Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 26, 2020

Ok, now that we’ve all had a good laugh, suggest something that’s actually doable.

Nothing but water in that rock hard head of Calvin’s.

Come on Hobbes, be realistic.

Kind of tough to be good for a babysitter who threatened to lock you in the basement.

like being good will work for YOU, Hobbes, but this is Calvin we’re talkin’ ’bout

Hobbes: “What’s this we stuff, Kemo Sabe?”

Better check the zoning regulations.

Ok, what’s the plan B?

I would love to see that. A fine example to all the other kids like Calvin.

Silly question….

“Zoning ordinance”… really, Hobbes?! :D :D :D

Then there’s the possibility that being good will violate a zoning ordnance.

Calvin will never be that desperate!

Calvin being good? Maybe, when Hades freezes over.

Somehow, I do not think Calvin had water in his ear at all.

Zoning Ordinances govern “Use” of a property, so that wouldn’t be the case here. So long as Ros’ parents still lived in the house zoned Residential and she didn’t try to run a kid-killing business out of the house, she’d be fine.

Building Codes, however, govern the look of a property. A head on a stake in the front yard would be ALMOST as bad as a junked car, and would definitely fall under a Code Violation.

The only way he would be good is if he were awfully good…

And she probably won’t remove the head from your body first, either

Hobbes suggests the impossible.

Meh, I’m ambivalent. You see, I have no stake in this… ☺

Wow! Funniest conversation between those two – EVER! (Head on a stake? How does he thinks of those things? I love it!)

Something brats and bratty adults need to learn is that being good, short term, takes far less energy than lying, whinying and procrastinating.

I remember this arc. Calvin’s… kinda good…?

No smooches for bad tigers!

A six year old boy being good is positively out of the realm of possibility.

That’s something I think Watterson missed in one of these babysitting adventures…where Calvin is very good—so good in fact that it freaks Rosalyn out more than any previous prank. I think Calvin would have been pleased…

Another four-punchline strip.

Another eyeroll form Hobbes

Head on a stake—Rosalyn as Alpha.

I’m surprised Calvin didn’t accuse Hobbs of swearing. Using the g word.

I don’t think there is anything about this in the zoning ordinance so watch out.

I love hobbes in the third panel. Being good does not exist in Calvin’s dictionary.