Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 16, 2009

Or she’ll give me a major knuckle sandwich….

Or she’ll make my life a living hell.

Given the same question, I wonder what her answer would be.

Dad, be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.

Awkward~~

No new mate! Knuckle sandwich!

Oh, like he could find someone better than her. Yeah surrrrre.

They are made for each other anyway.

LX013, it’s an icon for Halloween. I’m sorry to hear about your friend, and how much you miss him. Keep your good thoughts of him in your heart.

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Calvin best check those lumps in his Wheat Harts close . If the raisins have legs spit out as fast you can little Chum .

Calvin, to paraphrase one of Robert Heinlein’s characters, some days I don’t know whether you’re smarter than other people or just a complete sophist.

This post does not reflect on todays comic installment so much as it represents one man’s opinion of the series as a whole. I have been reading Calvin and Hobbes for almost 20 years, and I must say that it is the best comic strip that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. God bless you Bill Watterson. :-)

Good answer, Dad!

He should hedge his bets and go for a whole team of advisors too ;)

He’d better stick with the one he’s got, or else he’ll be the “running mate”…

Margueritem: Thank you for your concern, no one did this until now, and it helps a little bit!

This is a two way street. If they’re smart, Mom and Dad will keep Hobbs and vote in someone else to take Calvin’s place.

Rats!

Who else is running for dad?

Now is he saying “aww” to bed time or that dad will stick with mom?

The public has spoken. And Dad has listened.

Why doesn’t he ask Mom if she’s gonna keep Dad as her running mate?

Good question, Macush (but perhaps he has).

Dad’s not old enough to start dating teenagers yet but he’s clearly thinking about it in panel 3…

dad should keep the mate he has, maybe hobbs too, but let calvin go live in the basement for a while

See the size of Mom’s fist? I think the fist cast the deciding vote. On the other hand calvins butt should be seeing more of Mom’s open palm.

that wasnt the answer Calvin was looking for!!!

Like either of them can find a Stepparent for THATkid

Calvin would be better off with Opal and Earl - who have better imaginations, cause then he would now have Bondie and Mark Trail as his parents.

Mom’s showing Dad five reasons why he should continue to choose her…

Does the following news item sound somewhat familiar?

October 16, 2009 in ‘The Republican’ Springfield, MA Boy found safe at home A nation watched on television, wondering about the fate of a small boy presumably alone in a balloon flying above the Colorado countryside. But in the end, 6-year-old Falcon Heene was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family’s garage attic Thursday, and not aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 50 miles through the sky while being watched by millions on live television. The boy’s father Richard Heene, said he had scolded Falcon for getting inside a compartment on the craft earlier in the day, and then the boy, frightened, hid in the garage.

Puddleglum2 I heard about that. I wasn’t listening closely as I was getting ready to go to work.

Didn’t I hear that the boy said that daddy told him to hide in the garage? Or was I mistaken in what I thought I heard?

Haha, perfectly poignant news item, Puddleglum. Yeah, I too thought of Calvin’s escapades when I heard about the big stir the little kid caused.

BC13, From the full article: The boy’s father, Richard Heene, said the family was tinkering with the balloon Thursday and that he scolded Falcon for getting inside a compartment on the craft. He said Falcon’s brother had seen him inside the compartment before it took off and that’s why they thought he was in there when it launched. But the boy fled to the attic at some point after the scolding and was never in the balloon during its two-hour 50-mile journey through two counties. “I yelled at him. I’m really sorry I yelled at him,” Heene said as he hugged his son during a news conference. “I was in the attic and he scared me because he yelled at me,” Falcon said. “That’s why I went in the attic.” Richard Heene adamantly denied the notion that the whole thing was a big publicity stunt.

Concerning the boy yesterday GMA talked to the family and then the authorities. The police have watched also what has been said by the family and plan to investegate more. Personnally as a parent I’m not sure what I would do relief for one thing and how could you pull a stunt like that didn’t you hear us screaming for you and how about all the people who helped look you. Maybe grounding.

Polls indicate the following new policies would be winners in this election…

Who could either of them find who would be happy to have Calvin as a step child??????????????????????

Calvin Lesson no 1 elections do not necessarily mean change

Updates on Balloon Boy seem to indicate that it was a hoax. Boy let something to that effect slip during an interview. Seems that the family seeks media attention…. The Sheriff’s department is looking further into the incident.

That’s what I thought I heard.

dad isn’t as dumb as he appears.

Blackmail. This race is crooked.

Kind of a one-party-system?