Depends on what one wants to accomplish, I suppose, although his paper on the Time-Traveling Tiger will stand in the School Hall of Fame for generations. :)
Zarnium is a rare element discovered by spaceman Spiff on one of his many travels, so far knowledge of it has not spread very much, so is not included on many of the periodic tables found on this insignificant planet.
Wonder if Calvin wasn’t on Mars last week as he thought, but traveled through a wormhole to an alternative universe, where ‘zarnium’ is as common as dirt. Smuggled a pocketful back with him just in time to coat that alien-keeper.
Makes me wonder how big of a yard does Calvin’s parents have? My parents have a fairly big one that I have to use a riding lawnmower on and if I use a push would take far too long. They live in the city does Calvin’s parents live in the country where it’s hilly?
we lived in the hilly part of Tulsa and had play space behind the houses accress the street…it was wonderful with trees, dirt, grass and a spot for the boys to dig a cave, no girls allowed. best kid neighborhood in town.
I was so lucky that my boy’s each had the same teacher who always took into consideration creativity and would give credit as along as they weren’t just doing it to be a smart alec. She had a knack for knowing the difference. She once told me that the Harry Chapin song “Flowers Are Red” song showed her what kind of teacher she wanted to be.
Just in case you’d like to read those lyrics I think they made me a better mom too… smile
The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin’ young man
I’m paintin’ flowers he said
She said… It’s not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There’s a time for everything young man
And a way it should be done
You’ve got to show concern for everyone else
For you’re not the only one
And she said…
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said…
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
Well the teacher said.. You’re sassy
There’s ways that things should be
And you’ll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me…..
And she said…
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said…
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
The teacher put him in a corner
She said.. It’s for your own good..
And you won’t come out ‘til you get it right
And are responding like you should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said.. and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen
Time went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin’
She said…Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let’s use every one
But that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said.. and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There’s no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.
But there still must be a way to have our children say …
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
“Frum the eighth grade on I signed (forged) my mother’s signature on all skool correspondence! Calvin will catch on soon.”
Maybe you should have at least had her sign it for typing class… Unless yor like me and you leurned how to type at the school of hard… tappity tap tap knocks like I did?
Nice to see those lyrics…I cried the first time I heard him sing that song….As a teacher, though, I’d probably cry if I saw Calvin every day. I have had a few of them, and at the high school level, they are even more creative!
Wow! A week ago and Calvin was crying for his mommy when he and Hobbes saw a martian and today he actually brings an alien to class. I have to say I LOVED todays strip. And I really enjoyed the lyrics to the song Ldywldkat shared with us, thanks!
In Sunday School the children were told the story of how Lot was warned to flee the wicked city of Sodom with his family, but not to look back under any circumstances. The teacher then continued, “but Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.” “That’s nothing,” said Joey. “My mom was driving downtown last week. She looked back and turned into a telephone pole.”
[I’ll bet a breathalizer test would have shown that her Zarnium level was over the legal limit.]
BC13 Around here we try not to notice the little things like every word spelled perfectly because, “but for the grace of God, ‘ere I go”. We all make grammatical mistakes every day of the year. What is most important on this board is what you have to say, what it says to us, and what it says about the person saying it. From your post I see you as an “education snob”. I hope I am totally incorrect.
I had a “creative” friend in grade school. He was a smart alec. Formost though he was smart. 3rd grade we would ride the swings on our bellies a’la superman. Under the swings are those bowls in the dirt from years of kids swinging and dragging their feet to stop. Charlie was swinging on his stomach and slapping his hands in the dirt on the back swing which made a little dust cloud kick up. The teacher on duty yelled at him to “stop playing in the dirt”! Charlie’s reply: “It’s not dirt, it’s dehydrated mud!” He got to stand on-line the rest of recess for his creative response.
Frum the eighth grade on I signed (forged) my mother’s signature on all skool correspondence! Calvin will catch on soon.
SOME of you failed to see and appreciate the irony that I misspelled ‘from and school’ yet could get correspondence right. It was all meant as self deprecating humor…. get it?
Brother J - As for fooling the teacher. I started the forgery when we moved. The new teacher had no point of reference to compare signatures. Hence easy peazy, lemon squeezy!
“Frum the eighth grade on I signed (forged) my mother’s signature on all skool correspondence! Calvin will catch on soon.”
Then I said: Maybe you should have at least had her sign it for typing class… Unless yor like me and you leurned how to type at the school of hard… tappity tap tap knocks like I did?
Then wood.. said: SOME of you failed to see and appreciate the irony that I misspelled ‘from and school’ yet could get correspondence right. It was all meant as self deprecating humor…. get it?
I wasn’t trying to diss… you or anyone I infact got it which was why I said… Unless yor.. ~your~ like me and leurned ~learned~… In fact I thought and still do think it was a clever play on words! To say nothing about how well it hit the point of the whole comic today.
You keeping knocking them out of the park WoodEye.
Reminds me of the finger in the box with cotton and covered in ketchup. I got to do it once and I got a cool squeal from a friend when she opened the box.
I sent my son to private school for two years because they tried to take away his creativity in elementary school. He’s now studying to be an Art teacher while taking care of his family.
margueritem over 14 years ago
I think it’s pretty clever, myself.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
Calvin’s a tough act to follow for show and tell in that classroom!
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Depends on what one wants to accomplish, I suppose, although his paper on the Time-Traveling Tiger will stand in the School Hall of Fame for generations. :)
WoodEye over 14 years ago
Frum the eighth grade on I signed (forged) my mother’s signature on all skool correspondence! Calvin will catch on soon.
sjoujke Premium Member over 14 years ago
I sure hope the teacher gave him an “A” for vivid imagination!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
He’s got my vote!
Yukoner over 14 years ago
That sure as heck beats, “This is my favourite dolly. Her name is Elvira. She wets and cries. My Auntie gave her to me.”
Calvin’s got hootspa!
carmy over 14 years ago
Best show and tell that I’ve seen!
rentier over 14 years ago
Space alien, not speck alien?
bigCandHfan over 14 years ago
Pity theres no marks for creativity/imagination!!!!!
Troglodyte over 14 years ago
They’ll all regret it when he becomes President one day…!!
Herocoder over 14 years ago
@cryptomaniac .. oh.. they’ll regret for sure .. ;-)
StuStu2U over 14 years ago
Yes, and he has chutzpah also!
linsonl over 14 years ago
Susie, take Calvin home, would you please?
jrbj over 14 years ago
Calvin and Hobbs in 2012. Change you can believe in.
Leonardeuler over 14 years ago
Does anyone know the element “zarnium” ?? I looked it up in Mendeljew’s table, but I couldn’t find it. Has Calvin recently discovered it ?
tirnaaisling over 14 years ago
Zarnium is a rare element discovered by spaceman Spiff on one of his many travels, so far knowledge of it has not spread very much, so is not included on many of the periodic tables found on this insignificant planet.
jackmatt over 14 years ago
Wonder if Calvin wasn’t on Mars last week as he thought, but traveled through a wormhole to an alternative universe, where ‘zarnium’ is as common as dirt. Smuggled a pocketful back with him just in time to coat that alien-keeper.
kab2rb over 14 years ago
Makes me wonder how big of a yard does Calvin’s parents have? My parents have a fairly big one that I have to use a riding lawnmower on and if I use a push would take far too long. They live in the city does Calvin’s parents live in the country where it’s hilly?
krisch over 14 years ago
Would have loved to see the rest of his presentation.. :)
pearlandpeach over 14 years ago
we lived in the hilly part of Tulsa and had play space behind the houses accress the street…it was wonderful with trees, dirt, grass and a spot for the boys to dig a cave, no girls allowed. best kid neighborhood in town.
beachbum56 over 14 years ago
Oh the imagination & inventiveness of youth! What a wonderful thing it is as truley shown in C&H.
Ldywldkat over 14 years ago
I was so lucky that my boy’s each had the same teacher who always took into consideration creativity and would give credit as along as they weren’t just doing it to be a smart alec. She had a knack for knowing the difference. She once told me that the Harry Chapin song “Flowers Are Red” song showed her what kind of teacher she wanted to be.
SHOUT OUT to Ms. Cannon
Ldywldkat over 14 years ago
Just in case you’d like to read those lyrics I think they made me a better mom too… smile
The little boy went first day of school He got some crayons and started to draw He put colors all over the paper For colors was what he saw And the teacher said.. What you doin’ young man I’m paintin’ flowers he said She said… It’s not the time for art young man And anyway flowers are green and red There’s a time for everything young man And a way it should be done You’ve got to show concern for everyone else For you’re not the only one
And she said… Flowers are red young man Green leaves are green There’s no need to see flowers any other way Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said… There are so many colors in the rainbow So many colors in the morning sun So many colors in the flower and I see every one
Well the teacher said.. You’re sassy There’s ways that things should be And you’ll paint flowers the way they are So repeat after me…..
And she said… Flowers are red young man Green leaves are green There’s no need to see flowers any other way Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said… There are so many colors in the rainbow So many colors in the morning sun So many colors in the flower and I see every one
The teacher put him in a corner She said.. It’s for your own good.. And you won’t come out ‘til you get it right And are responding like you should Well finally he got lonely Frightened thoughts filled his head And he went up to the teacher And this is what he said.. and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green There’s no need to see flowers any other way Than the way they always have been seen
Time went by like it always does And they moved to another town And the little boy went to another school And this is what he found The teacher there was smilin’ She said…Painting should be fun And there are so many colors in a flower So let’s use every one
But that little boy painted flowers In neat rows of green and red And when the teacher asked him why This is what he said.. and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green There’s no need to see flowers any other way Than the way they always have been seen.
But there still must be a way to have our children say …
There are so many colors in the rainbow So many colors in the morning sun So many colors in the flower and I see every one
Santadon over 14 years ago
He gets an “A” for creativity. Hohoho!
alondra over 14 years ago
That sounds like a great song. I never heard it before. Gotta go find this one on you tube, I hope it’s there.
Trainwreck_1 over 14 years ago
WoodEye said, about 8 hours ago
“Frum the eighth grade on I signed (forged) my mother’s signature on all skool correspondence! Calvin will catch on soon.”
Maybe you should have at least had her sign it for typing class… Unless yor like me and you leurned how to type at the school of hard… tappity tap tap knocks like I did?
Takiniteasy over 14 years ago
Hey, Woody, Don let Paul brig you doun my fren.
larney45 over 14 years ago
Nice to see those lyrics…I cried the first time I heard him sing that song….As a teacher, though, I’d probably cry if I saw Calvin every day. I have had a few of them, and at the high school level, they are even more creative!
JTGAM over 14 years ago
Wow! A week ago and Calvin was crying for his mommy when he and Hobbes saw a martian and today he actually brings an alien to class. I have to say I LOVED todays strip. And I really enjoyed the lyrics to the song Ldywldkat shared with us, thanks!
JanLC over 14 years ago
Woody: I tried that once in 9th grade. I wasn’t very good at it with predictable results. Never did it again.
bandz over 14 years ago
In Sunday School the children were told the story of how Lot was warned to flee the wicked city of Sodom with his family, but not to look back under any circumstances. The teacher then continued, “but Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.” “That’s nothing,” said Joey. “My mom was driving downtown last week. She looked back and turned into a telephone pole.”
[I’ll bet a breathalizer test would have shown that her Zarnium level was over the legal limit.]
bald over 14 years ago
gee the best thing that i took for show and tell was my dog, they made me take him home : - (
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
WoodEye I take it you are still in SCHOOL, learning how to spell.
Ldywldkat over 14 years ago
BC13 Around here we try not to notice the little things like every word spelled perfectly because, “but for the grace of God, ‘ere I go”. We all make grammatical mistakes every day of the year. What is most important on this board is what you have to say, what it says to us, and what it says about the person saying it. From your post I see you as an “education snob”. I hope I am totally incorrect.
Have a great day!
johndifool over 14 years ago
I am Stinky of Borg. Prepare to be fumigated.
tonytiger29 over 14 years ago
I had a “creative” friend in grade school. He was a smart alec. Formost though he was smart. 3rd grade we would ride the swings on our bellies a’la superman. Under the swings are those bowls in the dirt from years of kids swinging and dragging their feet to stop. Charlie was swinging on his stomach and slapping his hands in the dirt on the back swing which made a little dust cloud kick up. The teacher on duty yelled at him to “stop playing in the dirt”! Charlie’s reply: “It’s not dirt, it’s dehydrated mud!” He got to stand on-line the rest of recess for his creative response.
bmonk over 14 years ago
He should have coated that bag with unobtanium (Ub) rather than Zarnium (Zr)…
Brother_James over 14 years ago
Hea Wood Eye. Do you really think that fooled the teacher?
WoodEye over 14 years ago
OK, here we go…. I wrote.
Frum the eighth grade on I signed (forged) my mother’s signature on all skool correspondence! Calvin will catch on soon.
SOME of you failed to see and appreciate the irony that I misspelled ‘from and school’ yet could get correspondence right. It was all meant as self deprecating humor…. get it?
Brother J - As for fooling the teacher. I started the forgery when we moved. The new teacher had no point of reference to compare signatures. Hence easy peazy, lemon squeezy!
MatureCanadian over 14 years ago
WoodEye - Great move, wish I’d thought of it when we moved. Would have made high school so much easier!
Aardvark359 over 14 years ago
Step One: Cut a hole in a bag Step Two: Put your junk in the bag Step Three: Open the bag
Who would have guessed that Calvin would grow up to be Justin Timberlake? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNk743EqMNk
Trainwreck_1 over 14 years ago
WoodEye said, about 8 hours ago…
“Frum the eighth grade on I signed (forged) my mother’s signature on all skool correspondence! Calvin will catch on soon.”
Then I said: Maybe you should have at least had her sign it for typing class… Unless yor like me and you leurned how to type at the school of hard… tappity tap tap knocks like I did?
Then wood.. said: SOME of you failed to see and appreciate the irony that I misspelled ‘from and school’ yet could get correspondence right. It was all meant as self deprecating humor…. get it?
I wasn’t trying to diss… you or anyone I infact got it which was why I said… Unless yor.. ~your~ like me and leurned ~learned~… In fact I thought and still do think it was a clever play on words! To say nothing about how well it hit the point of the whole comic today.
You keeping knocking them out of the park WoodEye.
alviebird over 14 years ago
Across the aisle from the zarnium, of course.
WoodEye over 14 years ago
Paul M - No offense taken. It’s good to see that so many people are paying attention.
pintcape over 14 years ago
man wouldn’t you have some interesting stories to tell at the dinner table if you were in calvin’s class.
mroberts88 over 14 years ago
That was funny.
tirnaaisling over 14 years ago
A couple of youtube versions of the ‘Flowers are Red’ song each version may apeal to different people.
Thnx Ldywldkat for bringing these us lyrics :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noVC5Jt2Gu8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_AvXnBv8OI&feature=related
mrprongs over 14 years ago
He’ll be a great writer one day.
Dino-1 over 14 years ago
Reminds me of the finger in the box with cotton and covered in ketchup. I got to do it once and I got a cool squeal from a friend when she opened the box. I sent my son to private school for two years because they tried to take away his creativity in elementary school. He’s now studying to be an Art teacher while taking care of his family.
HobbesForPresident over 6 years ago
I seriously wonder what was wrong this time. It was just a puppet!