Calvin attempts to correlate song with joy. Note the downward arc of the result, as if he were actually plotting hypothetical joy against time. Psychological impact will be evident when joy=zero (soon). Wait – no – surely @Hobbs will have a better explanation for this :)
@spirit1942: Note that while Calvin’s pleasure is decreasing, his parents’ pleasure is increasing. It’s the fundamental principle of Conservation of Ecstasy.
Great big globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,marinated monkey meat,little birdy’s dirty feat.Great big globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,and I forgot my spoon…
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
It’s cuter when a little girl does it.
Susie Derkins D: over 9 years ago
The Spaggetii Song.
davidarsenian over 9 years ago
Calvin attempts to correlate song with joy. Note the downward arc of the result, as if he were actually plotting hypothetical joy against time. Psychological impact will be evident when joy=zero (soon). Wait – no – surely @Hobbs will have a better explanation for this :)
slug_queen over 9 years ago
For my kids, it was the ‘greasy, grimy, gopher guts’ song that would get them sent outside…
TheSkulker over 9 years ago
Ahhhh, Songs from the golden age!!!
darkbladepdx over 9 years ago
What I truly adore about this strip is that marvelous Audobon-style bird….. LOL!
nosirrom over 9 years ago
Made me want to listen to the whole song. Here’s a cute version.
jessegooddoggy over 9 years ago
Love Song Sparrows, they are truly lovely.
e.groves over 9 years ago
Why? How?
jrankin1959 over 9 years ago
And for my next number… “The Addams Family started…”
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
@spirit1942: Heh heh.
:>)Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
@spirit1942: Note that while Calvin’s pleasure is decreasing, his parents’ pleasure is increasing. It’s the fundamental principle of Conservation of Ecstasy.
davidarsenian over 9 years ago
Conservation of Ecstasy?? Grasshopper has so much to learn from @Hobbes. Must clear mind of old beliefs
weatherford.joe Premium Member over 9 years ago
Let’s just be glad Calvin didn’t imagine he was a Screech-Owl
Can't Sleep over 9 years ago
One of my favorite “Calvin and Hobbes” strips. Who says repeats are bad?
Retired Dude over 9 years ago
Odd that the 22 posts before this one did not mention the original song that this was a parody of. Does no one remember “On Top of Old Smokey”?
On top of old smokeyAll covered with snowI lost my true loverFrom a courtin’ too slow
On top of old smokeyI went there to weepA false hearted loverIs worse than a thief
For a thief, he will rob youAnd take what you haveBut a false hearted loverWill send you to your grave
She’ll hug you and kissAnd tell you more liesThan the cross ties on the railroadOr the stars in the skies
On top of old smokeyAll covered with snowI lost my true loverFrom a courtin’ too slow
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Every so often, I remember a strip from when it originally appeared. This is one of those strips..Funny then, hilarious now…
Poollady over 9 years ago
…and then my poor meatball was thrown right out the door!
oaklynlen over 9 years ago
i’m 56 years old, and i could never understand this comic.
JanLC over 9 years ago
Wonderful artwork on the sparrow.
rentier over 9 years ago
Yesterday I had realy poor meatballs!
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
@spirit1942: Heh heh.
:>)jbmlaw01 over 9 years ago
The real Calvin would have been singing “Shaving Cream”
sjsczurek over 9 years ago
So now that he’s outside…
Ohhh, nobody likes me, everybody hates me]I’m gonna find some wormsBig fat juicy worms, squish squash slimy wormsBig fat juicy worms.
Fuzzy wuzzy worms.
Number Three over 9 years ago
Who threw him out?
xxx
thesnowleopard Premium Member over 9 years ago
This is definitely one of my favorites.
loner34 over 9 years ago
I loved that song “On Top of Old Smokey”
Red Ruffensor over 9 years ago
Look, he can fly now! Just like a sparrow!!
Packratjohn Premium Member over 9 years ago
Continuing with “my versions”
Great big globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,marinated monkey meat,little birdy’s dirty feat.Great big globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,and I forgot my spoon…
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 9 years ago
LMBO! Why did this strip, ever end?
AliceAcadamy#1 over 9 years ago
ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI ALL COVERED IN CHEESE I LOST MY POOR MEATBALL WHEN SOMEBODY…~Mom kicks me out~ Ouch….
ChristmasBoneCatalog over 9 years ago
Lol