Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 24, 2012

Ah, the non joys of being a manimal…sigh.

Perhaps a heart to love?!

It’s difficult to find a human being today and then you sigh…!!!sigh

all I can say is, they don’t let animals eat at outback.

Cheer up Calvin. At least your hair resembles a porcupine.

Not important ,do not be so greedy,Hobbes can not even open the door on a windy night.Or get the can of tuna off the self,or open the tin,but you can.

But can the animals make fart noises with their armpits? I rest my case!

And of course opposable thumbs, don’t forget those.

No gills either. Dang.

But you have a mom to cook for you, Calvin….

I felt the same way, until that radio-active spider bit me.

Humans are supposed to counter with brains and reason to escape real and potential threats but after seeing the pictures of consumers fighting over TVs on Black Friday, I’m not so sure the critical faculties are working anymore.

Humans do have one physical advantage over every other animal… long distance running. No animal can run hour after hour like we can. We can literally run some animals to death. It has to do with the fact that we can sweat and very efficiently get rid of excess heat.

Calvin was just born so…………. wrong….

Shaking head.

Sorry Calvin – you are just a mere human being.And Humans can leave all these funny comments. Enjoyed them today.

Oh, i’d imagine there’s some mad geneticist out there, who’d be more than happy to use you as a test subject, and infuse you with the DNA for all of those attributes, and more!

We love you for who you are, Calvin!

xxx

Wings. Especially wings. I want some wings so I can fly around and be all like “ha ha losers!” to people on the ground.

You do have an opposable thumb, which is something few animals have, although racoons do.

Well, Cheetahs don’t have retractable claws, so he could be a cheetah!

I do not envy compound eyes. You know how easy it is to smash a bug by moving slowly? Besides, imagine the optometrist bills.

Manimal didn’t last very long but neither did the most bankrolled (up to that time) program – Supertrain. Anyone remember it?And then there was Pan Am.

Man can’t fly, but realize the cost to the animals that do is a higher metabolism (sp) and a shorter life span.

web feet & whiskers what more could you want

Calvin has a prehensile BRAIN, however….

@khpage,Now if Calvin could only wrap around the reason for his existence and the purpose of life…

calvin is smart…just not in the traditional way.

You’re right, Russ. But sometimes we seem to cycle…y’know, progression/regression. We’ Americans have re-entered a regression phase. Fr’instance, the social-support system you mentioned is being replaced by a socialist-support system because on Nov. 6 we seem to have lost our collective memory. History tells us that socialism has never worked but here we go trudgin’ on down that same old road.

I can walk upright . . . I’ve got a brain and can think rationally (most of the time anyhow!) . . . I can talk . . . I can drive a car . . . I can do all kinds of things animals can’t do.I absolutely love being a human being!!!!!;-)

Human shortcomings are the mother of invention.

Other than hyenas, we can laugh!

Ergo, “human shortcomings” equal necessity!

Yes, ‘allegedly’ is a good point.