Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 12, 2020

The visual aids make the discussion more entertaining.

It seems impossible for Calvin to actually make good decisions.

There are many people in politics and government who could learn a lesson from this strip.

We’ll learn the lesson sometime. But we can’t be bothered right now.

Now we know why Calvin keeps losing his wagons. ;-)

Calvin is learning the “unintended consequences” aspect of decision making.

“If you choose not to decide,

You still have made a choice…"

Maybe next time he’ll make a wrong decision and hit his head on a rock. End of discussion with a concussion!!

Remembering is MUCH stronger if trauma is involved. Boys made to witness a transaction, then whipped, were admissible in court as witnesses when needed later.

Robert Frost took the road less traveled by.

Calvin makes a bigger difference and takes the ledge.

With the visual aids, you’ll never forget the discussion…if you live to remember it.

This was a weird comic to read after having just watched Bandersnatch.

The only problem is that Calvin never learns from the example….

Poor Hobbes has got soggy fur now

Fork in the road? Look for the Slauson cutoff.

And to think, it is heck in rder to get alvin to take a bath.

That theory is all wet. Or, I knew I should have taken that left at Albuquerque!

There are a lot of important lessons out there that Calvin refuses to learn.

My regret is that by growing up in Florida, all the places I’d ride my “sidewalk cars” I made were flat or a gentle slope at best, so I never learned through experience to make the good decisions.

It is too bad Calvin was not present when they handed out brains.

Hmmm… when I come to a fork in the road I take it….

From visual aids to band aids.

Those visual aids are sometimes not exactly wanted.

I can state, from experience, those “Little Red Wagons” were Satan’s handiwork. I’ve got the scars to prove it. But, weren’t they fun?

And this concludes Calvin’s TED talk

Quantum Physics fully explained. (Many Worlds Interpretation)

Me thinks the wrong part of this duo is making the decisions! ;o{

Hobbesian choices would have been preferable.

Watterson is to landscapes in comic strips as John Ford was to them in movies.

Also, I love how Calvin can comprehend such esoteric concepts, yet gives math answers like “eleventeen” and “thirtyseven-detwo”.

This one always interested me.

“Gravity just kicked in.” I had to think about that for a second or two; does gravity ever “kick out?”

“I note with some dismay …” Erudite imaginary friends are the best friends.

I believe this to be the inspiration for the wagon event in Hubris. Calvin would have used a flaming hoop if he had one.

Calvin’s infamous ‘flying wagon’. Do the wheels ever touch the ground – I mean before the inevitable crash landing?

Yes, but, free will is just an illusion.

Lucky you landed in the deep section of the creek!

These philosophical discussions while hurtling towards a most inevitable plunge into a ravine are some of the best strips ever.

just pack a parachute next time, Calvin—who needs all of this silly philosophizing anyway?

“That’s an important lesson we should learn sometime.” LOL!! I love that!

Everything happens for a reason, but sometimes the reason is your stupid and you make bad decisions.

What a perfect explanation of life

One of the downfalls of living with linear time.

Here endothelial the lesson on pandemics and exponential growth

“I note, with some dismay,” Hobbes said, peering over the edge of the airborne wagon, “you’ve chosen to jump the ledge.” <—- Great lines in this classic comic. I definitely missed a lot of its subtlety reading as a kid.

Just like Curious George. We can live adventurous lives vicariously through these characters and never suffer the consequences.

That’s lot of thinking on the go boy! The result should have been a little better.