Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 03, 2011

Snerk!

Is there something for being pride? Theire lasting friendship perhaps?

That’s right, Calvin. You’ll be in your declining years when your grounding is over.

Naw, Calvin, you mean “Reclining” years………………you know…………………when you have false teeth, and gray hair, and sit in a recliner all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)))

Now, where were we? Oh, yes! About that club of yours….

It could have been a little escape, an island of comedy in the world, but thanks for another long blog having nothing to do with the C & H strip.

Not all of us feel changed or defeated by bin Laden, which was his purpose.

I hope an opposing viewpoint will be accepted here. Bring it on.

At this rate, Calvin’s declining years may be upon him very soon… Some set one foot in the grave sooner than others.

I think I hear mom coming Calvin…better hide!

What 6 year old, has a concept of declining years, much less the idea that he will ever have them?

I’m surprised Suzie didn’t get the better of them.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

The declining years are coming sooner than you think Calvin

Ah, GROG, what fantasy world do you live in that you think that scheming, conniving female won’t get revenge? Remember cartoon logic.

Pride goeth before the fall…..

Calvin (and Hobbes?) threw the apples, and Susie spilled the beans. Susie’s a snitch! She must be having a messed up (bad) hair day, LeslieAnne!

This is just another of those funny stories someone will bring up in a speech at their wedding reception…

Hobbes: “I think she’s running off to tell on us.” Soon Susie the Snitch will be running off at the mouth. She will get right to the core of the matter. The seeds of Calvin’s comeuppance will be planted. ‘How do you like them apples’, Calvin!

HOBBES, At least one good thing came out of the bin Laden mission. No lawyers made any money out of his death. I can’t imagine the money that would have been made and the writs, counter writs and counter counter etc that lawyers would have flooded the court rooms with. But you are correct. America was changed. And for the worse. An example: no young American who has served in Iraq will ever be able to look at a small child wearing a loose fitting shirt or blouse the same way again without wondering if the kid was wired with explosives,

Ah, for the good old days when this type of terrorism was the worst thing we feared!

4…3…2…1

Uh oh, you’re in trouble now buster! (I hear footprints in the distance).

I also think Calvin is already in his declining years. When I outgrew my own Hobbes, life kinda stunk for a while.

Oh Susie… dear friend… Why don’t you listen?? And Puddleglum2 I would snitch if he messed up my hair too!!! haha

Hobbes doesn’t look as if he approves of what they did to Suzie.

GM, Mike, Grog & Marg!

If I remember correctly, Calvin’s mom should show up tomorrow with Susie. ♪♫♪♫ Dum, de dum dum! ♪♫♪♫ You can run, but you can’t hide Calvin!

I am not an American, so I should probably refrain from comment, but I do agree with Hobbes Genius that Osama bin Laden has changed the western world’s attitudes, especially affecting Americans’ generosity and spontaneity by his hatred.

And Alvin’s comment touches a tender spot.

I also thought about the court cost when America is hurting for money. America did get justice when Naval tasks force took out Osoma Bin Laden.

Susie will somehow get even with Calvin.

Ha! See? Hobbes and Calvin united by an outside threat!

Now, if only it worked for Congress….

Boy what a potential for an open forum this site can become. I, too, am sad that people are killed, and I don’t know that this fellow’s eradication was such a great triumph; he spent millions on the welfare of the people in his countries, and they knew it. He was a hero to them, just as some of our leaders are heroes to us. Who knows? Maybe he’s enjoying all his little virgins having died a martyr to Islam, or so he seemed to think.

Oh, oh! Where’s Mom … I guess it’s too late!!!

Susie my dear, remember way back when, when I threw those rotting apples at you?

Oh yes Calvin, those were the days. And you were such a scamp! Thank goodness you were around Hobbes. You always tried to temper his wild ways.

Thanks Susie, would you mind passing the tuna canapes?

Let’s stick to the real Hobbes shall we? He’s much wiser than this imposter.

Jamejo, he killed more of his people than he did of the “infidels”.

Good thing You Guys settle your Differences and Work together for the Greater Good….

Rogue56 …

I agree. I have not (and will not) permit terroists to change my life perceptions. I will regard them as an aberation. A speed bump in the road of life if you will.

Lin4869 …

There is a saying in golf “that 100 percent of the putts that don’t get to the hole don’t go in” (terrible grammar, I know - sort of a triple negative).

However, the point is that you cannot properly measure the effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterent. In my youth there were several studies that came to the conclusion that people who killed others or were serial murderers did so without regard to the existence of a penalty or the possible consequence. And by extension the death penalty was without merit.

It is not possible to measure the (undoubtedly numerous) lives that were saved because others feared the consequences. The number of cases that were not recorded literally can not be counted.

Further, I do not believe that all capital offenders are redeemable. Some have so egregiously offended societies standards that they should no longer be part of this world.

I apologize in advance for letting this become an extensive non-comical comment to those who might be offended.

Jamejo …

Is it possible that Bin Laden was met by 73 “Vegans” ???

Or that the 73 Virgins were gentlemen ???

bin Laden is DEAD - that’s enough for me…

I would much rather be fearful than be a laughingstock, at least in the world of nations.There are a lot of bullies out there, and no teacher to make them stop. We have to take care of ourselves.

Ray C…. Ur right, We have to Stand up sometimes… I Hope that The Death of Bin Laden will give freedom to many. & Pray that it will not be a New Chapter for War.

It is more than a little likely that Calvin won’t be REclining on his rear end this evening.

LeslieAnne, Perhaps you’d rather have your pigtail (braid) put into the inkwell. You’re probably too young for that, though, since you were born the year that Calvin and Hobbes first appeared. In most schools, inkwells were passe long before 1985. Susie’s hair is too short to go into the inkwell, anyway.

You know, for a 6 year old, he sure does know a lot of stuff.

This is not going to end in a real good memory. Rotten apples,you deserve to be reported to high authority. MOM

Calvin, I have to say that was pretty mean. I hope you didn’t make her cry. :-(

Poor kid. Like Calvin, she really doesn’t have any (human) friends.

According to GoComics, there are now 103,000 subscribers to Calvin and Hobbes. (Of course, it’s possible that one or two of them may not read every comment here every day.) Nevertheless, here is something that nearly all 103,000 of us can agree on: Bill Watterson has created something that he will be able to look back on with pride in his declining years.

You’d think Calvin would know better than to mess with Susie!

Hi Hobbes, i am a fellow muslim/ islam living in singapore..and it isn’t nice to say anything about religious and races that you do not know of..all those terrorist just happens to be islam or so they claim..but please do not link islam or regard any other muslims as a terrorist too..thank you..and please enjoy the calvin and hobbes comics and comments together..=D

Hobbes..do you know if you were to see the comment you made about muslims/ islam from my view, when you were saying about muslims being a terrorist then go back into the past..Hitler from germany, he were similar to osama bin laden in a way but no one regards all germans as a killer..right..? same goes..osama were just a group of murderer that happens to be a muslims..anyway..i hope i do not offend anyone here with my comments too..so sorry if i do..

Isn’t it Lent somewhere, so we can say goodbye to that pontificating fool “Hobbes”. If I want to read some egomaniacs blog, I’ll do it on other than the comics page. Just go away!

Retaliation or who laughs last ? That’s the question . Time is the denominator . Sit-down , buckle-up & hold-on , I’ve got my fingers in my ears .

Hey Gnasher, I read the posts by Hobbes and he isn’t linking terrorists to Islam. He’s comparing pre 9/11 America to post 9/11 America. You have to admit that when a large threat suddenly has a face (in this case, bin Laden), the world is going to pay special attention to his every move. When he claimed his attacks were done in the name of Islam, suddenly media is going to paint muslims in a terrible light. No one will focus on the fact that the attacks came from extremists, the world finds it easier to blame Muslims in general. Is that right? Of course not, but such is the world we live in. I do like how you brought the image of Adolf Hitler by comparison. The difference in the two being that Hitler was in fact the political leader of the nation of Germany in the time of his regime. bin Laden was not the political leader of any nation and aside from his money and extremists views had little to do with running the nation. Anyhow, I hope this clarifies things a bit for you.

Jeffreydahn- I fail to see how you can group Hobbes with any kind of egomaniacal notions. Still, if his viewpoints bother you so much, you can always choose to ignore them. After all, blogs are meant for people’s thoughts. Only by sharing these thoughts with others can we truly understand the similarities and differences among as human beings. If more people took time to understand others instead of blasting their point of view, I wouldn’t have had a reason to spend six months of my Navy career in Afghanistan. Personally, I wish I could hear all the opinions from the readers in this blog and learn to understand them.

Wiseguy 411, your comment about the Vegans and Virgins made me laugh out loud! Thanks!

Wiseguy - pretty good … I like that. Some of the other banter here has been interesting, especially the issue of Bin Laden being Islamic. We “Christians” have our own terrorist groups, chief among them being the KKK and that ilk. We have to think in terms of whether these right-wing “Christian” factions represent all Christianity; if not, then the Al Kaida probably don’t represent all of Islam, either, not by a long shot.

Anyway, my apologies for pontificating. I thoroughly enjoy reading 99% of the comments here, and would like to meet and talk with may of the folks here. Opinions differ, and that’s what makes this such a great site.

Lin 4869 (from yesterday), yes. I have all of the Francis movies and Mister Ed TV series. Only the four early Francis movies with Donald O’Connor were released on DVD. The other later three were released on VHS, with the last one starring Mickey Rooney instead of Donald O’Connor.

Stories are in the telling, and the aftermath of Suzie’s story? In terms of today’s political discussion, the aftermath of Bin Laden’s death may have immense impact in the sense of the information taken from his house. We probably will never find out what it was to any real extent. Hopefully it will reveal names, etc. of his people in not only our country but many others as well, especially those who are “deep moles” or overseers of cells, etc. The steel hotel at Guantanamo may have some more visitors in the months ahead….

With reference to the death penalty, it is called capital punishment, not capital deterrent. Personally, I think life imprisonment in solitary confinement with 1 hour of yard time per day (alone) and 1 shower a week (this is what BTK is serving) is a much better punishment.

With respect to Muslim terrorists, all the terrorists of the world are not Muslim but probably in the majority. Seems to me that the main difference between the Christian and Muslim religions is the amount of indignation and vocal response against those who commit acts of brutality in their name. In the end, the terrorism will have to be overcome from within by the true and righteous believers within their respective faith.

Wiseguy,

73 Virginians met him (think American Revolution) and provided an escort to the pit.

On another note. I would have to seriously consider the 73 male virgins over the 73 Vegans!!!

Er, have you considered the 72 virgins might be 50 year old nuns with rulers?

jeffreydahn: Everyone who minds their manners and follows the Go Comics rules is welcome here. Shame on you!

I wish more people would keep in mind two old sayings from their childhood: “If you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all!” and “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. I think those two thoughts could probably solve a whole lot more of the world’s problems than we know or realize!

jeffreydahn:

Thanks for being able to see it for what it is. It’s nice to see there are others who don’t see this as a personal “let me fix the world for you” page.

gavinseviltwin said:

“After all, blogs are meant for people’s thoughts. ”

This is a COMICS comment page. NOT a blog. But since a certain impostor feline has appeared it’s turned into a blog and egotistical garbage. How about it gets back to being funny? Is that possible? Or do we need to have the COMIC forgotten so some can save us?

Wiseguy411,

Those virgins are 73 surly nuns!

I agree with Hobbes.

Can’t those of you who dislike Hobbes’ comments just not read them? Or possibly flag them. I personally look forward to reading his take on things each day and would hate to see him stop posting due to the few who have issues with what he does.

“Calvin and Hobbes” is turning into the next “State of the Union”. Any of you others remember that strip? Just not quite as vicious ………..YET!

Gnasher Slasher:

You need to re-read what I wrote, because you have misunderstood. I am a defender of mainstream Islam, and I was saying that I was unhappy that Americans have treated Muslims badly as a result of 9/11. I do not blame mainstream Muslims for the terrorist attacks. I blame fundamentalist extremists who are grossly distorting Islam for their own purposes. Thank you for questioning this so that I could clarify it, because perhaps others have also misunderstood.

Calvin & Hobbes is sacrosanct. Tarnishing it with your irrelevant political babble and hijacked namesake is just wrong. I doubt Watterson would appreciate his character being stolen for the purpose. Go away.

Anyways, back to the comic:

He will not look back on this with pride, he will look back on this and say, “What was I thinking?”

Right on sleepeeg3… If that is what they think a comic comment page is for, I wonder where they look for humor..?

Comedy: –noun, plural -dies. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending;

If they want to read political/religio blogs and comment to excess, they can go make a site for BS, ego’s and character worship elsewhere, this one is already taken as a comic strip comment page. It would be nice to see it get back there.

sleepeeg3: Please see my above comment I wrote to jeffreydahn because it now applies to you too.

Instead of bitching and complaining about posters you don’t like, how above just scrolling past them, unread, and let those of us who enjoy reading other peoples’ posts do so without having to read all your negativity too. Thanks.

Gosh, I’m sad to see this getting so nasty. If the words of a commenter don’t appeal to me, I just scroll past them.

DECLINING? More like exclining!