Hey Hobbes can you borrow the binoculars from Calvin, so that you and I can check out the lovely babes down at the beach. To all you ladies here please don’t be angry, I was just making up a pun that was all.
Is’nt that how kids learn? — break something - get a new one.. whine about wanting the latest toy and get it. No consequences, and so little effort to get new stuff. No surprise our society is full of Calvins. Calvin should have been put to work to pay for the binoculars he broke and put to work again to pay for a cheap pair for himself. Dad will be paying for this lesson for a loooooong time.
I’m with you. Instead of learning (the right thing) from the experience, he’s going the other direction. No lesson learned (or the wrong one) if you get rewarded for your actions.
Nice juxtaposition of value systems here… Calvin views his unexpected windfall as a way to obtain even more possessions. Hobbes looks at it to obtain less tangible pleasures. Once again, Hobbes appears to have choosen the wiser path to true happiness.
Bill Watterson remarked in at least one of his books that he liked giving Calvin contrarian qualities which he’d never agree to himself. (Given human nature’s capacity to miss the point of such humorous irony, I have to wonder how many kids HAVE missed the irony over the years and imitated rather than eschewed Calvin’s example.)
On the other hand, some things B.W. said he drew directly from his own experience – such as the basic traits of Moe and some aspects of Calvin’s Dad (like Dad’s love of camping, biking and “character development”, all through adversity however ridiculous).
Hmm… Hobbes exists in Calvin’s mind. So Hobbes is a part of Calvin.
So I think as Calvin grows Hobbes will become more a functional part of Calvin. It will all balance out.
And how does a 6 year old earn $600? There is an age where the parents are supposed to keep the kids out of trouble. I think the church used to say kids under 7 didn’t understand enough to really sin!
Let’s hope Dad learned a lesson. Don’t expect mature behavior until the child is ready for it, and the parents need to help that along. Calvin is learning the wrong lesson.
These pages (among others) have to do with personality analysis based on Jung’s psychological types (and these days, also combined with temperament and interactive style theory).
Already Calvin’s precocious enough to exhibit the definitive cognitive processes for an ENFP. First, he’s got this incredibly wide range of interests, is always fantasizing about “what if?”, has a world-class imaginary friend and other imaginary characters involved in endless psychodrama, and can go from zero to total screwball in 0.6 seconds. Second, everything he does is based on his set of personal values and no one else’s, unless he’s forced to concede otherwise.
Besides, get past his volatile temper and love of the bizarre and you’ll find one of the softest hearts around.
No wonder he reminds me so much of myself as a kid. I only found out recently that I’m an ENFP myself. (Long story.)
What grown-ups, JonD17? Do you see any grown-ups here? Didn’t think so. :)
4deer: INFP, huh? (Keirsey: Pal relationship!)
BC13, while it’s true that we’re opposite in the basic Myers-Briggs dichotomies, the real Jungian opposite of ISTJ is INFJ , not ENFP. What matters most is the order of the eight cognitive processes, not the order of the letters in the Myers-Briggs type code. ISTJ and ENFP (Keirsey: Anima relationship) actually have considerable common ground (the inversion is only on the four-process level). ISTJ and INFJ (Keirsey: Enigma relationship) have potential friction at every possible point (the inversion is complete on the eight-process level). Cf. Leona Haas, BUILDING BLOCKS OF PERSONALITY TYPE, pp. 128-130, 191.
(Whew! And now you all know better than to trigger me on whatever subject has caught my special interest at any given time…)
Good God…y’all can really read a lot into a comic strip…jeez…I just see a boy being a boy…and enjoying being a boy…with his best freind…no psychological agenda, just a good time…
When Calvin grows up, he becomes a paleontologist, duh!! Hasn’t anyone noticed his love of science? He loves learning about dinosaurs and things, and what he really needs is a teacher who actually does something to nurture his creativity. (Not Ms. Wormwood!) BTW I’m an INTP like Hobbes.
cleokaya almost 15 years ago
Two minds… different directions.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
Calvin, I’d stop while I was ahead…
vibjyor almost 15 years ago
Calvin, try the power drill. That is most fun !
pouncingtiger almost 15 years ago
That’s one way that Dad will have to file for personal bankruptcy in the near future.
ladywolf17 almost 15 years ago
Is there anything that Calvin wont do?
carmy almost 15 years ago
Oh Hobbes, I don’t think Calvin is ready to go check the babes at the beach. You should go though, just don’t break the binoculars.
Ivy0730Lcsq almost 15 years ago
too much to ask, Calvin!
Hobbes’s sooooo funny and Dad, soooo lovely!
Our submission to the 48 hr film project at Beijing is on vimeo and can be found at:
http://www.vimeo.com/5462352
Kira_no_futago almost 15 years ago
No good deed goes unpunished, I’ve heard. Calvin seems intent to prove it…
wolfbyte36 almost 15 years ago
Hey Hobbes can you borrow the binoculars from Calvin, so that you and I can check out the lovely babes down at the beach. To all you ladies here please don’t be angry, I was just making up a pun that was all.
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
Fair enough, wolfbyte36, but if there’s a pun in there it flew right past my binoculars. :)
Another lesson not learned…and another brick in the wall of Calvin’s eventual ENFP-hood.
Jor-El almost 15 years ago
I had a pair of binoculars like that when I was a kid.
You couldn’t even see the bedpost at the end of the bed.
lazygrazer almost 15 years ago
The story ending seems a little anticlimactic to me. Oh well.
Troglodyte almost 15 years ago
Dad won’t be saying “gimme a break!” for a while, i guess…
carpetinwater9 almost 15 years ago
I’m going to think like Calvin.
ramchandani_h almost 15 years ago
LOLL!!!
Cute eye gesture by Hobbes in 3rd panel.. and lovely concept of watchin’ babes on da beach ;)
No, Calvin; thts NOT a good idea of breaking things in hoping to get them as your very own!
RHoney
PTui2 almost 15 years ago
I tried binoculars at the beach once… They got all fogged up and I couldn’t see ANYTHING! Must’ve been the weather..
Unclebup almost 15 years ago
Is’nt that how kids learn? — break something - get a new one.. whine about wanting the latest toy and get it. No consequences, and so little effort to get new stuff. No surprise our society is full of Calvins. Calvin should have been put to work to pay for the binoculars he broke and put to work again to pay for a cheap pair for himself. Dad will be paying for this lesson for a loooooong time.
horvath_paul almost 15 years ago
For Calvin at least,every cloud has a silver lining!
alondra almost 15 years ago
Do you expect to find lady tigers down at the beach Hobbes?
coffeeturtle almost 15 years ago
I think the wrong lesson was learned here. :-D haha! But Hobbes is definitely a one track mind and major babe magnet!
LOL!
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Calvinator,
I’m with you. Instead of learning (the right thing) from the experience, he’s going the other direction. No lesson learned (or the wrong one) if you get rewarded for your actions.
rentier almost 15 years ago
Donnerwetter noch einmal!
Stede_Bonnet almost 15 years ago
Nice juxtaposition of value systems here… Calvin views his unexpected windfall as a way to obtain even more possessions. Hobbes looks at it to obtain less tangible pleasures. Once again, Hobbes appears to have choosen the wiser path to true happiness.
JonD17 almost 15 years ago
Aahhh lessons learned….. and (so quickly) lessons misapplied. Hobbes, my man, those babes are gonna lead to trouble!
bleepingdeadalien almost 15 years ago
Imagine C and a “sawzall?” A sawzall would be perfect…we’re talkin’ insane fun…only those things are tough to break.
linsonl almost 15 years ago
When Calvin grew up, did he become a lawyer or a politician?
yyyguy almost 15 years ago
yes.
shdepaula almost 15 years ago
When Calvin grew up, did he become a lawyer or a politician?² LOL^__^
bald almost 15 years ago
calvin. tell dad you broke his Dremel tool. then give it to me
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
Bill Watterson remarked in at least one of his books that he liked giving Calvin contrarian qualities which he’d never agree to himself. (Given human nature’s capacity to miss the point of such humorous irony, I have to wonder how many kids HAVE missed the irony over the years and imitated rather than eschewed Calvin’s example.)
On the other hand, some things B.W. said he drew directly from his own experience – such as the basic traits of Moe and some aspects of Calvin’s Dad (like Dad’s love of camping, biking and “character development”, all through adversity however ridiculous).
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
Get out the Transmogrifier, Calvin. You can change them into X-Ray binoculars!
pomy2191 almost 15 years ago
lol all that hobbes ever thinks about is babes…even with the calvinosaur story hobbes wanted babes :)
greekhoplite almost 15 years ago
What would Calvin use powertools for?
vawser almost 15 years ago
When Calvin grows up, he becomes…
Frazz!
Gretchen's Mom almost 15 years ago
I think the BETTER question, greekhoplite, is … what WON’T Calvin use powertools for?!?!?!?!?
mottih almost 15 years ago
a 6yr old using power tools…
llong65 almost 15 years ago
Macushlalondra said, about 6 hours ago
Do you expect to find lady tigers down at the beach Hobbes?
ya cougars
kattbailey almost 15 years ago
Hmm… Hobbes exists in Calvin’s mind. So Hobbes is a part of Calvin.
So I think as Calvin grows Hobbes will become more a functional part of Calvin. It will all balance out.
And how does a 6 year old earn $600? There is an age where the parents are supposed to keep the kids out of trouble. I think the church used to say kids under 7 didn’t understand enough to really sin!
marvee almost 15 years ago
Let’s hope Dad learned a lesson. Don’t expect mature behavior until the child is ready for it, and the parents need to help that along. Calvin is learning the wrong lesson.
Madruga almost 15 years ago
@ Rakkav: What do you mean by ENFP-hood?
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
http://www.personalitypage.com/ENFP.html
http://typelogic.com/enfp.html
These pages (among others) have to do with personality analysis based on Jung’s psychological types (and these days, also combined with temperament and interactive style theory).
Already Calvin’s precocious enough to exhibit the definitive cognitive processes for an ENFP. First, he’s got this incredibly wide range of interests, is always fantasizing about “what if?”, has a world-class imaginary friend and other imaginary characters involved in endless psychodrama, and can go from zero to total screwball in 0.6 seconds. Second, everything he does is based on his set of personal values and no one else’s, unless he’s forced to concede otherwise.
Besides, get past his volatile temper and love of the bizarre and you’ll find one of the softest hearts around.
No wonder he reminds me so much of myself as a kid. I only found out recently that I’m an ENFP myself. (Long story.)
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Rakkav
I am an ISTJ. We couldn’t be more totally opposite.
MarkTulk almost 15 years ago
It pays to keep an open mind, and pay attention.
mattgill almost 15 years ago
I like the way Calvin thinks
4deerinmyyard almost 15 years ago
INFP.
JonD17 almost 15 years ago
sorry, but some of you “grown- ups” need to get a life
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
What grown-ups, JonD17? Do you see any grown-ups here? Didn’t think so. :)
4deer: INFP, huh? (Keirsey: Pal relationship!)
BC13, while it’s true that we’re opposite in the basic Myers-Briggs dichotomies, the real Jungian opposite of ISTJ is INFJ , not ENFP. What matters most is the order of the eight cognitive processes, not the order of the letters in the Myers-Briggs type code. ISTJ and ENFP (Keirsey: Anima relationship) actually have considerable common ground (the inversion is only on the four-process level). ISTJ and INFJ (Keirsey: Enigma relationship) have potential friction at every possible point (the inversion is complete on the eight-process level). Cf. Leona Haas, BUILDING BLOCKS OF PERSONALITY TYPE, pp. 128-130, 191.
(Whew! And now you all know better than to trigger me on whatever subject has caught my special interest at any given time…)
Ronscooter almost 15 years ago
Good God…y’all can really read a lot into a comic strip…jeez…I just see a boy being a boy…and enjoying being a boy…with his best freind…no psychological agenda, just a good time…
wbtthefrog almost 15 years ago
I am surprised nobody’s mentioned the parallel to the cycles of aid in North Korea and where that’s gotten us.
Wrong lesson, Calvin!
ambellybutton almost 15 years ago
ESFJ myself.
The last panel was quintessential Calvin. Hysterical how the mind of a child works, and how well Watterson knew it.
udqbpn about 14 years ago
When Calvin grows up, he becomes a paleontologist, duh!! Hasn’t anyone noticed his love of science? He loves learning about dinosaurs and things, and what he really needs is a teacher who actually does something to nurture his creativity. (Not Ms. Wormwood!) BTW I’m an INTP like Hobbes.