Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 24, 1987
November 23, 1987
November 25, 1987
Transcript:
Calvin: Dad says the sun isn't going out. He says it's colder because the earth's orbit is taking us farther from the sun. He says winter will be here woon. Isn't it sad how some peoples grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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gilroy0 over 14 years ago
Interestingly, Calvin’s dad is wrong, or rather, right for the wrong reasons. Winter doesn’t occur because the Earth is further from the Sun. If it did, it’d happen at the same time in the northern and southern hemispheres. But actually, those are half a year apart. In fact, winter occurs in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth is -closest- to the sun…
Me_Again over 14 years ago
Yeah, I think it’s because Earth’s axis is tilted with respect to the sun, or something like that. I’m an astronomy student.
Bearface over 14 years ago
NOW WE KNOW!!!!
sunshinelegend over 14 years ago
Stop with the science lesson. It’s summer.
Icalasari about 14 years ago
Bearface: And knowings half the battle!
bmonk about 12 years ago
But Calvin should know about winter. Winter is when it
SNOWS! WAHOO! YOUSA! RAH! RAH! RAH!yow4zip Premium Member about 12 years ago
Dad has cried wolf too many times.
Mr. C almost 12 years ago
Winter is Coming
sunchaunzo almost 7 years ago
The Trump administration!
MJ J almost 4 years ago
This is my theory as to how Religion has stayed alive.
Alfyn Greengrass over 3 years ago
You’d think Calvin would know the truth, seeing as he’s 6 years old.
CatDefender over 1 year ago
When I read it, it said “our hemisphere is tilted away from the sun”, which is more accurate…