Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 04, 2010

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    alviebird  over 13 years ago

    Missed all the good stuff! I would like to have seen that.

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    Yukoner  over 13 years ago

    I wish I could have gone that fast when I was a kid.

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    SWEETBILL  over 13 years ago

    They look good as snow people

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    COWBOY7  over 13 years ago

    I too, want to see the events leading up to the walk home! Must have been priceless as usual.

    G’Morning Marg, Grog & Mike!

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    rentier  over 13 years ago

    They are so sweet as snow people!

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    gofinsc  over 13 years ago

    And the Guinness people weren’t there!

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    Wiseguy411  over 13 years ago

    And only yesterday Calvin was concerned about school closings.

    It’s SATURDAY, Calvin.

    You need to worry about Monday !!!

    Good Morning Marg, Hobbes, and all the others.

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    whims  over 13 years ago

    Apparently he gets his toys from ACME, or else a Hollywood stunt supply house.

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    steve26  over 13 years ago

    In the 2nd panel, Calvin’s hat makes it look as though he’s turned to face Hobbes (a nose and just a slight suggestion of a mouth). Great strip, although i think i almost prefer the vision in my head of what happened just before lol - hope the sled was still under warranty!

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    thirdguy  over 13 years ago

    This is something Laurel and Hardy used quite often, An event is merely suggested, and only the result is shown, allowing the viewer to imagine the rest.

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    Razzie  over 13 years ago

    Wow whoever made those Snow men of Calvin And Hobbes did a VERY bad job…Wait…

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    larney45  over 13 years ago

    My critters will look like this this weekend! 9-18 inches by Tuesday….gotta love the walking snowpeople!

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Good thing they didn’t go in the pond with the sled.

    Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

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    cdward  over 13 years ago

    Actually, Grog, I think they did go in the pond with the sled. Of course, I might have expected them to come out as ice people but let’s not be picky.

    I remember those days of screaming down the hill out of control. Of course, when I view those “hills” as an adult, I realize I grew up in a flat land, and that they were little more than speed bumps. But to a kid……

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    Sandfan  over 13 years ago

    When I was a kid in Casper, Wyo we had a hill we sledded down that had a busy city cross street at the bottom of it. You had to make a hard right at the bottom of the hill, go over a 6’ embankment, and land in a vacant lot. Lots of sprains and bruises until the snow got deep enough. Calvin would have been King of the Hill!

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    rshive  over 13 years ago

    I’m not sure I want to hear the whole story.

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    rentier  over 13 years ago

    Tomorrow is Krampusday, he will paddle the evil and St. Nicholas will bring gifts for the good ones on the 6th! Don’t be bad, when you want gifts!!

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    mike.firesmith  over 13 years ago

    **Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**

    I’ve never ridden a sled. I feel cheated

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    florchi  over 13 years ago

    Lonewolf: I guess BW thinks some things are better left to the imagination.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Yes, Florchi, but sometimes leaving things to the imagination is not a good approach. For example, Calvin’s parents seem to think that I am best left to Calvin’s imagination. It’s as though they don’t even believe that I am real!

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    cleokaya  over 13 years ago

    Mike Firesmith you have been cheated. Riding a sled is great fun. When I grew up in Minot, ND, I lived next to KIng Hill, the biggest hill in town. We used to launch ourselves off and speed down the hill. My sled didn’t navigate well and I managed to get myself wedged under a parked car. I never was able to get it to catch on fire though. :-) Now…alas, King Hill has houses on it.

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    ses1066  over 13 years ago

    From my days on Lake Michigan, I recall that a sled was fun but for the maximum “WTH” factor, the best was a snow saucer. An aluminum dish with handles that had a low friction and no direction what-so-ever other than down. They may be banned now because this lack of control had the spectators being in the line of encounter.

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    jay_dallas  over 13 years ago

    That reminds me of my brother and me when we were kids! LOL

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    dimeadance  over 13 years ago

    We didn’t have that much snow. so no one had a sled. We used newspapers to sit on when we rode down the hill.

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    odeliasimone  over 13 years ago

    He must have gotten his sled from the handcrafted sledmaker in Silverton, Colorado.

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    LeslieAnne  over 13 years ago

    I loved sledding, but I remember once, our neighbor down the hill had a car parked in the grass and it got covered in snow… I was too young to understand that if you are heading for the mound of snow, roll off the sled, and I slammed right into it, got a bump on the head and a bloody nose, but nothing broken!! =D

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    NoBrandName  over 13 years ago

    We kept one of those straw brooms outside the house all winter for one reason only - to whack the snow off of eachother before Mom would let us back in the house. Those were the days…

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    inuyasharules31  over 13 years ago

    I never knew sleds could go that fast. I wish i coulda seen the whole story

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    bmonk  over 13 years ago

    Thirdguy, not just Laurel and Hardy, but many of the better filmmakers, including Hitchcock. The truly frightening is the image in your own mind, not the gore-fest that modern filmmakers tend to produce.

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    timnovak  over 13 years ago

    That would be so awesome on film!

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    Laina1312  over 13 years ago

    Cdward, I think Grog is right. I think the sled when into the pond and they fell off, hence being covered in snow.

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    Laina1312  over 13 years ago

    Cdward, I think Grog is right. I think the sled when into the pond and they fell off, hence being covered in snow.

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    Smiley Rmom  over 13 years ago

    I’m reminded of a store we drove past in Ottawa, Kansas, the other day. The name of the store is: Dangerous Toys located at 424 South Main Street.

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    dahawk  over 13 years ago

    Growing up in the Ozarks, we had the hills but a sledable quantity of snow was kind of rare. Being poor country people, we had to build our own sleds out of two by fours and planks. They ended up quite heavy but would really fly down those mountains, especially after tacking on thin metal strips on the runners. Only problem (besides not being able to steer them) was lugging those heavy monsters back up the hill.

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    RevvieQuar  over 13 years ago

    Me, while attempting a sharp curve on a sledding trail carved into a wooded area, my speed (and lack of strength for a then-six year old) prevented me from successfully making it through.

    Result; knocked out and unconscious for several hours after striking a tree with my noggin, which likely explains a LOT about why I am what I am today.

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    ratlum  over 13 years ago

    Only in such a great cartoon could you mix,fire,water,ice,snow,a Tigger,a lame explanation and make it so funny.

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    khpage  over 13 years ago

    Calvin and Hobbes were trying out the newest model of the “FlameOn” Belchfire Pizazz series of sleds…..

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    alviebird  over 13 years ago

    He was undoubtedly trying to make some kind of rocket sled. Sounds like it almost worked.

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    ratlum  over 13 years ago

    I cant Be first I wish I could Be Last

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    LOL, ratlum. Even I won’t be last.

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Well, maybe I was wrong.

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    alviebird  over 13 years ago

    Nah.

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    Wiseguy411  over 13 years ago

    too bad Grog …

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    I’m still here.

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    Wiseguy411  over 13 years ago

    Well done …

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Still, still here.

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    Razzie  over 13 years ago

    Why is it that there not even Shivering after they fell into a Freezing lake and are covered with snow?

    A: Because there HOT…

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    Destiny23  over 13 years ago

    I grew up with a great toboggan hill right behind the house. Kept me out of the house and out of trouble all winter! (And kept me in great shape, making all those return trips back up the hill!!)

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 13 years ago

    ratlum, thebird55, Wiseguy411, Grog:

    It’s just like talking to Calvin. It can be very difficult to get the last word.

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    Wiseguy411  over 13 years ago

    Hobbes, when talking to Calvin, you seem to do very well …

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    comixmaster1000  over 13 years ago

    That’s what you call a sick ride! Wish I could have seen that…

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 13 years ago

    << Wiseguy411 said: Hobbes, when talking to Calvin, you seem to do very well … >>

    Hi Wiseguy411.

    Well, it can be very difficult to get the last word that is listened to. Reminds me of that old tiger aphorism:

    “If a tiger speaks in the forest, but there is no one there to listen to him, does he make a sound?”

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    Wiseguy411  over 13 years ago

    The Laws of Physics suggest that a sound is indeed made.

    Philosophy suggests that a sound was made if you believe that it occurred.

    Personnally, I believe a Tiger would roar in the forest, but I just would not know where or when.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Some of those old tiger aphorisms were created by tigers in the forest who weren’t big on Philosophy or the laws of Physics.

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    Sakumon16  about 2 years ago

    How they are still alive is a massive mystery

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