Grazer, there are some new viruses around since a few weeks. Didn’t you know ? Calvin got infected by one of these. I don’t know where they come from ….. Mexico ??
It was said that when a black man would be president, pigs would fly.
100 days into Obama’s presidency guess what?
Swine flu…..I really dont care what skin colour our pres.is…I just want her/him to do a good job for us all…but I must say that was a good one…I am styll cleaning coffee from my monitor…lol
o and one more thyng…that would have been better received over at state of the union…we try and remain pleasant and funny over on this side of the page
CaptainColorado - I’ve always wondered why Bill Watterson picked “Calvin” and “Hobbes” and thought there might be some deeper reason. A Calvinist follows the theologian John Calvin, and in the 1600’s there was a philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. I’ve heard of guys named Calvin, but Hobbes is unusual, so…
WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean? She said, “You sound awful. You’ve got a frog in your throat.” I just pondered what that means. Sore throat? CROAK! I think that sounds terrible.
“CaptainColorado - I’ve always wondered why Bill Watterson picked “Calvin” and “Hobbes” and thought there might be some deeper reason. A Calvinist follows the theologian John Calvin, and in the 1600’s there was a philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. I’ve heard of guys named Calvin, but Hobbes is unusual, so…”
I’ve often mused on that myself. Maybe Hobbes was used for the tiger’s name because he is more unusual, less likely to be known or mentioned in normal society?
Wildmustang1262 says:
WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean?
A frog in your throat is an idiom that means your voice is raspy from congestion.
Funny how these odd sayings show up, and I always wonder where they come from. My husband’s side of the family, when they have a little something stuck in the corner of their eye, say they have a kitty in their eye. As far as I know, only Wisconsinites use that expression.
I think “frog in your throat” comes from the disgusting, slimy lump of muck that makes the congestion and raspiness. It’s similar to “coughing up an oyster,” which I’ve also heard.
Yuck! Let’s find something nicer to talk about. How about Calvin’s face in panel 3? Or the look of disbelief in panel 1?
I’ve always been confused. Hobbes (the Philosopher) described life as “nasty, brutish & short”. In reading this strip I’ve always felt that described Calvin best (at least physically).
Conversely, Calvinism is best described as an ascetic recognition of predestination or the practice of strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline. Given that Hobbes (the Tiger) is usually austere and aloof when he discusses life matters, in manner and attitude, this seems one of the lovely philosophical contradictions of the strip.
primacyofreason: oh, i love weird phrases like that. earlyier i was wondering where “ditching” someone came from. could it be that once upon a time people fell in ditches and their buddies left them there?
tabbylynn says: Wildmustang i havent seen you in a while, have you been okay?
Hi there! That’s nice thoughtful of you asking about where have I been? I am doing fine as usual. This morning I had to check those comic strips and posted funny comments, drank my coffee twice and then went over my sister’s home to help her pulling the ugly weeds out of her yards. Now I am home and rest for this afternoon. Today and tomorrow are my days off. :-) I hope you have a grrrrrrreat day! :-)
primacyofreason says: Wildmustang1262 says:
WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean?
A frog in your throat is an idiom that means your voice is raspy from congestion.
Funny how these odd sayings show up, and I always wonder where they come from. My husband’s side of the family, when they have a little something stuck in the corner of their eye, say they have a kitty in their eye. As far as I know, only Wisconsinites use that expression.
Thanks for defining what that idiom means. :-) My sister and her family live in Bonduel, Wisconsin; west of Green Bay, WI. because my sister got job for medical at the hospital. :-)
“Frogking” is a fairy-tail for children from the brothers Grimm.The frog is a bewitched prince and when the princess kisses the frog he gets back into a prince!
margueritem almost 15 years ago
Dern slimey amphibians…
tenaciousr almost 15 years ago
Imagine the power of auto suggestion…
wndrwrthg almost 15 years ago
Ribbet.
rentier almost 15 years ago
Frog sitting on Calvins head and how they look at each other, wonderful!
cdrcjsn almost 15 years ago
I love how they look at each other in the first panel.
Boycott_KY almost 15 years ago
Could be worse: he sounds “hoarse” to me!
lazygrazer almost 15 years ago
Gosh, I always thought viruses were much smaller than that.
CaptainColorado almost 15 years ago
I just thought of something: If you believe in the character of this comic strip does that make you a Calvinist?
JonD17 almost 15 years ago
Boycott_KY says: Could be worse: he sounds “hoarse” to me!… Wow, Boycott, you said a mouthful there! :=/
Leonardeuler almost 15 years ago
Grazer, there are some new viruses around since a few weeks. Didn’t you know ? Calvin got infected by one of these. I don’t know where they come from ….. Mexico ??
WCLamb almost 15 years ago
At least it wasn’t swine flu. I don’t think Calvin would look too good with a pig on his head… in his mouth.
johnmcfarm almost 15 years ago
Now that is bad…
prasrinivara almost 15 years ago
But the suggestion of a trip to the doctor will get him better in almost no time at all.
PTui2 almost 15 years ago
Frogs in the throat, Can’t sing a note… Can’t a body sleep, And wake up from the deep, Without sounding like a goat?
(Hope Hobs is ok.)
alondra almost 15 years ago
It was probably just a bad dream.
ninmas almost 15 years ago
maybe yesterday was the start of his sickness…..
wicky almost 15 years ago
It was said that when a black man would be president, pigs would fly. 100 days into Obama’s presidency guess what? Swine flu.
josh_bisbee almost 15 years ago
wicky-That was a myth. Check Snopes.com about it
owlsly almost 15 years ago
wicky says:
It was said that when a black man would be president, pigs would fly. 100 days into Obama’s presidency guess what? Swine flu…..I really dont care what skin colour our pres.is…I just want her/him to do a good job for us all…but I must say that was a good one…I am styll cleaning coffee from my monitor…lol
owlsly almost 15 years ago
o and one more thyng…that would have been better received over at state of the union…we try and remain pleasant and funny over on this side of the page
Smiley Rmom almost 15 years ago
CaptainColorado - I’ve always wondered why Bill Watterson picked “Calvin” and “Hobbes” and thought there might be some deeper reason. A Calvinist follows the theologian John Calvin, and in the 1600’s there was a philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. I’ve heard of guys named Calvin, but Hobbes is unusual, so…
musicnut1986 almost 15 years ago
prasrinivara says: “But the suggestion of a trip to the doctor will get him better in almost no time at all”.
Four bowls of Sugar Bombs with added chocolate syrup and sugar will do the same thing.
grammahotsho almost 15 years ago
Does Calvin got ‘ligion?
Wildmustang1262 almost 15 years ago
WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean? She said, “You sound awful. You’ve got a frog in your throat.” I just pondered what that means. Sore throat? CROAK! I think that sounds terrible.
tabbylynn almost 15 years ago
Wildmustang i havent seen you in a while, have you been okay?
bmonk almost 15 years ago
RRAmom says:
“CaptainColorado - I’ve always wondered why Bill Watterson picked “Calvin” and “Hobbes” and thought there might be some deeper reason. A Calvinist follows the theologian John Calvin, and in the 1600’s there was a philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. I’ve heard of guys named Calvin, but Hobbes is unusual, so…”
I’ve often mused on that myself. Maybe Hobbes was used for the tiger’s name because he is more unusual, less likely to be known or mentioned in normal society?
redsheri almost 15 years ago
I love Calvin’s imagination! He could grow up to be a writer or a cartoonist!:-)
risitas almost 15 years ago
He grew up 2b “Rerun” - wait, that’s Pnutz…..
coffeeturtle almost 15 years ago
even though you saw this coming, you had to keep reading! LOL!
primacyofreason almost 15 years ago
Wildmustang1262 says: WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean?
A frog in your throat is an idiom that means your voice is raspy from congestion.
Funny how these odd sayings show up, and I always wonder where they come from. My husband’s side of the family, when they have a little something stuck in the corner of their eye, say they have a kitty in their eye. As far as I know, only Wisconsinites use that expression.
dinosaur123 almost 15 years ago
redsheri says:
I love Calvin’s imagination! He could grow up to be a writer or a cartoonist!:-) I suspect that he did; that Calvin’s name is actually BILL!
bmonk almost 15 years ago
I think “frog in your throat” comes from the disgusting, slimy lump of muck that makes the congestion and raspiness. It’s similar to “coughing up an oyster,” which I’ve also heard.
Yuck! Let’s find something nicer to talk about. How about Calvin’s face in panel 3? Or the look of disbelief in panel 1?
Wiseguy411 almost 15 years ago
To RRAmom & Captain Colorado:
I’ve always been confused. Hobbes (the Philosopher) described life as “nasty, brutish & short”. In reading this strip I’ve always felt that described Calvin best (at least physically).
Conversely, Calvinism is best described as an ascetic recognition of predestination or the practice of strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline. Given that Hobbes (the Tiger) is usually austere and aloof when he discusses life matters, in manner and attitude, this seems one of the lovely philosophical contradictions of the strip.
Such is the wisdom of Watterson …
bald almost 15 years ago
calvin doesn’t wanna go to school because he forgot to do his homework for science
prasrinivara almost 15 years ago
For musicnut1986, a major difference.
Sugar-bombs = good sugar-bombs with added sugar and chocolate syrup = tops visit to doc = something to avoid worse than plagueLeonardeuler almost 15 years ago
Calvin shouldn’t worry about his homework: Hobbes fixed it already.
cloudcat625 almost 15 years ago
primacyofreason: oh, i love weird phrases like that. earlyier i was wondering where “ditching” someone came from. could it be that once upon a time people fell in ditches and their buddies left them there?
Wildmustang1262 almost 15 years ago
tabbylynn says: Wildmustang i havent seen you in a while, have you been okay? Hi there! That’s nice thoughtful of you asking about where have I been? I am doing fine as usual. This morning I had to check those comic strips and posted funny comments, drank my coffee twice and then went over my sister’s home to help her pulling the ugly weeds out of her yards. Now I am home and rest for this afternoon. Today and tomorrow are my days off. :-) I hope you have a grrrrrrreat day! :-)
Wildmustang1262 almost 15 years ago
primacyofreason says: Wildmustang1262 says: WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean? A frog in your throat is an idiom that means your voice is raspy from congestion. Funny how these odd sayings show up, and I always wonder where they come from. My husband’s side of the family, when they have a little something stuck in the corner of their eye, say they have a kitty in their eye. As far as I know, only Wisconsinites use that expression. Thanks for defining what that idiom means. :-) My sister and her family live in Bonduel, Wisconsin; west of Green Bay, WI. because my sister got job for medical at the hospital. :-)
green_engineer almost 15 years ago
Frogking! - I may be mistaken but isn’t that tag from the LICD comic?
beanerbabe almost 15 years ago
love his reaction when the frog pries his mouth open!
wicky almost 15 years ago
Well, at least it wasn’t a mythster.
rentier almost 15 years ago
“Frogking” is a fairy-tail for children from the brothers Grimm.The frog is a bewitched prince and when the princess kisses the frog he gets back into a prince!