Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 26, 2017

Poor Calvin. Grownups never appreciate his creative sense of humor.

Proper manners or not, I would’ve laughed.

Be happy with the sense of humor Mom. Prodigy in the making here.

One, two, three strikes, and you’re out – cold!

Ok, maybe it’s time to question mom’s cooking.

“Scuse the pig, the hog knows better!”

I vote for his first answer.

I think Dad needs a timeout – Calvin didn’t come up with those quips himself.

Funny, I like Mom’s method.

My brother always used to say “Hark! I hear a moose snort!”

When my niece was about three years old or so, she loudly belched during dinner and laughed at it.

Her Mom said, “that’s not nice! You don’t hear your uncle laughing, do you.”

As I set there with my hand over my mouth, desperately suppressing a laugh, saying, “no no, not laughing at all, not funny…”

Probably my favorite of all the C&H strips. Had it enlarged & displayed at work for years.

It’s sad when fogies like me forget the simple joys of childhood, which include laughing at certain sounds

Similar thing happened in my house. When my daughter was three she asked her grandmother for a spoon. Grandma asked, What do you say? My daughter replied NOW!

Is she threatening to kill him?

AAAAOOOOOOOGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAA!

Calvin should be a riot at his first date.

At least it came out the top end!

Garfield would be impressed. Because Garf can sure do an impressive burp.

xxx

Suggestions for responses to burps and other worse noises: `Sounds better since you had it fixed!``Did you get any on you?``The voice has changed, but the breath`s the same.`

“Must be a barge coming through!”

I once heard a guy say that when he passed gas the other way.

This was the strip that won me over to Calvin thirty years ago. A couple of weeks later at a wedding, I belched in the same way and declared “must be a barge coming through!” got a huge laugh!

What if you burp the “excuse me”? Controlled burping on command is a learned and highly valued skill, IMHO – something that Calvin should spend some quality time working on. Be sure to practice when Rosalyn is sitting!