Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 20, 2011

What a fall guy.

Calvin did that on purpose.

And 20 years later, Tory Belleci did something similar with a bicycle and a little red wagon….

That Ta-DAAAA was well deserved.

Nice Calvin. No one can trip over a crack in the sidewalk more gracefully.

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Here is a Peanuts strip on today’s theme:Peanuts (1959)

Too bad no-one was watching, Calvin!

He’s got the makings of a true politician.

Technically, Calvin didn’t have enough forward momentum in panel 1 to be able to flip completely over. He needed to be running, in order to have sufficient kinetic energy that could be translated into potential energy in the form of height when he tripped, not to mention also translating forward momentum into rotational momentum. But, we’ll let that pass….

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He didn’t stick the landing. Judges score: 5.6

Way to go, Calvin, Make lemonade !

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could always see little trip-ups in a positive way?Some of us (myself included, and I take after my mother this way) tend to take the unknown with a negative response until we’ve had time to process it.

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I wonder if Bill Watterson reads these comments. I’d like to thank him.

I could understand why he retired, as he showed a lot of philosophy as well as wit in the strip and I could see how someone could figure he had expressed all that he wanted to.

I liked but never fully understood his exit strip, until now. I am retiring at the end of the year, and that last C&H is now my theme.

I have some vague plans (going to church every day, family business, volunteering, exercise, and low cost travel), but nothing specific except the family business.

To those who want me to have ready a full plan for my retirement, I say why should I start drawing on my big white sheet of paper before I get there?

Coincidentally, I started working in my current job the same year (though earlier in the year) that Bill Watterson retired C&H. It’s hard to realize that it has been 16 years since the strip ended, because it is still so alive.

May the joy and magic of the holidays be with all of you.

Prefomance 6.5Recovery 8.9Equitation 0.0

“…ya gotta dance like nobody’s watchin’.”

One of the better lines in a song…yes!

“Don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing!”

Calvin enjoyed his trip, and his flip!

I don’t like those uneven breaks in the sidewalk, especially when I’m running!

Actually, it’s a great recovery. Says something about attitude.

@HobbesI can sympathize with Snoopy in the comic. Two years ago I fell off a ladder and landed down on one foot straight legged. I shattered my tibia and required an external fixator to be bolted to my leg/ankle for 3 months and was on crutches for a total of 4.5 months.

Incidently this was caused by working on Christmas lights…

LOL!! I always think of this comic when I trip (and that happens a lot). :-)

Get save, and assumption of talent.

This happened to me in a small town. I was walking on a sidewalk did not notice a rise of 2" and caught my foot and went flying. I did not do a summersalt like Calvin and I did get hurt. Banged both my knees and hands. Really hurt.So Calvin good job on your landing.

what is doing guy?

He meant to do that.

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Like Buzz Lightyear, Calvin falls with style.

Yeah, I meant to do that.

Luckily Calvin is short enough that landing on his butt didn’t hurt much! Good recovery. I know cats who try this sort of thing . . . “Oh, yes, I meant to fall off that shelf!”

Whooooooooooooooo!

xxx

good one calvin!!!that was great!! haha

Nice flip.

Have a nice trip? See you next fall.

Calvin’s final disposition reminds me of the title of the Christian encouragement book entitled “Finishing Strong”….

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Don’t worry, Calvin. Nobody saw a thing!

 

;-)

Totally made my day!

My older brother used to do that exact thing. . . on the basketball court. . . in the middle of games.

This is powerfully reminiscent of the great bike pratfall in an early scene from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. That movie dates to 1985, the same year C&H started its run. But the similarity may be a coincidence.

Dear Lord, I’ve done this more times than I care to recall. Nothing to do but laugh.

Sorry, Calvin. No audience.