Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

For you and the teacher, both.
diggit03 said, about 1 month ago

you bring it upon yourself, calvin. quite adorably though.
yyyguy said, about 1 month ago

what’s wrong with queen fragg of hysteria? oh yeah, i almost forgot. those in the excited states (as foth the froth used to refer to them) frown on people taking liberties with national symbols.
vibjyor said, about 1 month ago

Margueritem said, 17 minutes ago

For you and the teacher, both.

Aren’t you forgetting the Principal ?
JonD17 said, about 1 month ago

Queen Fragg is not amused
cleokaya said, about 1 month ago

What’s the deal? He has the pledge down perfect..
kreole said, about 1 month ago

There’s a little bit of Calvin in all of us…………that’s why we like him!
Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

vibjyor, you’re right! How could I overlook him?
boozoothatswho said, about 1 month ago

Y’all do know the Pledge was written by a died in the wool Socialist. Francis Bellamy. The entire point was to sell flags to schools, but Francis was true to his brother’s socialist beliefs, and actually wanted to include equality in the things we pledge allegiance to.
jojoba2 said, about 1 month ago

Constitution preamble: “… in order to farm a more perfect onion…” They took that seriously in Vidalia, Georgia.
jojoba2 said, about 1 month ago

Constitution preamble: “… in order to farm a more perfect onion…” They took that seriously in Vidalia, Georgia.
Praxsis said, about 1 month ago

Queen Fragg needs to get fragged….LOL
Just plain Steve said, about 1 month ago

In 1958’ish I had to pledge allegiance to Canada every morning Can’t remember the words, but pretty sure there was a Queen in there somewhere! (We sang “God save the Queen” a lot too which definitely featured Her Maj…)
EarlWash said, about 1 month ago

I believe a few years ago in B.C a student in his attempt to recite our Pledge of Allegence to his teacher stated,
“I pledge all legions to the flag of the Nighted States of a Miracle and to the Republican Richard Standze, one nation under God, undies visible, with livery and injustice for all. Amen.
BinaryWiener said, about 1 month ago

One of my favorite Calvin strips. Too many people don’t know what the Pledge of Allegiance means anymore.
Yukoner said, about 1 month ago

Freedom to poke fun at things like the pledge (in either the US or Canada) is a sign of how much freedom we truly have.
Ivy0730 said, 29 days ago

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Hugh B. Hayve said, 29 days ago

Well Yukoner, that may be because, more now than in the past, that people’s words are worth a big pile of steaming dog doo. That kind of renders any verbal oath or vow meaningless, if you really think about it.

(my apologies for being so cynical)
Richard said, 29 days ago

With no accountability, sensibility, loyalty or honor, this is what we get.
vilarif said, 29 days ago

thank you fdr
Macushlalondra said, 29 days ago

I miss the pledge of allegiance since moving to Canada. I miss our national anthem even though I have no idea what it means. The Canadian national anthem is nice though. But Canadians don’t put their hand over their heart while they do either their pledge or their anthem and I miss that.
prasrinivara said, 29 days ago

Steve, Canuck allegiance pledge was the rather simple “I salute the flag, the emblem of my country; to her I pledge my love and loyalty” (I remember saying this weekly 1971-1975 in Calgary–when Canada was NOT technically my country, as I had not applied to naturalise), which is probably the most portable flag-pledge in existence.
jrbj said, 29 days ago

Oh Calvin, Calvin, Calvin. When they are that old and have tenure you really shouldn’t mess with them. They’ve already dealt with you a thousand, thousand times.
Johanan Rakkav said, 29 days ago

Calvin, there are times when you shouldn’t let your parody gene run amuck.
BC13 said, 29 days ago

Calvin’s off to a good start. I wonder if there’ll be days when he doesn’t have detention. If there are, you can probably count them all on one hand.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 29 days ago

BC13

Those days are Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays & Sick days!
Jaddis said, 29 days ago

As I recall, it was all the kids who caused trouble who had to stay inside for lunch/recess and do extra class-work. I wonder if anyone realized that it was being cooped up inside in the first place that was making us unmanageable?
bmonk said, 29 days ago

I also remember a version in a cartoon from oh so many years back, that went something like: “I pledge a legion to the frog of the delighted steaks of America, and to the public for Richard Stands, one naked individual, with liver tea and just kiss for all.”
BC13 said, 29 days ago

Cute, bmonk.
Trisha Evenstar said, 29 days ago

poor calvin lol
grazer said, 29 days ago

‘Nuther good one, Hugh.
Thanks!
Coffee-Turtle said, 29 days ago

I live and work in the same State…. ;-p
grammahotsho said, 29 days ago

God shave the queen…
DarkHicks said, 29 days ago

a day has not pass yet and your in trouble

dam he broke my record
Hugh B. Hayve said, 29 days ago

Glad you like’m grazer, still got a lot left. I might make a mistake and post one I already did, but I’ll eventually get to them all.
ratlum said, 29 days ago

In our school it was God save the King < so long ago >
Back to Calvin A Pledge of Allegiance is good dont matter the words
Dino-1 said, 29 days ago

Hugh B. Hayve- Love the animated strip. The two on this page our my favorites so far.
I remember in third grade they had to send the flag in our classroom out to be cleaned. They made us stand up and say the pledge to the wall where the flag usually hung for a week. Day two one of the boys started in with his own rendition, We pledge allegiance to the wall of our classroom where our flag used to be feeling fools because the principal said we had to one spot under the ceiling from where it used to stand looking dirty with spots and all! I thought she’d sent the boy to the principal’s office but the teacher was covering her mouth and making squeaking sounds as she tried to muffle an explosive laugh. She then thanked George (our class clown) and she said now we’ll say it the right way. We got to say it George’s way the next day and then had to say it the correct way the rest of the time. It was one of those times you never forget!
grazer said, 29 days ago

Haha, fun story, Dino.
I like the way C&H nudges old fun memories for us old kids.
cholldekkgher stenst... said, 29 days ago

You’ll learn
Before you burn
To say it right
In spite
of being so lackadaisical
bstby911 said, 29 days ago

Calvin, translate hat into espanol!
Vernon Bird said, 29 days ago

What? That’s not how it goes?
ShaZamKaPow said, 29 days ago

I don’t think dragging kids by the arm when they have to go to the principals office is legal anymore…
Melissa Tempke said, 29 days ago

Hey, Hugh! I was getting ready to ask if you have one with Hobbes pouncing on Calvin!
Stuart Gathman said, 29 days ago

In third grade, I said it like this:

I pledge allegiance to the city of Los Angeles,
and to the smog under which it stands. One city,
under smog, invisible, with tear drops and cough drops for all.
JUJUBEANIE said, 29 days ago

lol
Susan001 said, 29 days ago

I think that teacher is a close relative of Sen. Joe McCarthy.
Maybe the principal, too.
james the great and ... said, 29 days ago

Hey, like how many times have we sang the wrong lyrics to a song and then finally find the right ones and feel..oops. I kinda like Calvin’s version. The last panel does bring back some of my own old memories.
dukedoug said, 29 days ago

One of my Aussie mates lived in the USA as a kid and attended school there when her father was posted there for a couple of years. She was hauled before the principal for not reciting the oath. When she explained that she was Australian, not American, the principal did not know what an “Australian” was nor where Australia was and did not accept this as an excuse - so she was punished for the misdeed !! (OK, it was a long time ago … but even quite recently the shipping people in the American company for which I worked regularly sent packages intended for Australia … to Austria).
comYics said, 29 days ago

..One nation, Under GOD…
sunrise814 said, 28 days ago

settle in, Calvin…