Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 26, 2013

All mothers have that power.

Moms are that way

It’s all in “the look”.

A poem from an Austrian, who is not good in English, perhaps some will understand it!

When the snow falls wunderbarand the children happy are,when the Glatteis on the street,and we all a Glühwein need,then you know, es ist soweit:she is here, the Weihnachtszeit.

Every Parkhaus is besetzt,weil die people fahren jetztall to Kaufhof Mediamarkt,kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.Shopping hirnverbrannte thingsand the Christmasglocke rings.

Mother in the kitchen bakesSchoko-, Nuss- und MandelkeksDaddy in the Nebenraumschmücks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaumhe is hanging auf the balls,than he from the Leiter falls…

Finally the Kinderleinto the Zimmer kommen reinand es sings the familyschauerlich:“Oh, Christmastree!”And the jeder in the houseis packing die Geschenke aus.

Mama finds under the Tanneeine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne,Papa gets a Schlips and Socken,everybody does frohlocken.President speaks in TV,all around is Harmonie,

bis mother in the kitchen runs:Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans,and so comes die Feuerwehrwith Tatü, tata daher,and they bring a long, long Schlauchan a long, long Leiter auch,and they schrei -“Wasser marsch!”,Christmas is – now im – Eimer….

Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,hear the music, see the lights,frohe Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht,merry Christmas allerseits….

nice tattoo i like it too….

Calvin, you’re six years old, and you mean to say you’re JUST discovering this???

You can, Calvin…“when you have your own place and pay your own bills.” And I quote, from all moms everywhere.

“We’ll see”. would do the trick too.

My mom would always say when I asked how she could know I was guilty as accused: it is clearly written on your forehead.

I felt pretty special that we were allowed to have pierced ears.

We are back into summer?

Mom probably had one of those. Why bar him?

Perhaps the ability is with the reader rather than the sender?

They also have bionic hearing. :D

all moms can do that

If Calvin had the slightest idea of what goes into making a tattoo, he wouldn’t be in such a hurry.

When my mom called me Kristine Anne (instead of Kris)….I did it no matter what!

@LXo13:Vielen Dank fuer ein gutes Lach!

Hey Calvin how about a Hobbes tattoo

That would be a no.

Yea.. Mom was the past master of laying on you the guilt trip.. subtle, yet effective.

My mom also had eyes in the back of her head. Was covered by hair but I swear they were there.

True. Medusa had nothing on a mom! I think it’s because we knew she would back it up with action if necessary.

Just one of the super powers that come with the wife/mom kit. Once promoted to Mom they get an enhanced upgraded version much better than what Microsoft does with windows.

Calvin needs Jesus Christ. So does the rest of that family.

They read minds,are actually much bettter than any mechanical lie detector and see easily more than Santa. And mine also had an extra set of eyes in the back of her head and could detect bs even before you finished the sentence ! I think it’s all genetic.

The boy with the serpent tattoo

Now-a-days mothers would love to tattoo their kids.

amazing!

Am I the only one who wants to know how all that snow melted in a day?