Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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margueritem said, 4 months ago

Perhaps they’ll help to soak up the water, Hobbes…
imaginarypet said, 4 months ago

I think the dripping was preferable to the torrent of water.
Yukoner said, 4 months ago

Hobbes, rather than paper and carbon you may want to find a bucket and a mop.

911 anyone?
WoodEye said, 4 months ago

Carbons! How OLD is Hobbes?
vibjyor said, 4 months ago

When they were passing out brains Hobbes was there collecting both his and Calvin’s share.
sjoujke said, 4 months ago

Carbons this is a REALLY old comic strip.
Aragorn said, 4 months ago

u r too smart hobbes :)
Puddleglum2 said, 4 months ago

Calvin ‘wrenched’ the faucet too hard. Now it’s “sink or swim”!
Johanan Rakkav said, 4 months ago

Listen to us. We’re saying this is “old” when it’s the acceleration in technology that’s passing us by at ever-increasing speed.
tamsin said, 4 months ago

speaking of brains
really good timing with that line Calvin!
Susan001 said, 4 months ago

THAR SHE BLOWS!!!
uma7c said, 4 months ago

what happened to the hacksaw?!?!
hagarthehorrible said, 4 months ago

Probably calvin’s brain did not work this time and Hobbes needs to give comfort to him for his mess!
LX013 said, 4 months ago

Apologice! Written!
Why do they built such faucets!
Dino-1 said, 4 months ago

My Dad did that with the kitchen faucet and he looked pretty much like the last panel too. I think that’s about the time Grandpa (Mom’s Dad) bought him the Time Life series of fix-it books. Dad ran downstairs to turn off the water because he didn’t have valves under the sink then. I remember Dad laughing like crazy while he and Mom cleaned up the mess. Mom on the other hand was so red I thought steam would come out of her ears! He went to the hardware store and came back with a new faucet since the handle just broke apart because the whole thing was ancient. The new faucet came with written directions and a flimsy vinyl record you could play. I thought it was pretty cool.
Leonardeuler said, 4 months ago

Susan001: that’s what Linus yelled to Snoopy one day when Snoopy was threatening Linus in a swimming pool.

Calvin, it’s time to leave for the Yukon !! GO ! GO ! GO ! GO !
Puddleglum2 said, 4 months ago

“Splish Splash” - Bobby Darin (1958)
JanCinVV might know this one.
DreamScourge said, 4 months ago

1985-1995 is pretty old, dare I say it but it’s getting on for 25 years if it’s one of the earlier strips, SIGH and I remember when the best thing on TV on Saturday mornings was Johnny Weissmuller swinging through the jungle with Jane(probably Maureen O’Sullivan)…. Time to go put me slippers on and sit in the rocker by the fire with a good book and a pipe.

http://www.suspense-movies.com/stars/tarzan-jane/jane3.html

Admittedly they were reruns even in my time, but they still hold up pretty well.
Yukoner said, 4 months ago

Leonardeuler: tell him to hurry. All the water up here is going to freeze pretty soon.
opuscroakus70 said, 4 months ago

I think Hobbes was being facetious- the Xerox machine had been invented long before the first C&H strip appeared.
awgiedawgie said, 4 months ago

@DreamScourge

Finally, someone who not only realizes how old this strip really is and so doesn’t ask that dumb question, but also remembers the same TV shows as me! And I have on my shelf several good books that I haven’t read yet - along with every Calvin & Hobbes book :)

Incidentally, we were still using carbon paper for office paperwork in the early 90s, so Hobbes isn’t too far off base.

Sure there were Xerox machines in Calvin’s day, but you know his parents would never leave him alone with one. Who knows what he would be making copies of!!
Florchi said, 4 months ago

sjoujke & opuscroakus70

“Carbon copy” was so embedded in the vernacular that most of us still use it - every time we send email and use the “CC” line. When we started photocopying instead of using carbon paper (to duplicate typewritten documents), business schools tried to teach typists/secretaries to just use “C:” instead of “CC” - but the single digit never quite caught on.

CC: awgiedawgie
Paul said, 4 months ago

And if all else fails… Pray:

God give me the strength to accept those things I cannot change…….
baslim_the_begger said, 4 months ago

Calvin and home repair!
He will not stop to think!
Water, Water, Everywhere
Nor any drop to drink!
Lewreader said, 4 months ago

Calvin should do what any intelligent boy would do, RUN!
rshive said, 4 months ago

Mom will indeed be surprised.
Calvinator said, 4 months ago

If Hobbs was so smart - why didn’t he tell Calvin about the valve under the sink? Smart indeed! I give Calvin credit for trying. I bet the next time he needs to fix a faucet , he gets it right.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 4 months ago

Calvin, the know-it-all six year old. Way to go buddy!!
ninmas said, 4 months ago

carbons?
Fer Lefer said, 4 months ago

It is NOT an old strip…

… it is AS young AS WE here at the forum ARE.

( ^ o ^ )

Down the Rio Grande, we had our share of TV shows, but it’ll be meaningless to our North-Amerikan friends, but for all mexican paisanos: Remember those “Cachún cachún”, “Odisea Burbujas”, XE-tú”, etc.

Oh témpora, oh mores…
Trisha Evenstar said, 4 months ago

Lmao! this is funny

btw, Carbons????
Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago

Never mind the carbons. Just get a rowboat because you’re gonna need one.
BC13 said, 4 months ago

Since Susan001 took the line I was going to say, I’ll say, “Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead!”
Saucy1121 said, 4 months ago

Calvin is going to need to buy a bunch of carbon offsets to make up for the waste of natural resources. Watterson is before his time again.!
musicnut1986 said, 4 months ago

The background music needs to be either Jan & Dean or the Beach Boys. Surf’s up. Hang 10!

I suppose no one under 40 will understand those references. LOL.
Robin Boyd said, 4 months ago

Hey, Hobbes, wanna borrow my fountain pen?
Vonnegut said, 4 months ago

I suppose that flooding is pretty serious disaster in an pen & ink world. Unless Waterson uses a waterproof media, the entire universe may just wash away!
marvin.metzener said, 4 months ago

Probably the very best comic strip ever, loved his renditions of snow men playing with Calvin
marias said, 4 months ago

Calvin you need to start running………………..
bunnyface (bmonk) said, 4 months ago

We don’t know where Hobbes was, but we know Calvin was ahint the door…

Like carbons got into the language, we also still “dial” telephones and “tape” shows. I’m sure there are plenty of other forgotten technologies that still shape our language, but my mind fails me at the moment.
JanCinVV said, 4 months ago

Puddleglum: Thanks for the memory. Now I can’t get that song out of my head (rub, dub, just relaxin’ in the tub…)

Dreamscourge: Those old Tarzan movies were great, but remember when most of Saturday morning was live-action shows? Remember “Fury” or “My Friend Flicka”? Or how about the old Warner Bros theater cartoons before the censors decided they were too violent and cut them to pieces.
grazer said, 4 months ago

The idea of Hobbes wanting duplicates of the apology is funny in itself.
DD FENCE EMET said, 4 months ago

Carbon dating the apologies would indicate this is a very old comic.

Hobbes is the one with the better ‘mem’ brain.

A>
treBsdrawkcaB said, 4 months ago

Maybe “carbons” is tiger-speak for pencils since they’re made from graphite? Kidding!

I remember playing with carbon paper and getting that filthy black stuff all over.

Thanks for the memories, all. It seems that a lot of the same ancient people like me are the ones reading these same comic daily. Ahhh, the good ‘ol days!

And, yes, there’s still phrases and words in use today that come from even as far back as the middle ages! “Dead ringer”, “Graveyard shift”, “Breakfast”, etc.
jrbj said, 4 months ago

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink,

Water, water everywhere with Calvin at the sink.

Water, water everywhere from the sink that has no knobs,
Water, water everywhere and I think it just drowned Hobbs.
bald 716 said, 4 months ago

so how much longer until the pool party *IN*calvins house?
yyyguy said, 4 months ago

dreamscourge
i think that at least some of the Tarzan movies pre-dated the Hayes Office. Maureen sure isn’t wearing much in those photos - even by today’s standards.
a bit of trivia. in the first movie, the actor who played the head of the safari Jane and Dr. Porter were on, later went on to play Commissioner Gordon in the Batman TV series.
Zaphod Beeblebrox said, 4 months ago

I always thought this strip should be subtitled “Reasons to not have childern”.
Coffee-Turtle said, 4 months ago

…and so it begins… :-D
Stede_Bonnet said, 4 months ago

The ability to respond to and control unexpected flooding is a very valuable skill for a sailor. Good to see Calvin is preparing himself early in life. Now he just needs to take after that little Dutch boy and stick a finger in that leak before it gets any worse!