All auguries are inscrutable. Foreseeing the future by looking at clouds isn’t a thing, so far as I know, but if it were, it would be “nubemancy” or some such.
I don’t think I’ve ever used the word “inscrutable” in my entire life. Heard the word, sure. If I DID ever use the word, I was being sarcastic or acting the role of someone haughty. It just isn’t a word that works its way into regular usage.
Cloud omens don’t always spell disaster: True Story- One day while stopped at a traffic light, I looked up and saw a cloud formation that appeared to be a giant hand, with it’s middle finger extended. I reluctantly moved when the light turned green. The rest of the day was no worse than usual.
Some “omens” are so far from inscrutable it as if they’re using megaphones to say, “Yes, that’s right, what’s coming really is exactly what it looks like, if not worse!”
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Seems pretty scrutable to me.
Charles Barr Premium Member over 1 year ago
It means that he’s destined to get in a lot of trouble. In other words, a typical summer ahead for Calvin.
codycab over 1 year ago
Ha! Even clouds mock Calvin!
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
what omen would that be, Calvin?
C over 1 year ago
That looming feeling
Mediatech over 1 year ago
Based on my reading of Greek mythology; if you get an omen, no matter what you do, it will be the wrong choice.
Concretionist over 1 year ago
All auguries are inscrutable. Foreseeing the future by looking at clouds isn’t a thing, so far as I know, but if it were, it would be “nubemancy” or some such.
sirbadger over 1 year ago
It’s like obeying a god who doesn’t say anything.
in.amongst over 1 year ago
Sometimes i think God is just a petulant child.
orinoco womble over 1 year ago
Oh, it’s scrutable enough. Even Calvin doesn’t like Calvin.
Red33410 over 1 year ago
Which has the following anagram: “Curse It, Nobleman.”
LeftCoastKen Premium Member over 1 year ago
Hmmm … I thought it was a threatening sky. Was surprised to learn it was actually an inscrutable omen.
fred.grenouille over 1 year ago
Mother Nature has a mean sense of humor.
DaveG1960 over 1 year ago
Calvin Cloud? Don’t like his under ware, they just seem to evaporate……
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
This might be funnier if the cloud shape was that of Susie or Hobbes!!
Troglodyte over 1 year ago
And who was it who said ‘hope is in the clouds’?! :D
MayCauseBurns over 1 year ago
The universe is laughing behind your back.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
If so, there must be an interesting story arc coming up!
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
A Calvinistic omen? Or an anti-Calvinist omen?
tremaine53 over 1 year ago
I don’t think I’ve ever used the word “inscrutable” in my entire life. Heard the word, sure. If I DID ever use the word, I was being sarcastic or acting the role of someone haughty. It just isn’t a word that works its way into regular usage.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 1 year ago
Had to look this one up…
inscrutable – adjective
Inscru·ta·ble | \ in-ˈskrü-tə-bəl \
Definition of inscrutable
: not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood
: MYSTERIOUS an inscrutable smile, inscrutable motives
Meg: All Seriousness Aside over 1 year ago
All omens are inscrutable.
Snolep over 1 year ago
Bows and flows of angel hair…
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I don’t know. I’m more wary of the scrutable omens I have been seeing lately.
rentier over 1 year ago
I have the nicest friend in the world, but when he is angry he is the most frightful being I have ever seen and it is better not to meet him!!
Ed The Red Premium Member over 1 year ago
Could be worse – the cloud could have peed on you. (Now where have I seen that before?)
Daltongang Premium Member over 1 year ago
Oh but there is Calvin, there is. What is worse is an overactive imagination.
poppacapsmokeblower over 1 year ago
Correction, that cloud’s look was scrutable.
becida over 1 year ago
Omens are wonderful things full of what ever it is you want them to have!
Katzen1415 over 1 year ago
It’s saying you’re your own worst enemy, Calvin. The recent time travel arc is just one of many examples.
anomaly over 1 year ago
You might get scruted.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom Premium Member over 1 year ago
It didn’t seem so inscrutable to me.
The PapaEaster over 1 year ago
Calvin for ever!
ekke over 1 year ago
Nothing inscrutable about THAT!
Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 1 year ago
’Cause the free wind is blowing through
Your hair
And the days surround your daylight
There
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air
christelisbetty over 1 year ago
Cloud omens don’t always spell disaster: True Story- One day while stopped at a traffic light, I looked up and saw a cloud formation that appeared to be a giant hand, with it’s middle finger extended. I reluctantly moved when the light turned green. The rest of the day was no worse than usual.
mindjob over 1 year ago
At least the cloud didn’t pass gas in Calvin’s general direction
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Another strip by Bill showing his literary and imaginative skills in full light.
cmxx over 1 year ago
Some “omens” are so far from inscrutable it as if they’re using megaphones to say, “Yes, that’s right, what’s coming really is exactly what it looks like, if not worse!”
Ray Helvy Premium Member over 1 year ago
It depends: is that Calvin in the clouds or Lisa Simpson?