Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 26, 2012

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    erik.vanthienen  almost 13 years ago

    Susie, I still miss you …

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    legaleagle48  almost 13 years ago

    As Susie said on another occasion, if it weren’t for gravity, Calvin wouldn’t even be able to hit the ground!

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Today’s strip is a profound commentary on human relationships, showing how difficult it can sometimes be to connect with another person, especially from a distance.Today’s commentary is a test of human relationships that exist as a result of connecting with people at a distance, to see how many people recognize that I’m just kidding.

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    pouncingtiger  almost 13 years ago

    For that comment, Susie deserves a snowball or iceball down her back.

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    Sirzanne  almost 13 years ago

    Yep… the heart can see what the ego misses…

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    forthguy  almost 13 years ago

    There is one left………

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    rogue53  almost 13 years ago

    Well said.

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    rshive  almost 13 years ago

    Another carefully-laid ambush gone awry. From somewhere George Armstrong Custer is chuckling.

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    GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Calvin won’t be playing for the Yankees when he grows up – or anyone else for that matter.

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    MakesMeLaugh  almost 13 years ago

    “Shock and awe……..CRAP!”

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    francisrossi  almost 13 years ago

    Calvin throws like a little girl :D

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    alan.gurka  almost 13 years ago

    Reminds me of my childhood. I couldn’t hit the side of a barn, either. I still can’t. At least, not intentionally.

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @goldenroya: That’s very funny and well-written. I guess what is missing from the standard choices of smileys available is an eye-rolling version. On the other hand, perhaps that helps to facilitate more politeness. It’s amazing how well the multinational group of posters here manages to communicate using only words, without being able to use voice inflection, facial expressions, or other body language. But it does sometimes cause misunderstandings, especially when comments are highly subtle, and in particular if they involve highly subtle humor. I sometimes wish that I could watch readers’ facial expressions as they read what I post, so that I could see when I am not communicating or am accidentally creating misunderstanding.

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Thanks algurka. It does become exhausting at times having a dual role, constantly running back and forth between the comic strip and this posting site. But I try hard to keep a smile on my icon’s face.:>)

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    lego1112  almost 13 years ago

    Bravo!

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    NE1956  almost 13 years ago

    Out here in the ‘real’ world, this is me playing Angry Birds when I’m tired.

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    WW2 Marine Veteran  almost 13 years ago

    I love it when Calvin loses.

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    thirdguy  almost 13 years ago

    I had no idea that there was so much meaning in all of this, I thought that Calvin was just a really lousy shot!

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    dahawk  almost 13 years ago

    “And if there’s anybody out there not rolling their eyes, I invite them to do so now. There’s nothing so annoying as someone trying to tell the artist what they meant by their own creation. "Hmmm. Pot/Kettle?

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    Calvin has 13 snowballs in the air at one time. That’s bad luck! Perhaps if he threw only a few snowballs at one time, he’d be more accurate!

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    monawarner  almost 13 years ago

    Another day when the comments are more entertaining the strip. Thanks, everybody.

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    Puddleglum2  almost 13 years ago

    In panel two, Susie is trying to figure out why a snowball is being thrown at her, but it’s ‘over her head’!

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    Popeyesforearm  almost 13 years ago

    they handed you that one.

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    Popeyesforearm  almost 13 years ago

    he could get hired by K.C. Royals starting rotation.

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    Azmerman  almost 13 years ago

    @Hobbes: ROFL

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    tuslog64  almost 13 years ago

    Years ago, someone in our area bought a new shotgun, one where you load the shells, pull back the mechanism, the spent shell ejects and a new one goes in. He was bragging to his friends:“I got seven shots in at a rabbit!!”“Did you get him?”“No, but I got seven shots in at him!!”

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    coffeeturtle  almost 13 years ago

    The height of frustration! :-D

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    Number Three  almost 13 years ago

    Don’t wind him up, Susie.

    xxx

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @Dogsniff: Subtle humor? You can’t be serious.:>)

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    Gretchen's Mom  almost 13 years ago

    Better luck next time, Calvin!

     

    ;-)

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Tally so far:Number of people who realized I was just kidding: several.Number of people who didn’t: 2Not sure whether they did or didn’t: 1Now…….. as to the philosophical implications that Bill Watterson intended to imply by drawing a wheelbarrow…….

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    DavidGBA  almost 13 years ago

    secret crush ruins aim!

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    khpage  almost 13 years ago

    This is what happens when you let one of the Snow Goons operate the sighting mechanism….it’s really hard, as usual, to get good help these days, hence Calvin’s expression….

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    rvonluchen  almost 13 years ago

    Let’s hear it for elegantly humorless sophistication.

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    Popeyesforearm  almost 13 years ago

    It’s amazing that UClick will censure our posts but can put up a funny like Berke Breathed The Academia Waltz on 1-25-12. It’s funny as heck but alludes to a lot of stuff I would never post here. Double standard me thinks.

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    falcon_370f  almost 13 years ago

    I sure remember days like that.

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    Shikamoo Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    My thoughts exactly Susan.

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @Shikamua-moo: Yes, I was kidding. That’s why I added the smiley face. When I said to Dogsniff, “you can’t be serious,” it was supposed to be a play on words with a double meaning. The second meaning is the literal one – when you write humor, you literally can’t be serious, because then it wouldn’t be humor.Yet another case where I wish that I could watch his face when he reads it, to make sure that he catches the subtle humor and I don’t accidentally offend him.

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @cezpaige: Umm………….. Not sure.

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    Hobbes Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    @Shikamua-moo: Ah yes, the old “eggs in the wheelbarrow” truism. Seen it many times…….

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    tallcanofbeer  almost 13 years ago

    dont eat the yellow snow

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    FlippySuper  almost 13 years ago

    You fail Calvin,and you fail as a demon!

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