Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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cleokaya said, 9 months ago

But wouldn’t it be nice if they did?
Margueritem said, 9 months ago

Amen, cleokaya.
corpuskevin said, 9 months ago

Everything would close here in South Texas. Yesterday it was 81.
Gweedo Murray said, 9 months ago

Y’know Marg; TC* cried when Old Yeller got shot. I *Know,’cause I was there !**
Yukoner said, 9 months ago

Patience Calvin! Soon it will be sled time again. You and Hobbe4sw need to start planning your snow goons.
wndrwrthg said, 9 months ago

Calvin, that’s because there are no pretty schools.
corpuskevin said, 9 months ago

Where does Calvin live? Is it next to a park or nature preserve? The backgrounds always seem so expansive without signs of fencing or walls. And it seems to be in his backyard. Lucky kid, but only Hobbes seems to appreciate it.
green_engineer said, 9 months ago

Welcome to my world Calvin! I rarely ever get more than an inch of snow :(
c00k13m0n5t3r said, 9 months ago

Hey Calvin, you definitely need to talk to Danae - she seems to wish away all the snow you’re waiting for…
Akenta said, 9 months ago

I agree with cleokaya and doctortoon. Corpuskevin, things would close here in GA too - just the mention of the white stuff is enough. So far no snow where I live, just a few flurries, but winter isn’t over yet.
jefzzz said, 9 months ago

With Calvin his backyard may be tiny, and the rest is imagined.
rshive said, 9 months ago

Too much sun! Too many birds chirping! Too much cheer! Shut the place down!
Calvinator said, 9 months ago

Calvin is really mad at himself for not doing the snow dance the night before.
prasrinivara said, 9 months ago

Obviously Calvin has never been in the Deep South, where a DUSTING of snow brings chaos–he should ask dad to transfer to Atlanta, Birmingham or Memphis!
freedomroze said, 9 months ago

prasrinivara pls a dusting…all they need is a flake and it full blown panic.
Hellbo said, 9 months ago

I hope i could get an inch of snow per year….
gandalf_gray said, 9 months ago

hehe.. same situation in India. we used to pray for enough rain so that wading through the water would be dangerous enough.
hogar.strashni said, 9 months ago

hahhaha, and imagine some Russian reading this, just after he took his child to school at -40 degrees Celsius! He probably would laugh because Calvin think that someone would close the school JUST because of snow! :D
Kevin said, 9 months ago

I Don’t miss snow days. I grew up in rural Wisconsin in the 70s with 4 channels of television, no video games and no close neighbors. Snow days meant being stuck at home with nothing to do. My kids, on the other hand, enjoy the heck out of them with Satelite TV, HS Internet, and Video games galore. So out of Envy I give them my Old codger liteny when I get home from work….Up Hill….In the Snow…Blah…Blah…Both Ways…Blah Blah :) I love Calvin!!!
Dry said, 9 months ago

Lived in North Carolina for a few years. Once had an inch of snow, enough to cover the roads. At that time the city had no plowing equipment and weren’t prepared for it. EVERYTHING stopped, including school! But I was running around in my liitle MG because I was used to it!
hungrybear said, 9 months ago

That rascal Calvin appears to be having more fun than me!
I hate that.
Samka said, 9 months ago

Calvin’s lucky he doesn’t live in Saskatchewan. They don’t close school here unless it’s below -50 celsius!
kbielefe said, 9 months ago

Here in Northern Alabama they closed a bunch of schools because it dropped below 10 degrees without any snow at all.
Macushlalondra said, 9 months ago

Of course closing school is all that matters to Calvin. I was waiting for him to also complain that it wasn’t enough snow to engage in a really good snowball fight.
unemandarine said, 9 months ago

Calvin you should try to be patient. Snow will come. I love Hobbes, he’s so philosophical about things.
EMandEM said, 9 months ago

Hobbes appreciates ‘what is’ rather than ‘what could have been’. But ofcourse, Hobbes doesn’t have to go to school so he can afford to do that.
ninmas said, 9 months ago

calvin and hobbes is getting lots of comments lately, yesterday had at least 80!
Groversfather said, 9 months ago

I live in Michigan and they don’t bring the plows out for less than an inch. A company I used to work for is based in Atlanta. Once they got an inch of snow and they shut down the whole city.
Groversfather said, 9 months ago

SAUCY1121: I’ve got friends in Chesapeake and they told me about that. Amazing, huh?
Groversfather said, 9 months ago

What a sad statement of our society!
Saucy1121 said, 9 months ago

I live in VA, near the SE coast. On Jan 20, all the weather forecasters were PREDICTING snow. Schools closed. We got….NOTHING. Move here Calvin, you will get a day off.
musicnut1986 said, 9 months ago

I grew up in Kansas City. I remember the snow drifts being deep enough to tunnel in and the snow forts lasting for weeks (unless one of the neighbors tore it down). One time when I was walking home from middle school that had been closed due to snow, I saw lightning and heard thunder, which suprised me. I then witnessed a genuine white-out. I’ve never seen one since. We don’t seem to get as much snow anymore as we used to.

I’ll bet Calvin can still manage to make a snowball to throw at Suzie.
cleokaya said, 9 months ago

How fitting. I went out to get the newspaper today and discovered we had a skiff of snow, less than an inch. I thought of Calvin as I walked down our long driveway wearing sandels. What good is less than an inch of snow when you don’t even need boots.
zerotsm said, 9 months ago

Well, I grew up where there was no snow. The only time my school was closed was when the Baldwin Hills dam broke and the school got flooded out.
kandij653 said, 9 months ago

one snow flake in charlotte,nc everything is cancled
#1 redskins fan said, 9 months ago

Perhaps panel 2 is Calvin kicking TC and hogar.strashni (whatever that is supposed to mean) butts for being such jerks! Revenge in the comics world! “GET OFF MY PAGE YOU IDIOTS!” saith Calvin the Great
grazer said, 9 months ago

Prettiness never cancelled school but it sure caused me to skip school more than once.
hogar.strashni said, 9 months ago

@#1 redskins fan, I guess you’re right. Wanted to appeal to people not to pay attention on TC and became a lot like him.

Sorry
Will not happen again

@grazer, I salute to that :)
#1 redskins fan said, 9 months ago

hogar-respect due back to you. I apologize for misinterpreting you. God Bless, 1RF
S.Spiff said, 9 months ago

Calvin and hobbes often remind me of the comparison between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. I find it interesting and one more reason to enjoy the strips even more. In my case and, mostly because my age is keeping me in school, i must agree with calvin. Although in an open field with the trees glistening and the giant white sheet of unstepped snow beneath you, it is very pretty.
Wildmustang1262 said, 9 months ago

Calvin wishes his school would be closed due of the snow in his area. Alas, he had no choices but he had to go to his school anyway.

Hey Y’all! Are we happy TC is not here anymore? I bet we are happy and feel much better! Hooray!
JonD17 said, 9 months ago

Kevin says:

I Don’t miss snow days. I grew up in rural Wisconsin in the 70s with 4 channels of television, no video games and no close neighbors. Snow days meant being stuck at home with nothing to do……..

Kevin, Where in Wisconsin? I grew up in a small town called Rice Lake in the 50’s and 60’s. Only difference was thaey never called snow days back then.
JonD17 said, 9 months ago

Gweedo, we’re cool. In my quest for brevity in my comments I sometimes also skimp on clarity.
cleokaya said, 9 months ago

I have been noticing over the last few days certain comments that I have left on various sites have disappeared after I revisit the site. I don’t believe that they have been overly offensive. Has anyone else other Than TC seen their comments vanish?
LX013 said, 9 months ago

Calvin & Hobbes are my favourits!
S.Spiff said, 9 months ago

Thats awesome Grazer, you should patent that. ;)

I agree LXO13, mine too.

I have’nt Cleokaya, a technical problem perhaps?
Tabby Lynn said, 9 months ago

i have never had a snow day before. the first time i saw snow in person was Jan 11 ( i think) and the teachers all swore if it snowed there would be no school. they lied!!! we went to school. we had less then an inch but it was snow and i loved it.
Dry said, 9 months ago

Burgandy2, yea our little dweeb friend seems to like playing games. I wish the powers that be could get rid of this moron!
prasrinivara said, 9 months ago

You’re right freedomfroze; and it seemed to me especially crazy since I had been raised in Calgary–where the minimum for panic in Atlanta would be greeted by the NEWEST-arrived Calgarians as “where is it?”.
bmonk said, 9 months ago

Up here on the northern plains of Dakota, it takes well over an inch, or a good stiff wind (and its ground drifting) to shut things down. Like this morning. Then we just start digging and plowing out, and go back to work, school, etc. Otherwise, we’d never get anything done from some Octobers to May! :) :) :)