Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 27, 2023

And Hobbes hits Calvin with the sad truth.

Hey Calvin. Can I have your autograph? Just sign it on this paper saying, “Whoever signs their name here must stop being demanding and ridiculous.” Thanks.

And now we know where TBBT got the idea from!

Hobbes strikes again with plain old facts. Too bad facts seem to be out nowadays.

At least Mom and Dad won’t have to renegotiate.

Let me guess…. the next contract is for Susie!

Please forward the last panel to Elon Misk

So… should we apply that to relationships? If you need a contract to love someone….

Well, that’s the truth! Hobbies is right!

Come on, Hobbes. It’s the only way Calvin can have friends.

Interesting comment Hobbs, what does that say about marriage then?

When you have a personality like Calvin’s, people won’t be your friend unless they’re contractually obligated.

AKA A Peace Treaty and we have seen how those work. Or don’t work. :.( Unfortunately. :.( Sad to Say. :.(

So true, Hobbes!

…and Sheldon Cooper said he didn’t read comic strips.

Calvin Only family members are contractual and that contract is called a Will. Be so thankful that you are an only child.

A contractual friend? Is that similar to a lady of negotiable affection?

And, if your friends are lawyers, be sure to pay them.

Use NDAs instead. Look what they’ve done for MAGAMango, aka, “Tiny.”

Sorta like the book of face

Cal is mostly all impulse. No agreement will hold for long.

Give up on the contracts, Calvin. Just. Give. It. Up.

A lesson Trump never learned!

Hobbes is always there for the wisdom…

Sounds like ‘Sheldon Lee Cooper’ and his ‘Roommate Agreement’ that he ‘badgered’ Leonard into signing ! ! !

Applies to a lot of countries we have alliances with.

Oh Hobbes……try saying that to Sheldon Cooper.

Calvin should show that to Susie.

Hobbes is very wise for a stuffed animal.

Huh. Sound advice, that. Of course, in Hollywood, you might still want to have that contract. Non-disclosure agreements don’t really work these days.

Say Hobbes, have you ever heard of The U.N. ?

I think Hobbes explained Twitter, Facebook and all those other social media sites decades before they were founded.

Contractual or conditional – it amounts to the same thing: they are NOT a friend.

It’s worth remembering that one of the signs of a narcissist is that they expect complete loyalty from their friends. Normal people are saddened when a friend drifts away; a narcissist becomes angry.

I think it’s worth remembering how Hobbes became Calvin’s friend. In the very first strip, Calvin was telling Dad that he had set a snare to catch a tiger and was using a tuna fish sandwich as bait. Dad sarcastically replied, “Tigers like tuna fish sandwiches, huh?” The last panel showed the tiger that we came to know as Hobbes was caught in the snare but happily munching on the sandwich. In the second strip, Calvin asked Dad what he should do with the tiger. Dad replied, “Take him home and stuff him, Calvin. Can’t you see I’m busy.” This time, the last panel showed that Hobbes had eaten food Calvin had brought from the icebox. “No more for me, thanks. I’m completely stuffed.”

Calvin seems to have bought Hobbes’s friendship with a tuna sandwich and food from the icebox. Hobbes has proved a good friend in many ways and sometimes manages to teach Calvin a life lesson – although he usually fails. He has also shown his conscience in changing from tuna fish to salmon when he learned that dolphins were caught and killed with the tuna. His change of diet came in a strip first published in 1990.

Ha! We know the real reason Hobbes rejects the Contract. It’s the “No Pouncing” Clause… ☺

Trump would make “friends” with one hand performing a handshake and the other offering a Non-disclosure Agreement.

Hahaha, sounds like Sheldon and Leonard’s roommate agreement from Big Bang.

Ah the wisdom of Hobbes !

I guess, terms and conditions mar the pristine friendship. Hobbes is right.

Marriage is a contract.. NOT friendship. Susie will sign the contract with Calvin in several years…

A lesson that DJT is should be learning about now (assuming that he’s capable of learning).

Some friends are ‘contractual’…

As TFG is discovering.

“…renegotiate in 20 years…” Oh, Calvin! “Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea…” sigh.

Amen Hobbes!

Calvin has a point

“People are friends because” – well, Hobbes is not a person, contract void.

Including hallucinatory ones.