Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 11, 2011

Little, but boy can they spin!

Is Hobbes supposed to be an friend, enemy or frenemy?

Oh the shame!!

Next time, Calvin, when he leaps, take a hard left turn. That’ll show him.

Try chasing your own tail, Hobbes.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!

Where is Calvin’s head in the last panel? Hobbes, you’re supposed to maul Calvin, not decapitate him.

Tiger instinct !! Cant help it eh Hobbes?

Regular Road Runner and Coyote situation.

Calvin the cloud of dust!

Its a good thing Suzie cant see Hobbes . Because Hobbes would not be able to stop from showing her how ferocious he is,and I think she is is better at defence than Calvin. She gets the practise from Calvin and is more ferocious than Hobbes

A best friend who attacks you whe you come home, attacks you when you’re in creative (destrictive) thought, and while you trying to sleep. That’s not friend,that’s my wife.

Just out of morbid curiosity, Lewreader: why do you keep insulting your wife????

I don’t like this one so much.

So chase something with longer legs and thicker skin, Hobbes, like a Greyhound bus.

I am so glad that I am bigger than my cat.

^ But in your cat’s mind, he’s bigger – and he could probably take you down if he tried!

Wait a few years, Hobbes… Uh, Hobbes?

Cats are scary that way.

Short legs do kind of diminish the length of the adventure.

Sometimes Hobbes turns Calvin’s world upside down. BTW, if Calvin’s head is missing, how does he talk in the last panel? I suspect that his head is kind of buried in the sand (ground). Calvin should have an escape ‘claws’ in his contract.

Even if reincarnation were true, humans would go through an endless cycle ad infinitum and never achieve perfection. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment, So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:27,28

Respect the Cat.

Where is Marg?

Not only little legs but slow ones too!

Puddleglum, I suspect that Calvin is laying on his head and neck, with his body curved over it. You can’t see his head because his torso is in the way.

Johanan Rakkav א said: (about 9 tiger pounces ago)

Just out of morbid curiosity, Lewreader: why do you keep insulting your wife????

I think the better question might be: if she’s that bad then why is he still with her?!?!? A glutton for punishment perhaps?!?!?

Tiger, tiger such a fright, Tiger, tiger leaping light, Tiger, tiger burning bright, Tiger, tiger, beating the living daylights out of Calvin…

GrethensMom and Johanan, some of the most stable and committed marriages I have known have been where the couples were always zinging each other at every opportunity and laughing about it then. They especially enjoyed doing it in the company of others.

Like I keep telling my wife who gets upset when people tease me (and sometimes when I tease her), people only tease people they like. I have never kidded or teased someone I had no use or respect for. After 50 years of it, she has mellowed and gets off a few good ones on me every once in a while. She has come to enjoy getting the better of me. LOL

Give the short legs a longer head start before you start pursuing.

Kato and Inspector Clouseau come to mind.

Thank You, dahawk.

Lewreader, I appreciate your humor and comments on this and a couple of other sites. I recognize it as teasing used by couples who share mutual respect and love.

Methinks Hobbes needs an obedience school lesson.

@fran650, have to agree with you on your toLewreader :-)

Love it, Hobbes! LOL

Ha–love this one.

Thanks Hobbes, I needed that one!

It’s a game they play. Hobbes gets to feel good about his skills. Calvin gets to…reinforce his relationship with Hobbes by admitting defeat in this activity. You have to remember, they are different species with different instincts. I once read that instinct is the word you use when you don’t understand something that a species does.

dahawk, like this couple?

@bmonk- Thanks for the link to the “One Big Happy” comic. It made my day!

Makes me wish that all the cats I’ve ever owned died when I was 4. Then again, as far as I’m aware, they may have been lazyer than my dog, who is 77 dog years now. Yeah, the stupid thing will never die.