Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 30, 2022

Hobbes, leave the sambars alone! They are listed as a vulnerable specie.

Calvin is wisely leaving the dismemberment zone.

I think Hobbes is dreaming of something else…..

Make that Calvin, Hobbes, and whatever they name their new stuffed sambar.

For those who don’t know, sambars are a type of deer that inhabit Southern Asia and are a common prey item for tigers.

Kinda interesting that Watterson specifically chose to reference sambars in particular and not just write “deer” instead.

Do tigers dream of delicious fish?

superb stanza there, Calvin, making Hobbes have a pleasant dream

“Who soon will be remembered.”

(Websters:) Definition of sambar

: a large Asian deer (Cervus unicolor) with the male having strong 3-pointed antlers and long coarse hair on the throat

I hope he’s dreaming of chasing the samba that’s a deer and not the stew.

A sprinting sambar never brought such a smile to my face, but Bill Watterson’s cartoon does.

Naw, he dreaming of a tuna sandwich.

Yes, soon, please!!

Could a drowsy tiger mistake you for a sambar, Calvin?

After what happened last week on his bed, he does well leaving.

Naaaah, He’s dreaming about smooches, the big softy……

Good times!

Calvin is doing this, and he doesn’t even want the tree house ladder lowered.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Calvin’s use of the word “somnolent”. Quite the education he’s getting for one so adverse to learning.

I’ve never heard of sambars before, so I googled it, and found this:

https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/sambhar-recipe-a-method-made-easy/

Smart to move along Cal, now is not the time to give Hobbes a belly rub.

Sounds like the sambar was delicious. I’m more of a marsbar guy myself.

Sambar appears to be one of two things (maybe more) 1. The sambar powder is used in cooking.

2. The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China, and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008.

I had to google Sambar but at least I can subtract 7 from 11…LOL

B-day to day also 7/10

Somnolent? A new word for me!

Calvin now appearing at “The Tiger House” for a poetry reading.

What is a sambar?

Actually Hobbes is dreaming about pouncing on Calvin when he comes home from school.

Finally, a poem from Calvin that Hobbes likes.

Ummm, sambar.

I’m assuming Calvin is referencing the deer and not the stew? (I had to look sambar up, I was aware of neither, so this is my new thing for today)

When I googled it, the information is that sambar is a lentil soup that is popular in India.

Sambar: Lentil based vegetable soup. What is there for a tiger to like in that?

Just Googled “sambar.” So…is it basically an Asian elk?

Calvin may be awful at doing math but no such issue exists with language arts.

I love Hobbes’s content sleep sighs like that.

To sleep, perchance to dream of fresh meat. (Apologies to good old Bill Shakespeare.)