Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 15, 2019

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    BE THIS GUY  over 4 years ago

    Forget the discoloration! What about the smell?

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    That enlarging discolored spot on the rug is coming out of your allowance, Calvin (who’s probably drinking chocolate milk), to get rid of it.

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    codycab  over 4 years ago

    They seriously didn’t see what Calvin did? They’re right in front of him.

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    SHIVA  over 4 years ago

    Disconnected, like so many parents.

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    in.amongst  over 4 years ago

    Greens are supposed to go into the ground – not the tummy (or rug)

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    DennisinSeattle Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Some meals just seem to get bigger in your mouth as you struggle to swallow them. This green goo seems to be one of those.

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    sirbadger  over 4 years ago

    I’ll bet that Bill had fun drawing this.

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    Watcher  over 4 years ago

    Be sure to ask them for a pet dog Calvin. The dog will get rid of the discolored spots on the rug and the dog will be a good friend for Hobbes as well as keep you out of trouble with Mom’s cooking.

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    donwalter  over 4 years ago

    Mom’s been out shopping at Garfield’s store,, and brought back the stuffing from the kale muffins…

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I was with friends and we walked into an eatery and they were cafeteria style. There were pans with green stuff and red stuff, all unidentifiable. We left. The meal on Calvin’s dish reminds me of that.

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    jpayne4040  over 4 years ago

    Maybe if you cooked something edible the spot wouldn’t keep growing! That looks disgusting!

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    jpayne4040  over 4 years ago

    On that night, being sent to my room without dinner would be a reward! Having to eat every bite of that green slop is punishment!

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    Pocosdad  over 4 years ago

    Mmm..Spinach-Tofu Surprise. Yummy! /s

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    nuncanunca  over 4 years ago

    If even chocolate milk can’t wash it down, it’s bad …

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    Diat60  over 4 years ago

    When I was Calvin’s age, it was cauliflower with white sauce. My father’s favorite but my downfall.

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    rbluecat  over 4 years ago

    The next-to-last panel shows such a look of relief!

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    pcmcdonald  over 4 years ago

    Get the GOO GONE.

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    Bubba_Boo Premium Member over 4 years ago

    One of my favorite strips. I love the range of expressions!

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    BiggerNate91  over 4 years ago

    The first ever Calvin strip I read.

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    tripwire45  over 4 years ago

    Worst cook ever.

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    fix-n-fly  over 4 years ago

    Really Mom? Are you that lost in your conversation that you can’t tell where that stain is coming from?

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    ForrestOverin  over 4 years ago

    That’s not funny, just gross.

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    DondiDoo  over 4 years ago

    Yum. Soylent Green. My favorite.

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    SweetSinger  over 4 years ago

    Mom is smarter than that.

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    Nuke Road Warrior  over 4 years ago

    Green no deal.

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    JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 4 years ago

    If that food tastes as nasty as it looks, then I’m with Calvin all the way!

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    DCBakerEsq  over 4 years ago

    Gotta be kale. Or Brussels sprouts. OR BOTH! Oh, the humanity …

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    Lightpainter Premium Member over 4 years ago

    It’s a well known test for aliens to see if anyone likes liver. I’m calling the Men in Black about some of you.

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    abesnake  over 4 years ago

    I never saw okra that looked like that! Must have been mashed.

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    Leojim  over 4 years ago

    Cal needs a dog!

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    Lightpainter Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I just looked at the strip again, note panel two. Watterson could have drawn the veggies, but he makes clear in panel two it is SUPPOSED to be green slop..worse than kale, spinach, or Brussels sprouts. Something fiendishly evil. And if it wasn’t slop, it wouldn’t sink into the carpet. I bet Watterson did this strip from personal experience.

    In the 60’s, both my mom and my wife’s mom believed if a vegetable still had texture, it wasn’t cooked enough. Ever eaten mushy asparagus? It is disgusting, it not bad when it has texture!

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    Malcome1  over 4 years ago

    Only one thing I know that would get bigger in your mouth and hard to swallow.

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    liberalnlovinit  over 4 years ago

    I mean you gotta give Calvin some credit…if his mom’s cooking is THAT bad…

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    zeexenon  over 4 years ago

    Hey mom, yes spinach has lots of iron but good authority says it’s not in a form that’s absorbed well. All my career I took vitamin pills, Popeye.

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    rgcviper  over 4 years ago

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    I love the sound of Calvin’s … solution … to the food issue here.

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    Concretionist  over 4 years ago

    At our house when I was young, you would  eat everything on your plate (with some leeway on “everything”) even if you sat there indefinitely. I tried outlasting my mom over some truly noxious overcooked liver with gristle in it. I figured that if I was still sitting there at bed-time, I’d get out of one or the other. But no. I went to bed on time and found the same piece of liver-flavored gristle on my plate at breakfast! I swallowed it, whole, then ran to the bathroom and threw up.

    There was a long parental discussion that next night, after we were supposed to be asleep, and as I recall, that was when the rules changed to allow you to somewhat pick your own portion size. You would  eat everything on your plate, but you could  ask for a small helping of something you disliked.

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    STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Those are little pieces off of ‘The Blob’. If you don’t eat them all, then they will eat you, and grow and grow.

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    hagarthehorrible  over 4 years ago

    Parents will appreciate if Calvin gulps down the greenish goo but then we all will miss the faces that he makes during the process!

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    57BelAir  over 4 years ago

    Chocolate milk with green casserole!!!!! No wonder he spit it out!!

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