Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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margueritem said, 3 months ago

Ah yes, the barf……
mroberts88 said, 3 months ago

Thats not something anyone wants to wake up to.
bigCandHfan said, 3 months ago

Now….now… Dad’s comment a little ill-timed. aint it?!!
cleO'kaya said, 3 months ago

Barf, the best alarm ever to go off. No snooze button needed.
WoodEye said, 3 months ago

It’s payback for being a mean mom!
Gweed O'Murray said, 3 months ago

Marg, you seem to have a bad case of the twosies.
pouncingtiger said, 3 months ago

Mom remembered who has to clean up Calvin’s BARF!!!!
Johanan Rakkav said, 3 months ago

Next time, better safe than sorry. Even if it IS 2 AM.
sjoujke said, 3 months ago

Gotta love motherhood!
Yukoner said, 3 months ago

I remember nights like that. Thankfully its a memory from long ago.
mattkrickel said, 3 months ago

Good parents don’t need any sleep.
cryptomaniac said, 3 months ago

By God, this is one of the worst things to happen with kids in the middle of the night - been struggling with our year-old son and the same problem for the last few nights. All that cleaning up and calming down really takes it out of the parents. Hope it’s over and we can get some sleep tonight!
jukeofurl said, 3 months ago

What goes down, must come up…
krisch said, 3 months ago

I remember my mom practically SITTING UP with me all night when I couldn’t sleep because of asthma (as a kid). I probably have residual guilt from back then which is why I don’t let anyone take care of me now when I’m ill. Gotta find better ways to thank her i guess.
LX013 said, 3 months ago

Oh yes, chocolatefountain and bonbons.
tbree said, 3 months ago

It’s better to hear it than to discover it by foot. Been there, done that.
CarolinaGirls said, 3 months ago

krisch -
we mom’s are pretty satisfied with a simple “Thank You” and knowing we’re appreciated.
Tanya said, 3 months ago

Hugs are welcome too, along with the Thank you! :)
Calvinator said, 3 months ago

Ahhh barf. I never clean up the barf. I can do the poopy diaper, kill the spider, take casr of the clogged toilet … but if I even smell the barf… its a sure theng there will soon be twice as much.
Lewreader said, 3 months ago

I thought I was childless for Zero Population Growth, but there may have been other reasons. Don’t worry Mom. in a few short years it will be 2AM wake up calls from the police station.
MisngNOLA said, 3 months ago

Lew, as a father of three, I’ve had all of the above and more. And having lost my oldest son a couple of years back, I can honestly say that I’d go through it all again in a heartbeat to see him back.
krisch said, 3 months ago

@Carolinagirls and Mitstan: One of those things you don’t do even when its right before your eyes. A hug and a thank you! just the thing. Thank You :)
humormehere said, 3 months ago

I’m the dad of ten. I was also the barf-meister. Mom would take care of everything else, most of the time, but when we had a big mess, I always was the “get the sheets off the bed, clean up the most part of the mess, and get the child into the bath” person. Doing that made big points and got me out of doing many everyday ( I meant everynight) tasks.
FishStix said, 3 months ago

I’ve dealt with this too - and I rolled over just like ol’ dad just did. That’s what dad’s supposed to do at 0200.
Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

tbree said,

It’s better to hear it than to discover it by foot. Been there, done that.

~~~

When you have cats you often discover it by foot. Nothing more gross than stepping out of your bedroom in the morning and putting your foot into a fresh pile of cat blurp.
Herocoder said, 3 months ago

Mom .. you should have reacted sooner .. but with Calvin its never is a sure thing is it???
Carmy said, 3 months ago

I told Mom yesterday she needed to hurry before the barf exploded. She didn’t listen.
Richard said, 3 months ago

He never heard the shot.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 3 months ago

Oh yes they love Calvin! Don’t kid yourself! If you have children, you can appreciate that.
grazer said, 3 months ago

Susan, your constant seething against parents is making me feel sorry for you. Chin up, kid.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

cryptomaniac,
I was waiting for your comment about tigers relating to my post two days ago (Sunday).
I certainly hope “it’s over and we can get some sleep tonight”, for your sake (the parents) and your son’s sake as well.
JonD17 said, 3 months ago

BARF It isn’t just for breakfast anymore
JonD17 said, 3 months ago

sorry folks, that’s just what came to mind
Grog said, 3 months ago

My sister was the barfer in the family. But hearing her dry heaves in the middle of the night made me come close to doing the same.

It wasn’t easy getting back to sleep either.
bunnyface (bmonk) said, 3 months ago

Caring for a sick kid at 2:00 a.m. is proof of love: what else could possibly drive a sane adult to do such a thing–even if they complain like Mom. She’s just mad because she cares.
JanCinVV said, 3 months ago

I can remember sitting up in the middle of the night with my son who had severe earaches. We both cried.
M Smokey said, 3 months ago

I sure hope Hobbes is OK.
kab2rb said, 3 months ago

In our family when our kids where little with one bathroom I not only got sick with the kids and husband but had to strip the sheets,wash and make the bed will rushing to heave my spouse help some, then he go back to bed. There are four of us with boy and girl all of us got sick at the same time.
moshirahassan said, 3 months ago
@humormehere (the dad of ten)
- I am sure it built character
LX013 said, 3 months ago

….sweet chestnut hearts and chocolates.
lsolano said, 3 months ago

Barf is much better than poop! But I still wouldn’t want to wake up to either!!
bald 716 said, 3 months ago

this exact thing happened to my youngest son one night that he had a friend spend the night , unfortunately the friend was sleeping on the floor next to the bed.

we wound up with the guest getting sick when my son barfed on him
sfb5761 said, 3 months ago

Hope he didn’t hurl on Hobbes!
cryptomaniac said, 3 months ago

Hi Puddleglum2

Saw your Sunday post just now. Sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t know any tigers personally, and wouldn’t try to get too close, either!

I do know quite a few Lions though, if that helps, and many of them are “stuffed shirts” with far less substance and character than the lovable Hobbes.

Thanks for the “get well” wishes - we’re keeping our fingers crossed for tonight!
jrbj said, 3 months ago

Here’s to all the Moms who get up at 0200 and deal with barf while Dads just grumble and go back to sleep. And you can’t cop out by saying that Dads have to get up and go to work in the morning because now Moms do too.
bandz said, 3 months ago

Barfing. A subject that never should be brought up.

Reminds me of 5 year old Sean who listened in church to the story of how God created Adam and then, because Adam was lonely, created Eve from one of Adam’s ribs to be his wife. Sean wakes up the next morning complaining to his mother that he doesn’t feel well. Ma asks him ro be more specific and Sean says, ” I’ve got a pain in my side. I think I’m gonna have a wife.”

Not funny, you say? Neither is barfing, come to think of it.
vrcota said, 3 months ago

Now, picture this.

Once my lil’ daughter barfed all over our bed and herself. She was just one year old and started to cry, frightened by the pain. Imediately, when she saw me standing besides her, she oppened her arms, wanting a hug for protection.

…

Well, a good father has to do what a good father has to do. I just love her too much…
ogogogo823 said, 3 months ago

Aww…. Poor Calvin!
pintcape said, 3 months ago

mom better hope that calvin made it to the bathroom,if not she will have a chore that you don’t want at two in the morning
stammo_1 said, 3 months ago

Actually, bandz, I was laughing at the story of little Sean. It was cute. Children are so innocent at that age.

Besides, as a former 2-AM-barfer- who-bawled-over-the-toilet-until-my-sister-got-my-mom-up-to-comfort-me, I can relate to this comic and I find it funny.

It actually reminds me of when I was home alone with my older brother when I was eleven. He wound up getting the stomache flu and the following conversation went like this-

him (rushed)-‘Get the barf bucket!’
me-‘What?’
him- (even more rushed) ‘the barf bucket!’
me- What?
him- Too late!

Yeah. Big mess. All over the couch and blankets. My oldest sister (an LPN) came over to help me clean it up and was making light of the situation, calling him a dragon.

Barfing is just part of family life. Sure, it pisses us off when it happens, but afterwords, it makes for a great story. Who hasn’t been there?