Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 14, 2009

Good excuse.

Calvin should say, “That’s a drag!”

Calvin should say, “That’s a drag!”

HEY! ur already wearin it!

Is he a AA/Fuel Tiger? He must run on Uniroyals and uses Esso.

lol

lol wndwrthg, i’d forgotten about Esso and having a tiger in the engine :o)

@ Charlie, WW is right bro, it was Esso, but there is no doubt, it was the Pontiac GTO which brought true fame to Tigerdom.. WW, ya beat me to the Uniroyal Redlines too. We musta been born on the same day or something.

A drag chute ?? Good grief !! At what speed does Hobbes run ? At Mach 1, Mach 2, or …… Must have eaten a lot of sugar bombs.

Hobbes is GRRRREAT!!!

Calvin’s expression in panel 4 = “WTF?”

Drag chute? Isn’t that what transvestites wear? Are we sure of Hobbs’ gender?

As Calvin was not happy as a tiger, maybe he should get his transmogrifier out and turn himself into a cheetah.

PTui2 says: Drag chute? Isn’t that what transvestites wear? Are we sure of Hobbs’ gender? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As Hobbes is a product of Calvin’s imagination, and as Calvin is a girl hater, I can only conclude that Hobbes is the alpha male.

Hobbes is wearing his racing stripes.

“I’m not wearing my drag chute…yeah - no drag chute…That’s the ticket!”

The cheetahs just use smoke and mirrors anyway.

I thought his chute was built into his tail.

Good point!

wndrwrthg Thanks for the “blast from the past”!

On the nail, JonD17 and WW; S.O. (from which the Brit/Canuck “Esso” derives) which transmogrified to Exxon was “tiger in tank”; I actually got a t-shirt (with a Tony-esque tiger on front) once in 1976/1977 when my dad filled up at an Exxon (in Joisey).

Hobbes, you sly cat…

For the soundtrack we should play a little Jan & Dean or Beach Boys.

Hobbes should become like PUMA.

EMandEM says: Hobbes, you sly cat… Should say “you sly tiger!” :-)

wndrwrthg says: Is he a AA/Fuel Tiger? He must run on Uniroyals and uses Esso. I think I can recall about tiger running around some place till it hit or stop and become a picture for selling the oil bottles in the advertisement. Is that what you talking about?

Calvin hates school. At home, he watches television. When does he read about all these ?

hobbs would have to go back home to get his running shoes to prove his speed

Sorry Hobbes, that’s a cop out.

Musicnut 1986, if I have the choice I’d prefer the good ol’ Beach Boys !!

Sounds like a good excuse to me! Love Hobbes’ suave superiority in panel 2.

prasrinivari: Isn’t Tony the Tiger on Frosted Flakes? “Theyrrr Grrreat!”

Hobbes is Grrreat!

Yes Shikamoo MIB, Tony is the Frosted Flakes “They’re Grrreat” tiger; and the tiger on the Exxon t-shirt resembled Tony greatly (no voice or thought balloons on t-shirt though), far more than any other cartoon tiger.

I don’t know about tigers being fast, but Hobbes sure thinks quickly! :-)

Hobbes is a cheetah when it comes to telling the truth.

Firestone made Redline tires, including those great wide ovals. Uniroyal made the Tiger Paw tires.

stonehenge 1951-I have Tiger Paws on my car, and I love them!

Wildmustang1262, yes, from an old commercial. Uniroyal made “Tiger paws” tires and Esso became Exxon, and their commercial for their gas was “Put a tiger in your tank”.

And Isaac Asimov once wrote a story about the “Sign of the Lorraine Cross” on Exxon stations.

hee,hee,hee!

JonD17 says: “…it was the Pontiac GTO which brought true fame to Tigerdom”.

Anyone remember the magazine ads for the “Goat” that showed the tiger tail comming out of the trunk? The car had the Uniroyal tires w/the red stripes and the female model sported 60’s “big hair”. Action at the friday night drags did more to promote the goat then the ads ever did.

Good one, Hobbes!

prasrinivera- makes sense to me!

Grazer: Is Hobbes a cheetah, or just “lion”?

Coffee-Turtle: You have to think quickly if you can’t run fast!

Yet when she (the ostrich) spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider. Job 39:18

… fast

Calvin’s expression says “Hmmm, That sounds logical…”

Calvin might have acquired the information about cheetahs on the back of a Chocolate Sugar Bombs cereal box.