Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 26, 2009

Oh, I can’t wait for this.

Wolfbyte36 has returned from his camping trip only to find out that Calvin has gone into political campaigning. How about Hobbes for president… Here’s a good slogan, NO TUNA CAN WILL BE LEFT UNOPENED.

How the father, so the child!

Kinda missing my dad!

Poor daddy!! …

Rather appropriate with Father’s Day not that many weeks away.

dad’s reaping what he sowed… :D

I might take this up with my dad.

This is going to be fun!

I should have thought about this when I was six years old .

so goes the mind of our hero calvin..planning to change his dad to his own way of thinking

No More homework….

FDR’s got nothing on Calvin.

wolfbyte36, that reminds me of a 1986 Calgary (I think to Sun, since that’s more a parody of newspaper than the more stodgy Herald) “letter to Editor” suggestion made along these lines:

Morris (9-lives cat) should be PM

Sylvester (always clumsily getting in troublesome situations) as Defence Minister

Official opposition should be No Dogs Party

at tax-time, send can of expired Star-Kist to your feline MP in Ottawa.

BTW FishStix, Calvin forgot one critical factoid: polls are meaningful only in a democracy–they fail miserably in absolute monarchies or dictatorships unless the poll-responder is willing to take some serious action to be the replacement for the poll-subject (of course, the incongruous idea of Calvin appointing himself as his dad doesn’t occur).

TapiocaHead said:

I should have thought about this when I was six years old .

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My dad would’ve blistered my tailfeathers if I’d said to him what Calvin is saying to his dad.

The new dad? The one who gives into Calvin’s every demand, and always lets him have his own way? I don’t think he’s gonna agree to that.

Two words Calvin: New Coke.

Macushlalondra I totally agree, my hind end would have been totally tanned.

Seeing Dad in this rendition makes me think how much Dad seemed to have aged during the run of th strip…… but not Calvin…..hhhhmmmmmmm

Take it to the streets Calvin. It won’t happen in that house.

How do you favorite any of these strips?

Careful, Calvin—there’s actually a law that allows parents to “emancipate” their unruly minor children. That means they can dump you and go get a dog.

aerwalt: click on add to collection and then click favorite, pause and click favorite again.

Great comment, Saucy1121. Can’t believe now how upset I got all those many years ago when they announced the end of what is now called Classic Coke (I did not like the taste of New Coke; apparently a lot of other folks didn’t either). Couldn’t imagine a future without my favorite soft drink. Oh, well. History now, right?

Great comment, Saucy1121. Can’t believe now how upset I got all those many years ago when they announced the end of what is now called Classic Coke (I did not like the taste of New Coke; apparently a lot of other folks didn’t either). Couldn’t imagine a future without my favorite soft drink. Oh, well. History now, right?

Please forgive double-take on my note to Saucy1121. I used to wonder why occasionally some messages in this space were repeated twice in a row. Now I know after repeatedly being told that my comment was “unable to be saved” or something like that, so I copied text into a new box, only to find that when it got through there were two identical messages.

I miss my dad, too. He was the best!

i remember a black and white comic book of the time, which speculated that the classic coke formula was stolen by the time traveling extra terrestrial thieves and new coke was the solution to the problem. when the x-thieves had to return the formula to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe, classic coke made its return and new coke went away. no idea any more who did the book, but i always liked it (when i still collected)

I remember seeing this (with more entries) years ago:

When I was six, my dad knew everything.

When I was eight, my dad knew more than your dad.

When I was fifteen, my dad didn’t know anything

When I was twenty three, my dad sure knew a lot more than I did.

When I was fifty, I talked to my dad as often as possible to find out what he knew.

When I was sixty, I wished I could talk to my dad.

Calvin, I was not sure but I think you try to replace another “daddy” instead of your own biological daddy. I wish I could but I couldn’t do that. Darnit!

My father was not perfect but I really thanked him for supporting and raising my brothers, sisters and myself while he worked for years. Mostly I really missed my mother because she is a best loving mother.

The ETs discovered (much to their dismay) that the coke they made from the formula they stole, is not good for powering their UFOs.

I think that Calvin’s thoughtful approach towards his dad is to be commended. After all he could have called “Child Protective Services”.

I had a cousin who was growing up in the 80s when these comics were new. She played this “game” with her dad occasionally and, even though he found it frustrating sometimes, he also enjoyed her sense of humor and the inventiveness of her polls. Both of them are now gone and reading these poll series always brings back fond memories of both father and daughter.

I think that Calvin’s been watching too much MSNBC.

Oh, how I miss being six!!

Haha…yeah, Calvin, you might be hoping a bit out of reach there…:)

oh, bmonk, i’d say your entry was very realistic, unfortunately

I’m with bmonk….and, I still miss talking to my granddad, and that was 15 years ago……and I hope when I’m 70 I can still talk to my dad!

JonD17, wouldn’t you quickly age with a kid like Calvin?

if you drank a bunch of gasoline and then ate a match would you blow up????? just wonderin

I doubt you’d blow up but you better not pass gas.

what.. no 20 dollar campaign funds..?

Hmmm, Calvin could be onto something. I might try the “New Wife” campaign.

Selma_F said, about 18 hours

JonD17, wouldn’t you quickly age with a kid like Calvin? ……… Exactly Selma