Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 08, 2015

Hobbes, it’s the only game Calvin is good at.

Did Hobbes interupt Calvin in mid-sentence?

I see talk show host in Calvin’s professional future.

Anything is a contest, if you wish it to be. However, you may find yourself on an empty field.

I know a lot of people who think a conversation consists of waiting for the other guy to shut up so they can talk again. You can see they’re not really listening to what’s being said, they’re just thinking about what they’re going to say next.

The World Champion at Calvin’s game; Chris Matthews of MSNBC. ‘Hardball’ drinking game; every time Matthews interrupts a guest, you have to do a shot of your favorite 80 proof drink. All players die of alcohol poisoning within the first 30 minutes of the show. BTW, I’m a hardcore liberal.

Calvin, you’ve described my supervisor exactly! Except he doesn’t wait for a pause in your sentence. He’ll interrupt you to interject his own personal story that you’ve heard at least a half a dozen times before…

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Thanks, Hobbes.

Good morning, and a lovely morning it is!

It is sad with all the “devices” people are glued to, a real one on one conversation is rare today. What is truly unfortunate is when the opportunity presents itself to start a “real” conversation, one of the involved parties rudely answers their “device” with another text or some BS and totally ignores the “real” conversation…

Yea! Hobbes commentary returns!

Guess who gave Mr. Trump the idea?

So that is how debates work?

@neverenoughgold: It happens here on GoComics all the time. You try to talk to people, but they get distracted and start looking at comic strips.

Me? I raise my hand, because I begot a house full of women. If I wait for a pause, I’m four to five subjects behind. The hand is instant.

I hate it when people just abruptly change the subject.It means they are bad listeners.I have to admit, I’ve done that a couple of times but only because I might have been uncomfortable talking about it, I’m only human.xxx

Some people talk and talk and find no end. When you don’t interrupt it, you never can say a word!!

I am still close with an old group of friends. We have known each other for over 40 years. We all gather two or three times a year to talk, drink too much, and tell the same jokes. Interestingly, none of us has a cell phone, let alone a smart phone or an i-anything. It is really about conversation and each other’s company. The same is true of another group of friends with whom I go skiing several times each winter. It is immeasurably rewarding, on a personal level, to have actual conversations with people.

26 words didn’t make it right.

Calvin’s winning 7 – 1