Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 05, 1989
March 04, 1989
March 06, 1989
Transcript:
Calvin: I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I've got to go to school the next day. It's like trying to enjoy your last meal before execution. A penny for your thoughts. Hobbes: Sorry. My thoughts are a buck apiece. Calvin: A dollar?! That's outrageous! Your thoughts aren't worth that! Hobbes: This one is! At a dollar, it's the bargain of a lifetime. Calvin: I wouldn't pay a nickle for any thought you've ever had in your whole flea-ridden existence! Hobbes: That little remark just made the price ten dollars! Calvin: Ten?? YOu can' extort me! Keep your stuped thought! Hobbes: If you knew what is was, you'd beg to pay ten bucks for it. Calvin: C'mon. Just tell me what it is, will you? Hobbes: Nothing doing, Pal. Calvin: Ok, ok! I'll give you 25 cents. That's all I have. Hobbes: Let's see it. Calvin: Here! 25 cents! Now what's this big expensive thought of yours?! Hobbes: "A fool and his money are soon par..."
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Comics Master over 10 years ago
Words ’o wisdom.
yow4zip Premium Member about 10 years ago
Hobbes is a sly one.
bmonk about 10 years ago
Hobbes deserved this one.
Alexander the Good Enough almost 9 years ago
An all-time classic! Shortly after I first read this ’toon, a soon-to-be ex girlfriend offered ME a penny for MY thoughts. What then followed closely paralleled this cartoon. I, at least, thought it was a very good day.
weatherford.joe Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Even with the restrictive Sunday strip format, Watterson, by this point, was clearly getting more creative with the panel layouts.
CJDaBudgie about 3 years ago
There is a Big Nate comic just like this one
IronHawk82 about 3 years ago
I can still remember seeing this strip when it was originally published; I was only in 1st grade. I remember trying to describe it to one of my friends but it went completely over their head. I was disappointed because I wanted to share it with them.
76noos over 1 year ago
Wait, did he spell it “nickle”? Is that another way to spell nickel?
76noos over 1 year ago
“A fool and his money are soon parted.” – Thomas Tusser