Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 18, 2012

She just wants to make sure you serve your penance.

She’ll make you sell your soul calvin

All people have to work hard on themselves for not to sin. We have all the same problem. We must become holy but we are not born holy!

Shtick in the mud.

@Linux0s: Heh, heh.

Authenticity, Calvin, authenticity. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

Click here: Peanuts (December 4, 1966)

No matter how well you perform Calvin, Susie won’t believe you.

Click here: Pearls Before Swine (February 7, 2009)

Click here: Dilbert (July 29,2010)

Why am I readig a retired strip about glorifying a socipathic child and his imaginary sane friend?

@MiepR: Because reality, politics, and the 24/7 news are overrated.

Calvin: For your scheme to be successful, you not only need to convey sincerity; you have to make it shtick.

Wish we had the Hobbs family Twenty years later. Honey would you get me a towel? Remember when you hit me with that water baloon, well here’s some cold water. AAHHHHH!!!!

I’m 73 and I’ve never used the word “shtick” in a sentence and yet six-year-old Calvin uses it so casualy. Is “shtick” originally a Yiddish word? If so, I should be ashamed of myself since Yiddish was my father’s first language.

Calvinl, you should know by now, messing with Suzie doesn’tpay. Much like trying to bath a cat or get a pill down it when itdoesn’t want you to, even if you succeed it can end up beingmore than your life is worth. As here….

If you exercised restraint, you wouldn’t have to do that schtick.

I take back what i said about Calvin’s aim…but perhaps his target selection needs to be tweaked

It’s what modern society is peddling, whether it be religion, politics or other human interactions. As long as the word is believed, the user gets away with it even without sincerity. But, do we become a society of synics and pass judgement on every transgressor or except the few who abuse the system as collateral damage? If I sounded preachy…I’m sorry :)

Au contrere!Christianity isn’t peddling fake remorse or fake repentance.Calvin’s genuine remorse needs work, as does his motivation.

There’s penance because you know you did wrong. And penance because of fear of the punishment you merit. Calvin wants Susie to believe that his is the former. But, if he’s penitent at all, it’s heavily skewed toward the latter.

@Linux0s,Your shtick works!Shtick with it!

Suzie is very unforgiving. How sad for her to be so judgemental.

Which brand? The original, or the kind that turned grace into license to do evil and denied the Lord Jesus Christ in various creative ways?

Perhaps Susi is not so innocent, too, we don’t know, what she has done before!

@exturk,“Anyone remember the Farside cartoon of the hornet’s nest outside the picture window, and the hornets were throwing rocks at the window?“And the two species coexisted until one day—-”

“What light through ‘yonder window breaks’?”

Say three Hail Marys and you’re good to go.

Bill Watterson is one of the best cartoonists ever. The looks on the charachters faces are priceless.

Alway Susie’s..

Sorry one gets caught is not true repentance. Sorry one has done wrong is. Big difference and working in the criminal justice system in my prime showed me lots of Calvin’s behavior today. BTW the word repentance has within it’s meaning to turn around and go the other way.

It’s a risk/reward thing. The risk was worth the reward.

But isn’t that the reality for all us imperfect humans… we all need to work on our repentance so that it’s not just “shtick” but a genuine movement of the heart? We iknow that we are not as genuinely “sorry” as we might be…

I do believe that is a subtle jab at church practices…

Susie will never buy your schtick Calvin, no matter how good it gets.

The same old story we’ve seen and heard many times -what they really mean is:‘SORRY I GOT CAUGHT’

If any one else was wondering what “shtick” meant here it is.

shtick   [shtik] Show IPAnoun Slang .1.(especially in comic acting) a routine or piece of business inserted to gain a laugh or draw attention to oneself.2.one’s special interest, talent, etc.

Reference: dictionary.com

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I love old fashion comics

Ooooooh. Calvin’s in hot water (I know the water in this strip isn’t hot but…..forget it)

LOL xxx

Lots of religious comments on the comics today. I think we need a separation of church and comics. Thanks again Hobbes for the comics – loved the PBS.

Once you learn to fake honesty and sincerity you’ve got it made.

“I hope everybody realizes that Calvin’s attitude is exactly what Christianity is peddling.”

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Not Christianity. Many Christians do “get it,” and sincerely repent of the mess they’ve made of their lives, and look to God to help them become better people, persons they can be at peace with.

To me you did not sound sincere.The world of deception is more complicate than that.Next time say you thought it was Moe,you may still get a whopping?

You’re joking, right? From the day he decided tofoist himself on an unsuspecting public as a polit-ician, nobody on earth had LESS credibility thanReichsfuehrer Nichtssohn. “Would you buy a usedcar from this man”

LOVE the water balloon sploosh in panel two…wish I could draw like that!

Calvin – if your mother sees you treating Suzie that way, the shtick may be applied to your backside…..

funny!.

She never belivies him.

Kinda reminds me of the behavior of a few people in the news.

Wow, who knew Calvin was a democrat?

That was just plain mean, Calvin!