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1. 

   Margueritem said, 6 months ago

   Good excuse.

2. 

   pouncingtiger said, 6 months ago

   Calvin should say, “That’s a drag!”

3. 

   pouncingtiger said, 6 months ago

   Calvin should say, “That’s a drag!”

4. 

   sunaina desai said, 6 months ago

   HEY! ur already wearin it!

5. 

   wndrwrthg said, 6 months ago

   Is he a AA/Fuel Tiger? He must run on Uniroyals and uses Esso.

6. 

   Ivy0730 said, 6 months ago

   lol

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   dilfred said, 6 months ago

   lol wndwrthg, i’d forgotten about Esso and having a tiger in the engine :o)

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   JonD17 said, 6 months ago

   @ Charlie, WW is right bro, it was Esso, but there is no doubt, it was the Pontiac GTO which brought true fame to Tigerdom.. WW, ya beat me to the Uniroyal Redlines too. We musta been born on the same day or something.

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   Leonardeuler said, 6 months ago

   A drag chute ?? Good grief !! At what speed does Hobbes run ? At Mach 1, Mach 2, or …… Must have eaten a lot of sugar bombs.

10. 

    cleokaya said, 6 months ago

    Hobbes is GRRRREAT!!!

11. 

    Groversfather said, 6 months ago

    Calvin’s expression in panel 4 = “WTF?”

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    PTui2 said, 6 months ago

    Drag chute? Isn’t that what transvestites wear? Are we sure of Hobbs’ gender?

13. 

    Groversfather said, 6 months ago

    As Calvin was not happy as a tiger, maybe he should get his transmogrifier out and turn himself into a cheetah.

14. 

    Groversfather said, 6 months ago

    PTui2 says:
    Drag chute? Isn’t that what transvestites wear? Are we sure of Hobbs’ gender?
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    As Hobbes is a product of Calvin’s imagination, and as Calvin is a girl hater, I can only conclude that Hobbes is the alpha male.

15. 

    scbaguru said, 6 months ago

    Hobbes is wearing his racing stripes.

16. 

    Calvinator said, 6 months ago

    “I’m not wearing my drag chute…yeah - no drag chute…That’s the ticket!”

17. 

    rshive said, 6 months ago

    The cheetahs just use smoke and mirrors anyway.

18. 

    ♠Lonewolf♠ said, 6 months ago

    I thought his chute was built into his tail.

19. 

    Richard said, 6 months ago

    Good point!

20. 

    Dry said, 6 months ago

    wndrwrthg Thanks for the “blast from the past”!

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    prasrinivara said, 6 months ago

    On the nail, JonD17 and WW; S.O. (from which the Brit/Canuck “Esso” derives) which transmogrified to Exxon was “tiger in tank”; I actually got a t-shirt (with a Tony-esque tiger on front) once in 1976/1977 when my dad filled up at an Exxon (in Joisey).

22. 

    EMandEM said, 6 months ago

    Hobbes, you sly cat…

23. 

    musicnut1986 said, 6 months ago

    For the soundtrack we should play a little Jan & Dean or Beach Boys.

24. 

    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    Hobbes should become like PUMA.

    EMandEM says: Hobbes, you sly cat…
    Should say “you sly tiger!” :-)

    wndrwrthg says: Is he a AA/Fuel Tiger? He must run on Uniroyals and uses Esso.
    I think I can recall about tiger running around some place till it hit or stop and become a picture for selling the oil bottles in the advertisement. Is that what you talking about?

25. 

    calvindino said, 6 months ago

    Calvin hates school. At home, he watches television. When does he read about all these ?

26. 

    bald 716 said, 6 months ago

    hobbs would have to go back home to get his running shoes to prove his speed

27. 

    Northwoodser said, 6 months ago

    Sorry Hobbes, that’s a cop out.

28. 

    Leonardeuler said, 6 months ago

    Musicnut 1986, if I have the choice I’d prefer the good ol’ Beach Boys !!

29. 

    bmonk said, 6 months ago

    Sounds like a good excuse to me! Love Hobbes’ suave superiority in panel 2.

30. 

    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    prasrinivari: Isn’t Tony the Tiger on Frosted Flakes? “Theyrrr
    Grrreat!”

    Hobbes is Grrreat!

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    prasrinivara said, 6 months ago

    Yes Shikamoo MIB, Tony is the Frosted Flakes “They’re Grrreat” tiger; and the tiger on the Exxon t-shirt resembled Tony greatly (no voice or thought balloons on t-shirt though), far more than any other cartoon tiger.

32. 

    Coffee-Turtle said, 6 months ago

    I don’t know about tigers being fast, but Hobbes sure thinks quickly! :-)

33. 

    grazer said, 6 months ago

    Hobbes is a cheetah when it comes to telling the truth.

34. 

    stonehenge1951 said, 6 months ago

    Firestone made Redline tires, including those great wide ovals. Uniroyal made the Tiger Paw tires.

35. 

    #1 redskins fan said, 6 months ago

    stonehenge 1951-I have Tiger Paws on my car, and I love them!

36. 

    wndrwrthg said, 6 months ago

    Wildmustang1262, yes, from an old commercial. Uniroyal made “Tiger paws” tires and Esso became Exxon, and their commercial for their gas was “Put a tiger in your tank”.

37. 

    bmonk said, 6 months ago

    And Isaac Asimov once wrote a story about the “Sign of the Lorraine Cross” on Exxon stations.

38. 

    unemandarine said, 6 months ago

    hee,hee,hee!

39. 

    musicnut1986 said, 6 months ago

    JonD17 says:
    “…it was the Pontiac GTO which brought true fame to Tigerdom”.

    Anyone remember the magazine ads for the “Goat” that showed the tiger tail comming out of the trunk? The car had the Uniroyal tires w/the red stripes and the female model sported 60’s “big hair”. Action at the friday night drags did more to promote the goat then the ads ever did.

40. 

    Robert Peters said, 6 months ago

    Good one, Hobbes!

41. 

    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    prasrinivera- makes sense to me!

    Grazer: Is Hobbes a cheetah, or just “lion”?

    Coffee-Turtle: You have to think quickly if you can’t run fast!

42. 

    Zippy007 said, 6 months ago

    Yet when she (the ostrich) spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider. Job 39:18

    … fast

43. 

    Radical-Knight said, 6 months ago

    Calvin’s expression says “Hmmm, That sounds logical…”

44. 

    PappyFiddle said, 6 months ago

    Calvin might have acquired the information about cheetahs on the back of a Chocolate Sugar Bombs cereal box.