# Calvin and Hobbes - wisdom you live by. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668 "2003-09-30T10:48:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/21 "2003-09-30T21:36:11Z")
Verbing weirds language. ---
**Author:** ![coyasicanbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@coyasicanbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coyasicanbe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/22 "2003-09-30T22:02:28Z")
Death to oatmeal! ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/23 "2003-09-30T23:10:53Z")
[quote] What’s the point of being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/24 "2003-09-30T23:47:01Z")
Since the OP did open the door to other comics: “Peanuts” c. 1966: Charlie Brown & Linus, heads on hands on the “Thinking Wall” CB: Do you think life is a series of peaks and valley, with some days better than others? L: Yes, I think you could look at it like that. CB: So it would be possible that one particular day would be better than all the other days of your life? L: I suppose that could be true. CB: What if you’ve already had it? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/25 "2003-10-01T02:17:12Z")
Calvin and Hobbes was great, but for the best in comics philosophy I gotta go with Bloom County. I wish I had a dandelion patch. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/26 "2003-10-01T02:52:20Z")
“The Torment Of Existance Weighed Against The Horror Of Nonbeing.” My outlook on life, in a nutshell. Or, rather, in a snowman. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/27 "2003-10-01T03:35:44Z")
“You misspelled Weltanschauung.” ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/28 "2003-10-01T04:09:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by T-Rex \* > \*\*hey… i get a lot of wisdom (actually perspective would be a better word) from C&H too… think my favourite ones are those where is dad is explaining stuff to him… 2 really stand out… one where dad i trying to explain colour vs. B&W and another where he explains that the sun sets everyday in the west (at arizona, near falstaff)… simply sublime !! \*\* My favorite is when his dad explains the theory of relativity and time dilation, which despite what any physicist many tell you, actually involves flying past time zones. Of course, it only works if you’re going west. One of my favorite bits of “wisdom” comes from Calvin’s mom. Calvin walks in on his mom washing dishes, and starts talking about some complex bit about gravity, and then uses it as a bridge to confess that because of gravity, he spilled juice all over the kitchen floor. As Calvin’s mom is sweeping up the mess, she mumbles “How can kids be so smart, and yet be so dumb.” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/29 "2003-10-01T04:09:37Z")
“Our favorite games are the ones we don’t understand.” ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/30 "2003-10-01T05:40:41Z")
“Nothing spoils fun like finding out it builds character.” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/31 "2003-10-01T06:15:40Z")
As Calvin is caught pounding nails into the coffee-table, his mom yells “CALVIN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!” Calvin replies: “Is this a trick question, or what?” ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/32 "2003-10-01T06:45:53Z")
Calvin sits behind a box, on which has been written: “A swift kick in the butt $1.00” Hobbes: “How’s business?” Calvin: “Terrible.” Hobbes: “That’s hard to believe” Calvin: “I can’t understand it. Everybody I know needs what I’m selling.” ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/33 "2003-10-01T07:13:02Z")
Calvin on cartoons" “Idiots, explosives and falling anvils, that’s what entertainment is all about” Calvin: “Don’t you hate it when your boogars freeze?” And in other comics" “God, give me the will to change the things I can, the stregth to tolerate the things I can’t, the wisdom to tell the difference, and a red ferrarri.” - Mr. Boffo ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/34 "2003-10-01T07:14:56Z")
Calvin: Never argue with a six year old who shaves. Cavlin walks into the kitchen and says to his mom: Paul Gauguin asked, “Whence do we come? What are we? Where are we going?” Well, I don’t know about anyone else, but I came from my room, I’m a kid with big plans, and I’m going outside! See ya later! mom sits there dumbfounded until Calvin ends with: Say, who the heck is Paul Gauguin anyway? Calvin: When I grow up, I’m not going to read the newspaper and I’m not going to follow complex issues and I’m not going to vote. That way I can complain that the government doesn’t represent me. Then, when everything goes down the tubes, I can say the system doesn’t work and justify my further lack of participation. Hobbes: An ingeniously self-fulfilling plan. C: It’s a lot more fun to blame things than to fix them. ---
**Author:** ![T-Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@T-Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/35 "2003-10-01T08:26:43Z")
according to “chewing magazine” (i think thats what the name is)… doing these exercises will “give you that chewers jaw… that drives the women wild”🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/36 "2003-10-01T11:43:33Z")
The one I really remember is C&H sitting on a hillside watching a beautiful sunset. Calvin says to Hobbes: “I bet we’re missing some great TV shows.” Made me realize how much time I spent watching TV and missing out on other things in life. Now, I have a computer and a PS2, so no more watching TV for me! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/37 "2003-10-01T12:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AwSnappity \* > **It’s "Don’t knock my smock or I’ll clean your clock!"** “Actually, I just like to say ‘smock’” Smock, smock, smock, smock, smock" [On NoCoolSpouseName’s studio wall for years] ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/38 "2003-10-01T15:05:04Z")
“I like to say quark! Quark quark quark quark!” “Instead of acting like a moron, you could help me find some scientists.” ---
**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/39 "2003-10-01T15:47:22Z")
Calvin walks past in helmet and cape and padded clothes. Mom: What’s up today? Calvin: Nothing, so far. Mom: So far? Calvin: Well, you never know, some thing could happen today. And if anything does happen, by golly, I’m going to be ready for it! Mom (to herself): I need a suit like that… ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-wisdom-you-live-by/204668/40 "2003-10-01T16:13:08Z")
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