Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 16, 2011

Clap, clap, clap!

Never appreciate a true artiste…

(throws a bunch of roses at him)

It was the clapping that got him in trouble.

At least he’s eating mum’s food…

He deserved a pat on the back from Dad at least!

G’Morning, Mike, Grog & Marg!

^ no one would survive that decible.

I’m surprise nothing else came out of Calvin’s mouth either during or after that belch.

Adam Sandler: The Early Years.

Mom and Dad are in sync, but Hobbes might not be in sync with Calvin on his last panel comment. Philistines worship Dagon the fish god. See I Samuel 5 and 6

Hobbes stands by Calvins side, whatever he is doing at all!

encore encore,,,

You’d think parents would be immune to that sort of thing.

Unike other parents, Calvin’s parents don’t appreciate those kind of table manners. Coming to think of it, neither did mine.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & Lonewolf.

I think we all know someone with this kind of burping prowess.

Youpi!!!

What did he do wrong? Not enough umf? Volume? Didn’t try hard enough? He could do better, granted, but I’d personally give Calvin a standing ovation on that one. It was on par with mine, and I’m not six years old.

There are some places that if you don’t burp the chef will attack you with a meatcleaver. That boy just can’t win.

Calvin’s use of the word, PHILISTINES, makes this a strip I still remember from the day it ran for the first time.

Calvin, that burp will be appreciated when you are a teenager. Perhaps not by Mom.

One of my favorites!

Personne ne comprends le rap de nos jours!

The giant that King David killed was a Philistine. Wonder if that is what he means?

Yes, Darkeforce and pamlicorat, that’s true – in the Orient. But Calvin is in the USA, where that kind of behavior is considered extremely rude, not to mention quite nauseating. I’m on Mom and Dad’s side here.

A little lower down, Lonewolf.

At least Calvin burped when at home with his parents, instead of with them in a crowded restaurant.

Lol…that is funny…at least it wasn’t from the other end!

Everybody’s a critic.

If you chug a Dr. Pepper, you can burp twice as long and twice as loud!

*legaleagle I live in the United States, and there are still some places in the United States that it is still acceptable to burp out loud, even at the dinner table!!! Of course the difference is that we do say “excuse me”

Hmmm–to call what Calvin did an art is a rather liberal interpretation of the word–but then I don’t get lots of what contemporary “intelligensia” call art either. So maybe I’m a philistine too.

disclaimer… that’s not something my family does, but I know lots of families that do!!!!

In China that’s a compliment to the chef!

Yeah but can he fart at the same time?

My dad would do that and his brothers. My daughter does that and laughs her friend did that and had load burping contests. Her dad and I would tell her to stop. My hubby’s former sister-in-law(her husband, my hubby’s brother died of cancer) had strict table manners.

What I have seen of some not all, since I don’t have time for all, no St. Patrick’s day honor.

But it’s not St. Patrick’s Day until tomorrow…

Burp is a burp I dont think I consider it ok across the table from me. Stop making excuses for a rude little boy . I live in Canada, every were I have been its rude,of course using the English language we have EXCUSE ME.

MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE!!!! (Don’tcha just love that cross-eyed BUUURRRRPPP!!)

Well, you feel much better afterwards. Yes, agvarga, it’s very satisfying.

I agree with DarkForce, in other places, it is an insult if you don’t burp. It is a sign that you wholeheartedly enjoyed the meal. Maybe the clapping was a wee bit too much, but I really like this comic.

Woke up the clowns in the balcony with THAT one!

That was Calvin’s State of the Union address, which clearly, went totally unappreciated…

Dad needs to get some wraparounds. His glasses are always flying off….

Eeeewwwwww, Calvin!!!!! While not the absolute worst thing I’ve ever seen him do (like, say, rolling the family’s car into a ditch), it certainly qualifies, by far, as one of the grossest, that’s for sure!!!!!

Meanwhile, I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse that I had already eaten dinner by the time I read this! Right now, it seems like a curse because I no longer feel as good as I did 5 minutes ago before I read this particular comic!!!!!

I just LOVE the facial expressions in the first panel–Calvin in mid-belch, Mom in shock, Dad perhaps choking on a piece of food as his glasses fly off … classic! (The ones in the third panel are great, too.)

@GretchensMom, what about the time he tried to stab the escaping glop? Or the non-rice maggots in the soup? Or the stewed monkey heads?

More room out than in!

Must be a chromosonal split: Mom & Dad are Philistines and Calvin is a Belchistine!

Looks like Calvin’s mom and dad had commited Free Speech Treason by sending Calvin up to his room after that good burp