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1. 

   Margueritem said, about 16 hours ago

   Sigh….

2. 

   johnnydoc5 said, about 15 hours ago

   It was worth a try.

3. 

   BobtheBandGuy said, about 15 hours ago

   Then again, I may tip you clear over!!

4. 

   bigCandHfan said, about 15 hours ago

   Pity you Cal!!! no reward for being quick and prompt! :(

5. 

   Pacejv said, about 15 hours ago

   ‘Calculating,’ wasn’t he!

6. 

   ♠Lonewolf♠ said, about 15 hours ago

   You need a different approach Calvin!

7. 

   pouncingtiger said, about 15 hours ago

   A kid after my own heart.

8. 

   LX013 said, about 15 hours ago

   I have three sons to part, it’s hard sometimes!

9. 

   jdoiter said, about 15 hours ago

   Heh heh. Calvin in a classic Maitre D’ pose - a slight clearing of the throat while extending a up-turned hand behind him. Perfect.

10. 

    Carmy said, about 15 hours ago

    Here’s a tip for Calvin. Get your tip BEFORE you hand Mom her purse!

11. 

    somebodyshort said, about 15 hours ago

    Better still get the tip yourself while you hold the purse

12. 

    WoodEye said, about 15 hours ago

    Born to be a room service waiter. What a great career choice.

13. 

    Phil Bartle said, about 14 hours ago

    North American service culture… . . Sucks!

14. 

    Yukoner said, about 13 hours ago

    Calvin, here’s a tip - Speedynag in the fourth at Oval Park.

15. 

    Al said, about 13 hours ago

    And yet another tip…

    Don’t pet burning dogs.

16. 

    Johanan Rakkav said, about 12 hours ago

    Oy…

17. 

    cryptomaniac said, about 12 hours ago

    Hope Calvin never makes it into the Service sector… I hate tipping people as “the done thing”.

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    Puddleglum2 said, about 11 hours ago

    Is Calvin’s AHEM (clearing his throat) because of phlegm?
    That’s a calculated guess!

    Yukoner,
    Judging from Calvin’s mother’s overreaction, she might be the Speedynag who finishes out of the money! Maybe that’s why she won’t/can’t tip Calvin.

19. 

    krisch said, about 11 hours ago

    either one of them shoulda said ‘Help Yourlsef’ to the other. chuckle.

20. 

    krisch said, about 11 hours ago

    cryptomaniac said:

    “Hope Calvin never makes it into the Service sector… I hate tipping people as “the done thing”.

    cryptomaniac is Mr. Pink from ‘Reservoir Dogs’

21. 

    Puddleglum2 said, about 10 hours ago

    AllensBrain said,
    
    “…His mother really WAS a horrible, abusing woman!”
    Your post from yesterday fits today’s comic. Did you read ahead?

    krisch,
    Calvin can help himself by taking his tip from her purse. His mother can help herself by getting her calculator herself. If I get your ‘drift’, I wasn’t ‘snowed’ by your play-on-words. Is that a paradox?
    It’s a ‘calculated’ risk in either case. Actually, they both NEED help!

22. 

    krisch said, about 10 hours ago

    i meant either mum shoulda said help urself to calvin in panel 3 or calvin shoulda said it to mum in panel 1 to avoid panel 4 (where both of ‘em are diasppointed in each other) i meant it in a mutually exclusive sense.. phew!

23. 

    beachbum56 said, about 10 hours ago

    Come on Mom. What a cheapskate!

24. 

    jrbj said, about 10 hours ago

    C’mon mon, even fido gets a treat for fetching.

25. 

    legaleagle48 said, about 10 hours ago

    Since when is Calvin entitled to being paid for everything that he does? If he is, in fact, so entitled, then his mother is equally entitled to submit a bill to him for everything that she’s done for him for the last six years, including the previous nine months that she carried him inside her and however many hours of labor she endured to give birth to him. And let’s not forget how much Dad has shelled out over the years to feed, clothe, house, and educate Calvin – not to mention how much Dad has had to pay to fix so many of Calvin’s screw-ups! If Calvin can expect to be paid every time he runs a small errand for his parents, then they can be expect to be reimbursed big time for services rendered and costs advanced on his behalf.

    That’s what Calvin’s next birthday present should be – a bill from his parents.

26. 

    Mitstan said, about 10 hours ago

    Good point legaleagle48…. But this is a comic after all… although, how it parallels real life is uncanny…

27. 

    rricchhterr said, about 10 hours ago

    well, at least he was polite.

28. 

    Calvinator said, about 9 hours ago

    moms overreaction puts a sour note on an otherwise cute strip. I think most parents would laught and say - “yeah, right!” if thier kid asked for a tip

29. 

    Puddleglum2 said, about 8 hours ago

    AllensBrain said, (yesterday)
    “Puddleglum2,
    Also like Daniel & his companions, Susie is rejecting the rich food of King Calvin’s table in favor of the vegetarian sandwich and water.”
    Yes, and in the same context, Calvin should check Susie’s “pulse” (and especially her blood pressure). I don’t think she is faring as well as Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. See Daniel 1
    Thank you for the comment!

30. 

    tonyg71 said, about 8 hours ago

    legaleagle48 great point if anyone is bitter parent who expects to be repaid from their children for having and caring for them, if parents don’t want that burden and expect something in return don’t have children, after all it wasn’t Calvin’s choice to born out of will, and children definately aren’t dropped at anyones door step by a pelican. If anyone should feel there “owed” something from there children even if there fiction characters, shouldn’t there comedic genius be enough…i guess not, i’m going to send a check to my parents now with your comments attached. Probably wont be enough to cover the additonal 9 months though.

    Its a comic strip and its funny, sure am glad it brings out the real character in people…

31. 

    grazer said, about 8 hours ago

    As some can clearly see, it’s events like this that drives kids like Calvin to become professional purse-snatchers. And, as any fool can see, it’s all the mother’s fault.

    God save us!

32. 

    Ldywldkat said, about 8 hours ago

    Welllll… I used to bartend and I would make great tips by telling them I would leave them alone if they tipped me…

    Of course this was with my regulars and was just kinda of a joke with us BUT, I think this might work great for Calvin.

33. 

    james the great and ... said, about 7 hours ago

    In the first two panels it seemed like an alien clone of Calvin had taken his place, but in the last two the true Calvin shines forth. Thought you had given in to the system there for a minute Calvin!

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    Macushlalondra said, about 7 hours ago

    There was a song I think it was called “No charge” where a mother was given a bill by her little boy for all the little chores he’d done and then she handed him a bill for all she’d done for him saying there was no charge. At the last the boy read the bill and wrote on his own bill paid in full. They used to play that song on Mother’s day and it always brought a tear to my eye.

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    BC13 said, about 7 hours ago

    Tipping is not a city in China, but it has no place in the home either. Your allowance is based on doing your chores and helping out around the house…or so it should be, otherwise it would be a form of charity.

    Of course he could offer Mom a cup of Phlegm in retaliation.

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    legaleagle48 said, about 7 hours ago

    Macushlalondra said, 2 minutes ago

    There was a song I think it was called “No charge” where a mother was given a bill by her little boy for all the little chores he’d done and then she handed him a bill for all she’d done for him saying there was no charge. At the last the boy read the bill and wrote on his own bill paid in full. They used to play that song on Mother’s day and it always brought a tear to my eye.

    I had that song in mind when I wrote my earlier post, Macushlalondra. And, tonyg71, it’s not the “bitter ranting of a parent who expects to be repaid for having children and caring for them” – I’ve never been married or had children – it’s simply a comment on Calvin’s entitled attitude (which, unfortunately, reflects the entitled attitude of too many children today who just automatically expect their parents to pay them for every little chore that they’re asked to do, and who don’t stop to consider what their parents do for them every day, without expecting payment for services rendered.)

    And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we have a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day, but no Children’s Day. As Linus van Pelt’s grandmother once pointed out, every day is Children’s Day!

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    Puddleglum2 said, about 7 hours ago

    krisch,
    I should have realized that ‘either’ could not be ‘both’, so it had to be mutually exclusive. Other than that, I had understood it correctly.
    Thank you!

38. 

    Aardvark359 said, about 6 hours ago

    “”I think people talk too much anyway. Sometimes people are talking to me and in my mind I’m just like “shut up, shut up, shut up…blah blah blah blah blaaaaah.””

    – Ellen DeGeneres

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    Macushlalondra said, about 6 hours ago

    Here is a youtube link to the song I mentioned earlier, it’s sung by Tammy Wynette only it’s a girl in the story not a boy. In the one I remember it was a boy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaO9b8gWL9w

40. 

    Puddleglum2 said, about 5 hours ago

    Sometimes people do talk too much.
    “You Talk Too Much” - a 1960 single by Joe Jones
    However, maybe Ellen DeGeneres should take her own advice. :o)

41. 

    bald 716 said, about 5 hours ago

    mom will give you something , she’ll let you have dinner tionight,,,MAYBE

42. 

    jtpozenel said, about 5 hours ago

    Better get used to it Calvin. They don’t tip at McDonald’s either. It looks like that may be your career path.

43. 

    Susan001 said, about 5 hours ago

    I remember a “Doonesbury” story line of many years past, where Phil Slackmeyer actually presented his son Mark will a bill for repayment of every cent Phil had spent on him while he was growing up.
    And Phil was serious about it; I remember the diabolical expression on his face as he clipped the hedges.
    I don’t remember how that was resolved, but Phil Slackmeyer eventually kicked the bucket.

    BTW, in addition to overreacting, Calvin’s mom probably also has bad breath!

44. 

    Coffee-Turtle said, about 5 hours ago

    how much do Moms get for being moms?

45. 

    james the great and ... said, about 4 hours ago

    Hey legaleagle48, they actually do have a Children’s Day. It’s April 30th.

46. 

    AGG70 said, about 4 hours ago

    Why was Calvin named after John Calvin of Geneva? Will somebody tell me????

47. 

    mroberts88 said, about 3 hours ago

    Heres a tip Calvin, dont ask for tips from your parents.

48. 

    Maizing said, about 2 hours ago

    @ Macushlalondra

    I remember that song from my childhood too. My mom had the record with it and we played it a lot. That version was also a little boy. I didn’t know there was a version with a little girl until you posted that link.

49. 

    ratlum said, about 2 hours ago

    Character Flaws ??

50. 

    Maizing said, 7 minutes ago

    I will say that, while Calvin can be a handful at times, if I had been the mom in this instance, I would not have blown up at him like that. He had been good after all and did what she asked.

    I would probably even have given him a little something for his trouble. Maybe a sticker, some gum or a piece of candy, perhaps a dime… or even just the promise of a treat later.