Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 18, 2014
Transcript:
Calvin: "Calvin the hummingbird zips by with a loud whir!" Calvin: "Although small, he puts out tremendous energy. To hover, his wings beat hundreds of times each second!" Calvin: "What fuels this incredible metabolism? Concentrated sugar water! He drinks half his weight a day!" Calvin: "...Preferably loaded with caffeine" Mom: "Are you drinking more soda pop?!"
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
He wouldn’t be able to drink it if there wasn’t any in the refrigerator.
ORMouseworks over 9 years ago
Bad for the teeth, Calvin! =-O
SydneyCityTV over 9 years ago
Did those types of energy drinks even exist when C&H was last on the drawing board? I wouldn’t have thought so.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
@SydneyCityTVNo, they didn’t. He is drinking an old-fashioned cola.
Olddog1 over 9 years ago
Probably Coke or Pepsi.
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
Mom is concerned about the upcoming energy crisis.Calvin needs to refuel, because it’s been awhile since breakfast:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (March 22, 1986)Click here: Thatababy (August 21, 2011)Click here: Thatababy (August 22, 2013)Click here: Peanuts (February 21, 1958)Click here: Peanuts (January 16, 1955)Click here: Zits (November 25, 2006)
rshive over 9 years ago
If memory serves, one used to see energy drink ads in the back of comic books. Along with punks kicking sand on a would-be Charles Atlas.
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
@Nun’Ya Bidness: Did you see the baby up on the ceiling fan?
Ermine Notyours over 9 years ago
My biology teacher said (among other questionable things) that Alka-Seltzer makes seagulls explode. I imagine carbonated beverages wouldn’t be good for hummingbirds.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Could be Mountain Dew. It’s been around for a long time, and has a lot of caffeine. More calories than Coke and contains orange juice..Why, a Twinkie washed down with a Dew is almost a perfect meal!.Well, almost…
JanLC over 9 years ago
Every once in a while, I am so very impressed with Watterson’s talent as an artist. That hummingbird is exquisite!
klunker rider over 9 years ago
Mountain Dew or Jolt
Number Three over 9 years ago
No he’s drinking apple juice.
Honest.
xxx
MysteryCat over 9 years ago
Lucy could use some of those chocolate frosted sugar bombs to enable her to keep her fussing up to standard.
InuYugiHakusho over 9 years ago
Yeah, that’s what Calvin needs: More energy.
kwanza_30303 over 9 years ago
Wikipedia says that even the smallest hummingbirds max out at 100 beats per second—Calvin is faster!
rphbeta over 9 years ago
Hummingbirds don’t whir, loudly or otherwise. Their wings beat so fast that the frequency of the sound produced is too high for human hearing.
Susie Derkins D: over 9 years ago
This is how you get fat.