Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 05, 1987
December 04, 1987
December 06, 1987
Transcript:
Dad: All right, young man! You've wasted the nice meal your mom fixed, get out here. You tied yourself up?? What on earth were you doing?! Calvin: Hobbes tied me up, Dad! It's his fault! Dad: Don't make up lies, Calvin. How did you get yourself like this?! Calvin: Hobbes did it, Dad! He was going to hold me for ransom! Honest! Hobbes: Ransom?? Who'd pay for you, you big fibber?! I'm certainly glad your dad saw through that filthy lie! Calvin: Oh hush, you always get me in trouble.
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Grudgeholder over 14 years ago
And the dad is clueless yet again!
yeahiknow over 14 years ago
The tiger is alive, I tell you.
sunshinelegend over 14 years ago
How could you be so blind, dad?
Icalasari over 14 years ago
He really is blind as a bat. You can’t tie yourself up that well
Devildragon666 over 13 years ago
yea..i TOTALLY tied knots BEHIND THE CHAIR and was facing the opposite way…
mrcharmander934 over 13 years ago
Yeah, you can’t really tie yourself up like that by yourself. Surely his dad should know that!
FredrikBT about 13 years ago
I know Calvin can be provoking, but I honestly hope his dad didn’t spank him for that. Man I love Calvin, many of his antics reminds me of my own antics when I was about that age.
bmonk about 12 years ago
Hobbes’ remark reminds me of O. Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief”.
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@FredrikBT, I suspect the spanking was for “telling a lie”—because Dad didn’t believe Hobbes could do such a thing. I mean, really: can a tiger tie a knot?
yow4zip Premium Member about 12 years ago
Calvin has telekinetic powers.
Mr. C about 12 years ago
Did….Calvin actually get a spanking?!
z4netti over 11 years ago
If Hobbes is not alive, how could Calvin tie himself up that tight?
Xalder over 10 years ago
I thought Calvin’s butt would hurt because he was tied to the chair so tightly.
The Shadow Ninja about 9 years ago
Hobbes is just plain sadistic.
TheNerdGuy over 3 years ago
PROOF that hobbes is real!
Nate Wright (Mischief God) over 3 years ago
Calvin’s imagination for thinking Hobbes is real will one day be pretty dangerous.
Kirby almost 3 years ago
wait a minute in the last panel… did he get spanked? or is he sore from the ropes? we may never know.