel over 8 years ago
hobbes,ur spellen is worse then mine
GallifreyanChild19 over 8 years ago
So if this is the case, what does this mean in the ways of Calvin’s state of mind haha. This must mean that at some point the Hobbs personality took over(Calvin’s body) and placed that sign down by the creek. This would indicate that Calvin has split personalities, it also proves a statement I made later on in the comic. That basically Hobbs is Calvin’s grown up and mature self(Hobbs) trying to pretty much help his(Calvin) adolescent self work toward growing up. Of course it is just a comic and I am probably way reading into this haha, but from a psychological stand point it seems logically sound.
a non-E mouse about 6 years ago
Hobbes can’t spell his own name.
Krendall over 4 years ago
I love that Hobbes can’t spell his own name or the word “creek.” In fact, this is one of the very few times where Calvin shows more intelligence than Hobbes.
N ¡ c o over 2 years ago
I have said time and again that maybe imagination becomes reality for some people and that’s how reality works for Calvin’s world.
jr1234 almost 2 years ago
You do know that is Calvin’s hand writing?