Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

I can’t wait to see what Calvin finds.Oh the suspense of it all, so exciting.
Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago

HUH! Calvin used his Daddy’s shaving brush (or shave brush?) to sweep the dirt off from something he found from the ground.
JFri said, 5 months ago

Never done inventory have you, Calvin?
ejcapulet said, 5 months ago

What did he think it would be - Indiana Jones?
Yukoner said, 5 months ago

Calvin is giving new meaning to the term “brush off”.
Yukoner said, 5 months ago

Get used to it Calvin, most jobs are mind numbing, except for teachers whose job it is to numb minds.
runar said, 5 months ago

They can’t all be Indiana Jones.
Ivy0730 said, 5 months ago

Calvin should watch more Indiana Jones lol
wndrwrthg said, 5 months ago

Archaeology: Can You Dig It?

Archaeology: 3 steps forward, 2,000 years back.

Archaeology: Where a minute is like a thousand years.
grazer said, 5 months ago

Good grief, shaving brushes haven’t been around for years. It’s probably more of a fossil than anything they’ll dig up.
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

I feel kind of out of place here. I’m so used to Margueritem being here when I log in. I actually miss her, I hope she’s o.k. I’m not used to being the first one to post on Calvin And Hobbes. Besides I like it when she sets the pace.
watcha said, 5 months ago

wndrwrthg - nice one liners!

I think that is what my daughter do to my shaving kit each day
stormies said, 5 months ago

some how i don’t think he will ever shave with it again.
green_engineer said, 5 months ago

Ahh the things we did to our parents belongings when we were young!

I’d like to see Dad shave with it tommorow. You never know, the mild abrasive might be good for his skin!
N7326 Foxtrot said, 5 months ago

ladywolf 17, don’t feel out of place here, this is a place to post comments about the comics and have a little fun with each other, that’s all.
carpetinwater9 said, 5 months ago

Will Dad Like Brown Soap?
TapiocaHead said, 5 months ago

Archaeologists lotsa of times gets into trouble too
bald 716 said, 5 months ago

i can dig it she can dig it they can dig it can you dig it baby
gops said, 5 months ago

good point. hobbes
Nick V said, 5 months ago

So… is this gonna’ be about dad getting teed off, or about Calvin digging?
Stay Ontopic said, 5 months ago

Calvin and Hobbes is my favorite!

I just wish that some people wouldn’t try and take it over with their off-topic comments.
SQUIDBREAKER said, 5 months ago

@stay ontopic:

You are breaking your own rule by commenting on your wishes. It is off-topic of excavating. That’s OK, though.
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Clearly, Calvin and Hobbes are not on a government funded research project. There are not 3 to 4 extra people standing around with yellow vests. Re: panel 3: I thought it wasn’t nice to throw digs at each other.
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

Remember grazer, that these comics date from prior to 1995 (in this one either 1987 or 1988), although the shaving-brush was considered antiquated in North America by the time C&H had original run (I can remember shopping for double-edge blades to take to India in 1983–with some difficulty, some were found for the purpose, and they turned out to be export-quality India manufacture).

True green_engineer, the sand will be a top-quality exfoliant.
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Today, they use modern instruments in palaeontology such as shaving brushes instead of the old-fashioned C14-method.
Superfrog said, 5 months ago

Well I still use shaving brushes (for shaving).

I’ve got 2.

One is about 40 years old and I use it for travelling.
About 20 years ago the kids bought me a new one, but I couldn’t bring myself to throw the old one out, so I use the new one just at home.

They get better with age. Shaving takes a little longer but that’s a good thing.

Calvin’s Dad will be pissed.
Silverpearl said, 5 months ago

Maybe Dad will grow a beard?
BC13 said, 5 months ago

You’ll never believe what they dig up - and what they think they’ve dug up! What imagination!
Stede_Bonnet said, 5 months ago

Once again, Calvin has discovered one of life’s universal truths–Most of it is just prolonged periods of boredom punctuated by brief periods of intense panic. Learning to embrace tedium is one of the secrets of happiness.
Doctor Toon said, 5 months ago

Stay Ontopic - You really don’t understand how public forums like this work do you?
It is wise to avoid politics and religion, but otherwise anything goes.
It’s much more fun that way.
cleokaya said, 5 months ago

JFri - Don’t get me started on taking inventories. I used to have to do it at the end of every month. Talk about mind-numbing jobs.
Carmy said, 5 months ago

Maybe Dad won’t even notice a little dirt on his brush.

@ladywolf, It is odd not to see Marg’s commentsup on top, but I’m sure she is okay. :)
C Red said, 5 months ago

grazer, my dad uses a shaving brush!
nighthawks said, 5 months ago

alright!
two! two! two good gags in one sequence..
not easy to do..
HappyLynx said, 5 months ago

I know right nighthawks? One time I was walking with my guy friend and he saw a white rock. It was a bone and we rushed back to my house to ask my dad what it was. Turned out it was a cow bone. Pretty cool. I think I lost it or he stole it. I should ask some time. But I always forget.
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Hi! (staggers in) I feel asleep at the switch last night.

That is what kept me from going into archeology, all that painstaking stuff with the tiny brushes. ;-)
bobjoesmith said, 5 months ago

this is a pretty funny strip
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

Good to see you again Margueritem.
ratlum said, 5 months ago

A shaving brush only Calvin could think of this one
runar said, 5 months ago

Original run date for this strip: 4 May 1988
Mel(ody) said, 5 months ago

He should come excavate in my back garden, I think a barn used to be there about 80 years ago. Iron scraps, old tobacco-spit pottery jug bits, green and purple glass bits, and even old marbles.
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Thank you, ladywolfe. It’s nice to have you back.
LX013 said, 5 months ago

I#m back again!
Madruga said, 5 months ago

Why isn’t Calvin using his dads toothbrush as well?…you know for all the very tiny things =D
serenasakitty said, 5 months ago

JFri and Cleo, please don’t mention inventory. I used to work for a fabric store and I HATED inventory week. I wanted to schedule my vacation for that time but they wouldn’t let me. Everyone was needed on the floor to do the counting or wait on customers. BORING
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

Just got home in time to see that Calvin got his dad’s shaving brush. ther will be trouble ahead if dad finds out. (gulp)!
Johanan Rakkav said, 5 months ago

I’ve done (real) inventory and I’ve done (mock) archaeology. The tedium of either is (to me) overrated, although very real. ENFPs can find relief through doing such things. Calvin (an apparent ENFP-in-development) just hasn’t figured out how yet; he’s too busy avoiding work in principle in order to do so. :)

Even so, like Calvin I tend to file things in my workspace by the “archaeological method”. Everything is laid down in “tels”, according to their dates of deposition. ;)
zerotsm said, 5 months ago

Shaving brushes, you’ll soon see them
way down south in some museum.

(variant)

Shaving brushes, you’ll soon see them
on the shelf in some museum.

These were old Burma Shave signs. It’s ironic that a set of Burma Shave signs are now in a museum, the Smithsonian.
mrprongs said, 5 months ago

Maybe Calvin will find bones from his Dinosaur alter ego.
carpetinwater9 said, 5 months ago

Bravo! Florchi ! Well Said. no other comments.
RinaFarina said, 5 months ago

In this vale
of tears and sin
your head goes bald
but not your chin:

Burma Shave!

We used to see signs like this (one sign per line) driving on the old highways. There were many verses, but this is the only one I remember.