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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes

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  1. margueritem

    margueritemGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    For you and the teacher, both.

  2. diggit03

    diggit03 said, 4 months ago

    you bring it upon yourself, calvin. quite adorably though.

  3. yyyguy

    yyyguy said, 4 months 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.

  4. vibjyor

    vibjyor said, 4 months ago

    Margueritem said, 17 minutes ago

    For you and the teacher, both.

    Aren’t you forgetting the Principal ?

  5. JonD17

    JonD17 said, 4 months ago

    Queen Fragg is not amused

  6. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    What’s the deal? He has the pledge down perfect..

  7. kreole

    kreole said, 4 months ago

    There’s a little bit of Calvin in all of us…………that’s why we like him!

  8. margueritem

    margueritemGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    vibjyor, you’re right! How could I overlook him?

  9. boozoothatswho

    boozoothatswho said, 4 months 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.

  10. jojoba2

    jojoba2Genius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Constitution preamble: “… in order to farm a more perfect onion…” They took that seriously in Vidalia, Georgia.

  11. jojoba2

    jojoba2Genius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Constitution preamble: “… in order to farm a more perfect onion…” They took that seriously in Vidalia, Georgia.

  12. Praxsis

    Praxsis said, 4 months ago

    Queen Fragg needs to get fragged….LOL

  13. JP Steve

    JP Steve said, 4 months 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…)

  14. EarlWash

    EarlWash said, 4 months 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.

  15. BinaryWiener

    BinaryWiener said, 4 months ago

    One of my favorite Calvin strips. Too many people don’t know what the Pledge of Allegiance means anymore.

  16. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, 4 months 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.

  17. Ivy0730

    Ivy0730 said, 4 months ago

    =]]

  18. Hugh B. Hayve

    Hugh B. Hayve said, 4 months 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.

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    (my apologies for being so cynical)

  19. Richard

    Richard said, 4 months ago

    With no accountability, sensibility, loyalty or honor, this is what we get.

  20. vilarif

    vilarif said, 4 months ago

    thank you fdr

  21. Macushlalondra

    Macushlalondra said, 4 months 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.

  22. prasrinivara

    prasrinivara said, 4 months 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.

  23. jrbj

    jrbj said, 4 months 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.

  24. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Calvin, there are times when you shouldn’t let your parody gene run amuck.

  25. Grog

    GrogGenius_badge said, 4 months 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.

  26. ♠Lonewolf♠

    ♠Lonewolf♠Genius_badge said, 4 months ago

    BC13

    Those days are Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays & Sick days!

  27. Jaddis

    Jaddis said, 4 months 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?

  28. bunnyface (bmonk)

    bunnyface (bmonk) said, 4 months 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.”

  29. Grog

    GrogGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Cute, bmonk.

  30. Trisha Evenstar

    Trisha Evenstar said, 4 months ago

    poor calvin lol

  31. grazer

    grazer said, 4 months ago

    ‘Nuther good one, Hugh.
    Thanks!

  32. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    I live and work in the same State…. ;-p

  33. grammahotsho

    grammahotsho said, 4 months ago

    God shave the queen…

  34. DarkHicks

    DarkHicks said, 4 months ago

    a day has not pass yet and your in trouble

    dam he broke my record

  35. Hugh B. Hayve

    Hugh B. Hayve said, 4 months 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.

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  36. ratlum

    ratlum said, 4 months 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

  37. Dino-1

    Dino-1 said, 4 months 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!

  38. grazer

    grazer said, 4 months ago

    Haha, fun story, Dino.
    I like the way C&H nudges old fun memories for us old kids.

  39. bstby911

    bstby911 said, 4 months ago

    Calvin, translate hat into espanol!

  40. thebird55

    thebird55 said, 4 months ago

    What? That’s not how it goes?

  41. ShaZamKaPow

    ShaZamKaPow said, 4 months ago

    I don’t think dragging kids by the arm when they have to go to the principals office is legal anymore…

  42. Melissa Tempke

    Melissa Tempke said, 4 months ago

    Hey, Hugh! I was getting ready to ask if you have one with Hobbes pouncing on Calvin!

  43. Stuart Gathman

    Stuart Gathman said, 4 months 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.

  44. JUJUBEANIE

    JUJUBEANIE said, 4 months ago

    lol

  45. Susan001

    Susan001Genius_badge said, 4 months ago

    I think that teacher is a close relative of Sen. Joe McCarthy.
    Maybe the principal, too.

  46. james the great and magnificent

    james the great and ... said, 4 months 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.

  47. dukedoug

    dukedoug said, 4 months 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).

  48. comYics

    comYicsGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    ..One nation, Under GOD…

  49. sunrise814

    sunrise814 said, 4 months ago

    settle in, Calvin…

  50. Monika_Krug

    Monika_Krug said, 4 months ago

    When the school year started after a year of renovating the school, there were no flags yet. The televisions were already there, hanging from the wall, with the fixture for holding the flag next to it. Our “Writing for College” teacher changed the pledge of allegiance to “I pledge allegiance to the television …”