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1. 

   merrymarg said, about 14 hours ago

   My Mom wouldn’t sign mine….

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   chubbygirlcomics.com said, about 14 hours ago

   Ah, but then Calvin, it’s off to a day job where you feel exactly the same way, only now there’s no summer vacation to dream of and it’s possible that your boss won’t sign your permission slip for requested time off…

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   vibjyor said, about 14 hours ago

   My goodness ! With all that counting that he can already do, maybe he doesn’t need schooling. He can go to the college right away !.

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   LX013 said, about 14 hours ago

   To get me out the next 11 1/2 years! And who will get him out of work than!

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   Mishka said, about 13 hours ago

   Homeless in training.

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   Just plain Steve said, about 13 hours ago

   I’ve got a parental excuse to take early retirement right now! And I won’t sign it! Why,Why,WHY?

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   sjoujke said, about 13 hours ago

   I must have been really weird….I actually liked school. It was a heck of a lot better than working.

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   Yukoner said, about 12 hours ago

   The only good part of school was the look of relief on the teacher’s face when the bell rang at the end of the day.

9. 

   Carmy said, about 12 hours ago

   Nice try, Calvin!

10. 

    ankit221215 said, about 12 hours ago

    Pleeeeeeease sign it…..

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    Thinginthebasement said, about 11 hours ago

    Delayed gratification is what the middle class does best Calvin…

12. 

    jukeofurl said, about 11 hours ago

    What is real in this world is determined by those with the most to lose.

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    jrbj said, about 9 hours ago

    The cartoon intimates that the world, and life, generally sucks. If this is actually the case, why are we all so insistent on staying in it? Is the human race inherently masochistic or do we, deep down inside, doubt the promise of a better life beyond this one? It seems to me that if a better life beyond were true that we’d all be lining up to go there. Instead, we fight and scratch and claw to stay right where we are and continue with our suffering. How strange is that?

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    BC13 said, about 8 hours ago

    While you’re at it, Calvin, why don’t you get permission to miss the next 40 years or so of work.

    I’ve got what I hope will be 5 more years left of going to the salt mines, and even that seems like an eternity away.

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    Lewreader said, about 8 hours ago

    Every morning I jump out of bed and shout, “Oh boy! I wonder what’s happening at work today!” Then I skip down the road with a smile on my face and a song in my heart to see my loving co-workers and understanding bosses who recognize, acknowledge, and reward my every effort.,

    Would you call the drugstore and see if my meds are ready yet?

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    cdward said, about 8 hours ago

    Hey guys, I actually love my work. Sadly, there are about three other careers I’d love to do too – so much fun out there and so few hours.

    Re the cartoon: Dad replies: “Sure I’ll sign if you sign this form that says you move out the day you leave school.”

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    Puddleglum2 said, about 8 hours ago

    “Welcome To My (the) World” - Jim Reeves

    I believe a certain “better life beyond” is true, but most people either don’t believe in it or don’t desire it. It isn’t their ‘cup of tea’ so to speak. Besides, they prefer to try to earn it rather than be humbled to accept the gift.
    “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
    Romans 10:13

18. 

    Josh 1360 said, about 7 hours ago

    Anyone’s only hope: The Lottery.

19. 

    Susan001 said, about 7 hours ago

    They say that money can’t buy happiness, but it sure as hell can buy some great alternatives! LOL

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    plus4 said, about 7 hours ago

    jrbj - Great philosophising there! The problem is that the better life it doesn’t just involve “lining up” – it involves hurting one’s pride, something that’s strangely REEEEALLY hard for most of us.

    (I know Puddleglum2 kind of beat me to the answer, but I thought I’d try to put it in different terms.)

21. 

    Wiseguy411 said, about 7 hours ago

    money will buy a better class of worries

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    mplsstreetrwy said, about 6 hours ago

    I wonder what effect signing this will have on his dad’s standings in the polls?

23. 

    Ray C said, about 6 hours ago

    Money can rent happiness. Or so I’ve heard.

24. 

    BC13 said, about 6 hours ago

    mplsstreetrwy
    I think signing that will give him a landslide victory in the polls.

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    Macushlalondra said, about 6 hours ago

    When you’re a kid griping about school, adults tell you these are the best years of your life because working is harder. But as a kid you can’t fathom that. It turns out to be true though. School is a lot less difficult than working. Very few people actually have a job or career they enjoy, most people only work for the money and count the hours til they can go home, or count the days til the weekend, or the next vacation or retirement.

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    ocean17 said, about 4 hours ago

    High school was ok, but grade school was the worst years of my life and much harder than anything I’ve done since. The best part of my childhood was the part where I left it behind.

27. 

    celecca said, about 4 hours ago

    I was pretty miserable in high school, but I’m fairly content with my work. I just wish there was more of it and medical benefits!

28. 

    Awesome-o said, about 4 hours ago

    Calvin going to hate the next 11 1/2 years…

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    notinksanymore said, about 4 hours ago

    I love school. That’s why I’ve been going for two decades!

30. 

    Josh said, about 3 hours ago

    If only I had a parental slip like that. Nobody would sign it, though.

31. 

    aerwalt said, about 3 hours ago

    School was OK. The idiots I had to contend with were another matter.

    Think “Lords of Flatbush.”

32. 

    C Red said, about 3 hours ago

    To aerwalt, that’s the same as me. Except that I’m still in school.

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    bo-man-go said, about 3 hours ago

    I couldn’t wait to grow up when I was a kid…grownups can do ‘whatever they want’…ha!

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    ratlum said, about 3 hours ago

    I am retired and no damned hurry to leave for any promise
    Like Calvin because he works in the here and now
    His make believe is so much fun

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    thebird55 said, about 3 hours ago

    Ray C said: “Money can rent happiness.” It can also ‘rent’ (as in tear apart) happiness. But I’d still like to take my chances.

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    GretchensMom said, about 2 hours ago

    One of these days, when Calvin is toiling away in a job he HATES that he’ll be at far longer than when he was in school, he’ll be wishing he was a little boy again where he had no real problems or things to worry about … and hadn’t wished his young life away!

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    grazer said, about 2 hours ago

    I’m with Calvin and Albert Einstein who both figured out that “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

    That makes three of us so far.

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    Maizing said, about 1 hour ago

    I hated grade school, junior high and high school. I loved the college classes I took though. It makes a big difference when you are learning something that interests you vs what the system says you have to learn.

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    zaom said, about 1 hour ago

    as a person who is going to start working (pretty eager to see how it turns out in our economy) and still in school it could be an enrichening experience to see the how a job is over the summer AND summer school.

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    openminded said, 6 minutes ago

    Best of luck Zaom, your good attitude should help.