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1. 

   Margueritem said, 3 months ago

   Dad, you should have never handed a 6 yr. old that bag in the first place…

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   corpuskevin said, 3 months ago

   Oops! More relaxing and less activity for Dad. After all it’s dangerous to walk around in the wildernes when everything is just a blur.

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   cleokaya said, 3 months ago

   The week could improve, or not.

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   pouncingtiger said, 3 months ago

   Murphy’s vacation week

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   ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

   I often think that Calvin’s parents (especially his dad) get what they deserve.

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   green_engineer said, 3 months ago

   Yes he did. That way he can’t see what other trouble Calvin gets up to.

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   Yukoner said, 3 months ago

   Hey Dad,

   One day as I sat sad and weary
   feeling lonesome and forlorn
   a little bird came along and said,
   “Cheer up, things could be worse.”
   So I cheered up,
   and sure enough,
   things got worse.

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   thogorman said, 3 months ago

   Yes, things could be worse - Roslyn could have joined them to babysit with Calvin - and Hobbes!

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   bald 716 said, 3 months ago

   the folks should have taken calvin to the sitter for the week and had a great vacation and calvin could explore a whole new world from her house

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    Johanan Rakkav said, 3 months ago

    True, bald, but then that would make sense, wouldn’t it? :)

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    Helen Henley said, 3 months ago

    What’s Hobbes’ take on all this.? Just pleased he did not get dropped in the drink with the perishables.

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    unemandarine said, 3 months ago

    cleokaya said, about 4 hours ago

    The week could improve, or not.

    I think: or not…

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    bmonk said, 3 months ago

    Murphy may have been an optimist, but the results are always funny–especially when they happen to someone else!

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    Leonardeuler said, 3 months ago

    Are these the brand-new binoculars in the first panel ?
    Good grief, Calvin, what did you do again with them ?

15. 

    carpetinwater9 said, 3 months ago

    Going down hill from here.

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    hlkstr said, 3 months ago

    me thinks that Murphy did come for a visit. and his name is Calvin.

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    LX013 said, 3 months ago

    I can understand Daddies sadness!

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    madampresident said, 3 months ago

    I think Dad will change his tune now. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel that doesn’t have a restaurant.

19. 

    Richard said, 3 months ago

    I will understand daddies rancor.

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    prasrinivara said, 3 months ago

    For pouncingtiger, only in North America; in Britain, SOD’s vacation week!

    For thogorman, that would only be worse for Calvin and his pet tiger–but for his parents, ideal.

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    kbielefe said, 3 months ago

    Am I the only parent here who would have made my son retrieve it?

22. 

    Calvinator said, 3 months ago

    As mom hands dad some canned slop (3rd panel)… oh yeah - things are getting better already.

23. 

    Lewreader said, 3 months ago

    Cheer up Dad, Calvin could have been twins

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    Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

    Good grief now his glasses are broken. You better turn around and go home right now unless Dad needs the glasses for driving in which case Mom will drive home.

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    grazer said, 3 months ago

    Wow, look at that pile of stuff Calvin supposedly dropped—would’ve weighed a ton to a 6 year old.

    Betcha dad actually dropped it (yesterday’s panel 3) and is now getting what he deserves….including broken glasses on a very scenic vacation.

    Cheer up folks—it’s gonna get worse. :D

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    BC13 said, 3 months ago

    It took a long time for someone to say what I was thinking but you finally said it, Macushlalondra

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    runninanreadin said, 3 months ago

    pouncingtiger, I believe there’s a guy in Scotland named McGillicutty who thinks Murphy was an optimist!

28. 

    tgpLMT said, 3 months ago

    Has anyone actually had a vacation where all went well, I thought I did last year …… then I woke up.

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    prasrinivara said, 3 months ago

    You’re right grazer, it was dad who busted his own glasses (we don’t even need to look at yesterday’s strip, today’s panel 1 works just fine).

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    GrinsToYa said, 3 months ago

    Isn’t camping fun… Calvin just may start enjoying this.

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    Stede_Bonnet said, 3 months ago

    Dad is off the clock with his hot wife (Mom’s got the sexy librarian thing down), he got to take a nice canoe paddle, take a refreshing swim and now he no longer needs to worry about breaking his glasses.

    Geez. Sound like paradise. What’s the guy got to complain about?

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    Comic-Nut said, 3 months ago

    Dad definitely doesn’t look happy in that one panel.
    It is this and other kinds of events that reinforces my belief that sometimes parents really do need a vacation from their children. Get the grandparents to babysit … or better yet, Rosalyn. hehehehe.

33. 

    Rmom said, 3 months ago

    They couldn’t afford Rosalyn’s rates for babysitting Calvin for a whole week.

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    AndiJ said, 3 months ago

    I’d get a babysitter if I had a kid like that. :P I don’t think I ever had a vacation that went smoothly. SOMETHING has to go wrong!

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    sjoujke said, 3 months ago

    I think we all know now where Calvin gets his “oops factor” from - his dad.

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    fidget360 said, 3 months ago

    This one is mom’s fault. In panle 3 she cursed the whole thing.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 3 months ago

    I hope Daddy will become more grumpy at camping for a month! And Mommy and Calvin might become happy, too!

38. 

    ratlum said, 3 months ago

    Yes I would have made Calvin retrieve it But first I would have tied a rope to him no more oops

39. 

    Coffee-Turtle said, 3 months ago

    Can Calvin really take all the blame for this series of unfortunate events? :-D

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    4deerinmyyard said, 3 months ago

    The one bag with all the fragile and perishable items in it is the one bag that any rational adult makes sure to schlep ashore himself.

    And you don’t pack all your fragiles and perishables in one bag, in the first place.

    And you pack ‘em so the fragiles don’t break and the perishables don’t get exposed.

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    yyyguy said, 3 months ago

    do those of you who advocate for Calvin doing the retrieval really expect that a 6 year old can dive down 10 feet to do said retrieval? it would take a very athletically gifted 6 year old to even possibly have that ability - and Calvin is not such a child. (remember the baseball play earlier?)

42. 

    phillysteak said, 3 months ago

    if i were calvins dad i would pack up go home relax and be lazy the whole week rather than have more bad things happen

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    grammahotsho said, 3 months ago

    I love these camping trips! Reminds me of the time we went on a hunting trip, drove miles out into the middle of nowhere. The ground was covered with ice crystals and my dad began to set up the tent. He was a mild man but this time he swore. Had forgotten the tent poles. We slept in a lean-to on the tent with the tarp over us. LOL!

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    farmermatt said, 3 months ago

    Dad’s poll numbers ought to shoot way up after this adventure.

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    somebodyshort said, 3 months ago

    Actually getting Calvin to retrieve the “overboard” is not that hard. Tie a rope around him under his arms, a couple of big rocks in his shorts so he sinks and throw him in. When he has everything just pull him up ( maybe haha ) Knd of like keel hauling

46. 

    thewiz123444 said, 3 months ago

    why u do not give stuff to him?? I have pushed my bro off the boat once srry