I’ve always referred to kid’s that i’m fond of as yardapes, anklebiters,carpet crawlers, porch monkeys, mud magnets, virus carriers etc. The few i don’t care for are plain old kids!
Unclebewey — Hate to point this out, but I’ve never heard “porch monkeys” used in reference to children. It’s a racist term, and that’s all I’m going to say.
“When I observe the dog, I come to the conclusion that man is the superior animal. When I observe man…I confess, my friend, I am puzzled.” Can’t remember who said it but it’s good.
Paging Mr. Pedantic; apes and monkeys are two different species types. Monkeys typically have tails whereas apes do not.
Even if humans “evolved” from apes (the notion offends me), I cite George Carlin, “then why do we still have apes?”
This, of course, is in deference to certain members of our populace (which cross all racial boundaries) who are not fit to live in polite civilized society. Take a walk through a Walmart sometime and see for yourself how primitive some people can be or better yet, certain neighborhoods in Chicago (or any major metropolitan city, for that matter).
Wikipedia is a good overview. If you’re looking for more evidence, read Jerry Coyne’s “Why Evolution is True,” Richard Dawkins’ “The Greatest Show on Earth,” and Donald Prothero’s “Evolution: What the Fossils Say, and Why it Matters.”Alternatively, you can believe in a book that starts with a story about an angry wizard in a magic garden with a talking snake, and pretend that that is the way it really happened. Ignorance is bliss!
legaleagle48 almost 11 years ago
And THAT was for yesterday, Calvin! :-P
NormanBates almost 11 years ago
I think same thing about my co-workers.
MayoGalway almost 11 years ago
and humans are easier to catch than monkeys
margueritem almost 11 years ago
Run, Hobbes, run!
KeepKeeper almost 11 years ago
No exoticdoc2 Apes evolved from people.
unclebewey almost 11 years ago
I’ve always referred to kid’s that i’m fond of as yardapes, anklebiters,carpet crawlers, porch monkeys, mud magnets, virus carriers etc. The few i don’t care for are plain old kids!
artybee almost 11 years ago
Unclebewey — Hate to point this out, but I’ve never heard “porch monkeys” used in reference to children. It’s a racist term, and that’s all I’m going to say.
orinoco womble almost 11 years ago
“When I observe the dog, I come to the conclusion that man is the superior animal. When I observe man…I confess, my friend, I am puzzled.” Can’t remember who said it but it’s good.
stamps almost 11 years ago
On the other hand, us irresponsible scientists believe that monkeys evolved from humans,
aejb almost 11 years ago
Aww Hobbes not all truth is to be revealed … Human give monkeys a bad name :)
Supreme Comic Kid almost 11 years ago
Calvin has officially been burned.
Ottodesu almost 11 years ago
The theme is similar to scifi writer Larry Niven, how the Kzinti (alien sentient tigers) refer to humans as monkeys.
orestm almost 11 years ago
Fair enough, Wikipedia can be edited by any old hack. Why don’t we go with a source with more expertise like, say… 99% of all biologists?
rentier almost 11 years ago
Some do evolve!!
baldhedjer almost 11 years ago
Who knew Hobbes was from Kansas?
dbmeyer99 almost 11 years ago
Taking it back from Clerks 2…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWdVwt2deY4
Phapada almost 11 years ago
I believed Hobbes
RevvieQuar almost 11 years ago
Paging Mr. Pedantic; apes and monkeys are two different species types. Monkeys typically have tails whereas apes do not.
Even if humans “evolved” from apes (the notion offends me), I cite George Carlin, “then why do we still have apes?”
This, of course, is in deference to certain members of our populace (which cross all racial boundaries) who are not fit to live in polite civilized society. Take a walk through a Walmart sometime and see for yourself how primitive some people can be or better yet, certain neighborhoods in Chicago (or any major metropolitan city, for that matter).
PlainBill almost 11 years ago
Hobbes says ‘Food id food’.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
He is working his ticket!
LOL xxx
ratlum almost 11 years ago
Best strip ever.Hobbes gave his opinion,while getting out of reach,Calvin has lots of time in the future to think about this.
twodogs625 almost 11 years ago
This gives me a chuckle every day!!
tuslog64 almost 11 years ago
To say that humans evolved from monkeys is an insult to monkeys.Monkeys would not do some of the things humans have done to other humans.
EXTERMINATE! almost 11 years ago
Well, actually, humans evolved from telephone sanitizers. (Read the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy)
edonline almost 11 years ago
Bonobos are human’s closest simian relatives, not chimpanzees which are often cited as being so.
markjoseph125 almost 11 years ago
Wikipedia is a good overview. If you’re looking for more evidence, read Jerry Coyne’s “Why Evolution is True,” Richard Dawkins’ “The Greatest Show on Earth,” and Donald Prothero’s “Evolution: What the Fossils Say, and Why it Matters.”Alternatively, you can believe in a book that starts with a story about an angry wizard in a magic garden with a talking snake, and pretend that that is the way it really happened. Ignorance is bliss!
renewed1 almost 11 years ago
Good thing the monkeys can’t sue us for defamation.
bmonk almost 11 years ago
Odd. I just yesterday saw a scientist arguing that, perhaps, Chimps and bonobos should be in our genus, given the similarities in shape and behavior.
LOWRIDER84 almost 11 years ago
Or MSNBC.