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1. 

   vibjyor said, 3 months ago

   Mom certainly doesn’t know about Hobbes.

2. 

   Margueritem said, 3 months ago

   Keep Hobbes safe, Calvin. It would break your heart if anything happened to him.

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   kpeiyin said, 3 months ago

   You are a genius, Hobbes

4. 

   Carmy said, 3 months ago

   Hobbes looks like a paratrooper.

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   Dawn said, 3 months ago

   And Hobbes will end up clean - for a while!

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   sjoujke said, 3 months ago

   Mom doesn’t know much about tigers - they actually swim very well and hunt their prey in lakes in India. Thank goodness for National Geographic!

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   Johanan Rakkav said, 3 months ago

   There are lions that hunt in swamps too, according to the same source. They can swim well at need, although *NG* claims that all cats have an instinctive fear of water and that these lions must overcome it in order to hunt their prey, water buffalo.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94-sLkZKOYg

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   DreamScourge said, 3 months ago

   Soggy tiger and no spin-drier, I hope it’s hot ;)

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   LX013 said, 3 months ago

   With this suit on Hobbes certainly will be a good swimmer!

10. 

    Dino-1 said, 3 months ago

    Once that moldy smell gets in you can never get rid of it. Good luck with that Mom!

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    cryptomaniac said, 3 months ago

    Wow, Hobbes looks like a WW2 aviator!

12. 

    Singson said, 3 months ago

    A boy with a mind!!

13. 

    sreedhar_aero said, 3 months ago

    Well done Calvin

14. 

    johnnydoc5 said, 3 months ago

    Oh Tigers swim fine- they retain water pretty well too.

15. 

    carpetinwater9 said, 3 months ago

    It will take all day to dry off.

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    unemandarine said, 3 months ago

    That’s all mom and dad need a smelly tiger in the tent…

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    Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

    Sometimes, C & H are both all wet!
    I hope Calvin never gets smelly!

18. 

    Lewreader said, 3 months ago

    Calvin always listens to his mom. Last on in…

19. 

    Destiny23 said, 3 months ago

    “We just want to avoid an argument”? All right, who are you, and what have you done with Calvin???

20. 

    Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

    An argument might liven things up around there. How much longer is this camping trip gonna last?

21. 

    ♠Lonewolf♠ said, 3 months ago

    He’s gonna be awful heavy to carry back!

22. 

    algurka said, 3 months ago

    I have to agree with Destiny23–since when does Calvin avoid an argument?

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    Mel(ody) said, 3 months ago

    At least Mom doesn’t try to convince Calvin that Hobbs IS a toy tiger. And by not continuing the conversation, Calvin has not been told “no, you can’t take Hobbs into the water, even in a life preserver.” He didn’t hear that, so he can claim he wasn’t disobeying.

24. 

    Ivy0730 said, 3 months ago

    哈哈哈哈哈hahhahahao(∩_∩)o…

25. 

    comicgirl1000 said, 3 months ago

    i have … brocitis

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    BC13 said, 3 months ago

    Well, at least Calvin is actually listening to what Mom is saying in the third panel, and reflectling on her words thoughtfully.

    Hey are those shorts Mom’s wearing - or a skirt? Camping?

27. 

    Richard said, 3 months ago

    Stuffed animals are precious regardless of smell or swell.

28. 

    comicsnoob said, 3 months ago

    Feel better soon!

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    DreamScourge said, 3 months ago

    Lol comicgirl, you type like you have bronchitis too, with the ‘n’ missing it sounds just like you have a stuffy nose (I hope that was intentional grins)

    Get well soon :)

30. 

    BC13 said, 3 months ago

    Tonsilitis and Broncitis. Good luck with that. Get well soon.

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    Stuart Gathman said, 3 months ago

    The skin of most cats cannot tolerate prolonged exposure to water. It cracks and bleeds. The breeds that like water tend to also have additional oil in their skin. In addition, small cold weather cats depend on their fluffy fur to stay alive. A wet cat in a cold climate is a dead cat. Tigers are large and live in a warm climate, and so have little reason to fear water.

32. 

    cleokaya said, 3 months ago

    I sense trouble.

33. 

    ninmas said, 3 months ago

    hahaha! hobbes!

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    Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago

    Real stuffed toy tigers don’t swim at all and they get waterlogged if played with in water.

    Some of the newer stuffed toy tigers can be washed in a regular washing machine when instructions are followed correctly.

    Most of the stuffing in modern cloth toys is the same thing that is used in bed pillows.

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    GretchensMom said, 3 months ago

    4deerinmyyard: Regarding your question yesterday about moving in with my in-laws … I don’t think they’d let you move in with them but my brother-in-law DOES have his house and about 35 or 40 acres it’s sitting on for sale!

    Oh, sure. It sounds peaceful and quiet now but what would you do when you couldn’t get internet connection to post here on Calvin???!!! We’re talking SERIOUS boondocks, my friend!!!!!!!!!!

    P.S.: I like your online name. While visiting the in-laws, we saw a momma deer and her 2 babies grazing in their back yard on more than one occasion. That part regarding our trip was very sweet to watch!

36. 

    Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

    Hobbes is a stuffed tiger; Calvin’s father is a ‘stuffed shirt’.

37. 

    Leonardeuler said, 3 months ago

    Oops, new world records in swimming ? Poor Michael Phelps……

38. 

    grazer said, 3 months ago

    Sink, shrink and stink time.

39. 

    Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

    Using spelling/poetic license, I could say Calvin and Hobbes are both “devious and mischievious” in this cartoon.

40. 

    Coffee-Turtle said, 3 months ago

    she should have told him the truth that Tigers don’t dry very well! :)

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    ratlum said, 3 months ago

    Tigers in Siberia live in cold and wet
    Calvin listens to Mom
    Look out Hobbes anything can happen now

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 3 months ago

    Wet, smelly and hard time to dry up. They have to wait till they finish having their camping vacation and then go home and put Hobbes in washing machine to make it smell fresh and clean as a whistle. Good luck!

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    jbrobison1949 said, 3 months ago

    In the wild, tigers like to swim and cool off in the water. There’s a white Bengal Tiger at a zoo/wildlife park in the SF Bay area that actually swims under water.

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    bald 716 said, 3 months ago

    at least calvin had hobbs put on a life vest, for safety sake

45. 

    Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

    I guess Calvin has a ‘vested’ interest in keeping Hobbes safe.

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    DreamScourge said, 3 months ago

    @GretchensMom I love the sound of your inlaws place, the lack of a super market sounds absolute heaven to me, give me a mountain or two a few trees and a lake and I’ll happily give up the internet for life lol (tho’ I probably would purchase the complete unabridged works of Bill Watterson for my philosophical re-education)

47. 

    ozkanga said, 3 months ago

    Hobbes is a ‘stuffed’ tiger? Oh no my world is coming apart :(

48. 

    OldHipster said, 3 months ago

    Hey Maaaannnnnn, I’M a stuffed tiger.

49. 

    lindz.coop said, 3 months ago

    Just so Hobbes doesn’t get lost in the water – uh oh!!

50. 

    cadster125 said, 3 months ago

    its really funny