Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 27, 1990
Transcript:
Calvin: Olly-wolly polliwoggy ump-bump fizz! Hobbes: Hey! Calvin: Ha ha! I stole your flag! Hobbes: But I hit you with the Calvin ball! You have to put the flag back and sing the "I'm very sorry" song! Calvin: I don't have to sing the song! I was in the "No song" zone! Hobbes: No you weren't. I touched the "opposite pole", so the " No song zone" is now a "Song zone" Calvin: I didn't see you touch the opposite pole! You have to declare it! Hobbes: I declared it oppositely by not declaring it. Start singing. Calvin: "Here's the "very sorry songg; Won't you help and sing alongg? Hobbes: Bum bum bum. Calvin : I blew it!...I knew it!...So sorry! I'm very very sorry that I took your precious flaaggg! Hobbes: He's sorry! So sorry! Just don't do it any more, you scurvy scalawaaggg! Calvin: I'm free! I get free passage to wicket five! Hobbes: No, that's what we did last time, remember? Calvin: Oh, yeah umm... OK, the new rule is we have to jump everywhere until someone finds the bonus box! Hobbes: That's good! Calvin: The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can't play it the same way twice! Hobbes: The score is still 0 to 12!
meepies almost 10 years ago
“No sport is less organised than calvinball.”
Xalder over 9 years ago
But they always wear the masks when they play calvinball.
yow4zip Premium Member about 9 years ago
Nice song.
Marathon Zack almost 9 years ago
Next time someone asks me the score, I’m going to say “It’s still Q to 12”.
DanWolfie about 7 years ago
I picture the “Very Sorry Song” performed in a manner similar to the “All Tied Up” song from the “Sheila Rae the Brave” CD-ROM game…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hO6Twd1SPQ
DanWolfie about 4 years ago
“Ohhh, I went down south, to see my Sal, singing ‘Olly-Wolly Polliwoggy Ump-Bump Fizz!’ My Sal, she is a spunky gal, singing ‘Olly-Wolly Polliwoggy Ump-Bump Fizz!’”
Larry da crocodile over 3 years ago
Another rule is you have to steal the flas, right?
leopardglily almost 2 years ago
This is my favorite calvinball strip.
CatDefender over 1 year ago
The “Opposite Pole”, eh? Hmmm… could explain Kaspar’s abrupt personality change in “The Tale of Soupy-Kaspar”!