Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 2 months ago

She beat him to it, this time…
cleokaya said, 2 months ago

Marg - We were worried about you. For crying out loud do not assume that you have a life without us. If you plan to go someplace, then for crying out loud, let us know. Lecture over, bend over for punishment.
Puddleglum2 said, 2 months ago

“I was just asking!”
Isn’t that an old ‘saw’, Calvin?
hagarthehorrible said, 2 months ago

At least Calvin has the concern to take permission from mom!
baslim_the_begger said, 2 months ago

Calvin’s a real cut-up!
Mom knows to get there fast!!
Margueritem said, 2 months ago

Cleo, yousure know the right things to say, you tease….
vibjyor said, 2 months ago

Now mom has to clean up the mess from the dropped paint can. She should have asked Calvin to join in the painting she was doing. Whatever problems that could have created would probably be less than what she faces now.
Dino-1 said, 2 months ago

Hopefully the next comic explains why the couch was too wide. Maybe our imaginations could come up with something better. It makes me a little crazy when the next cartoon moves on to a totally different subject altogether.
watcha said, 2 months ago

Dino-1 - the couch is to wide to be used as sled.
RobinaFox said, 2 months ago

At least he didn’t say “Don’t you think the living room couch WAS too wide”
mandayamr said, 2 months ago

After finishing hammering in a nail, handed over the hammer to my son, to keep it back. He chose to take it to his room instead, and hammer a nail on a plain wall instead. :)
uma7c said, 2 months ago

Mom should thank her stars that he actually asked!
rebbyshy1 said, 2 months ago

jeez first he tracks mud all over it now he wants to saw it >.< calvin, i worry what you will be like when you grow up… IF you get that far
Lewreader said, 2 months ago

VIBJYOR Give Calvin paint?!? And Calvin would do what?!?
Ray C said, 2 months ago

Dino-1: Please don’t get crazy! (Okay, maybe just a little.) I think Calvin just wanted an excuse to use the saw.It’s amazing that he did even bother to ask first.
I think any follow-up to this would be anticlimactic.
rshive said, 2 months ago

All those tools are just sitting around not being used.

Too wide for what?
vibjyor said, 2 months ago
Lewreder
1. If mom asks him to help with painting, atleast he will be within sight and she will know he is not taking a saw to reduce the width of the couch.
2. Kids (of course not necessarily Calvin) would benefit from parental guidance in doing routine stuff in the house. This is an opportunity for her to provide Calvin with it. He could put the first coat on for instance.
Macushlalondra said, 2 months ago

I could just imagine him going ahead and sawing the couch. When she said, “Why did you do that?” he’d say, “You never told me I couldn’t!”
algurka said, 2 months ago

I’m sure if Mom had Calvin “helping” her with the painting, he’d have more paint on himself than on that little cabinet in no time. Which leads me to another issue about that little cabinet–she is ALWAYS painting it. But then, I realize that she never gets to finish it, so she is always picking up where she left off. I hope it’s washable Latex paint, and not the oil based stuff.
Sheila said, 2 months ago

Ya’ know I don’t believe in putting kids on leashes, but for Calvin, I think and exception should be made
threlfallm said, 2 months ago

It’s obviously too wide to fit between the branes keeping Calvin from entering a parallel universe. He must have misplaced the transmogrifier. Either that or he just felt a need to practice his sawing technique.
redsheri said, 2 months ago

At least this time he asked first! :-)
kab2rb said, 2 months ago

Mom and son could do a project together bonding time. Calvin could talk to mom and both get to know each other better. To bad dad can’t do this with Calvin do a project and bond.
JanCinVV said, 2 months ago

Bond?? Calvin??
bald 716 said, 2 months ago

it is strange that calvin asked…..

who are you and what have you done with the real calvin
rricchhterr said, 2 months ago

it is good to know you are sound, miss ltem…
grammahotsho said, 2 months ago

Hey! When you’re six your and sit on the couch your feet stick straight out there. He just thought it was “fitting” to cut it down to six-year-old size!
SQUIDBREAKER said, 2 months ago

Wide is the couch that leads to destruction
Clif3 said, 2 months ago

To a kid with a saw, everything appears to need shortening.

This is a corollary to the saying that “to a kid with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
grazer said, 2 months ago

I think it’s cute how he wants to reshape the world.
Leonardeuler said, 2 months ago

Clif3 said: “To a kid with a saw, everything appears to need shortening”.

Calvin’s fingers too ???
BC13 said, 2 months ago

How did he get his hands on that saw? Wasn’t he told never to play with sharp objects? I sure was!
Coffee-Turtle said, 2 months ago

ah…she knows her little angel all too well! :-D
Susan001 said, 2 months ago

I HATE painted furniture. Just give it a smooth sanding, a good stain, and a coat or two of varnish. Perfect!
MatureCanadian said, 2 months ago

We were allowed to do the inside of closets. With a brush, none of this namby pamby roller stuff. We then progressed to baseboards, however, we’re missing the point here, Calvin is a comic and therefore destined to be a sneaky rat fink for eternity.
ratlum said, 2 months ago

Is Mom and Dad scared of our little darling Calvin ?
Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

That is, MatureCanadian, until he uses his transmogrifier to create a good twin of himself and make things even more interesting for a while.
bmonk said, 2 months ago

I just like how he thinks the saw is hidden there behind his back!
Puddleglum2 said, 2 months ago

DD FENCE EMET said,
“Wide is the couch that leads to destruction”
You’re couching your words in subtle nuances of meaning.
Calvin had a few ideas; he just wanted to narrow it down.
“Narrow is the way which leads unto life,…”
Jacobrocks1997 said, 2 months ago

good luck Calvin
softshell09 said, 2 months ago

face it , calvin is a kid and kids do the darnest things. maybe he is a professional home decorator at heart. have you seen some of the stuff they do?
OldHipster said, 2 months ago

We saw this coming, right?
Puddleglum2 said, 2 months ago

I saw Esau, sitting on a see-saw
I saw Esau with my girl
I saw Esau sitting on a see-saw
Giving her a merry whirl
When I saw Esau, he saw me
Then I saw red and got so sore
That I got a saw and I sawed Esau
Off that old see-saw!
Puddleglum2 said, 2 months ago

The ‘jig’ is up; Mom saw the saw!
She looks ‘cross’; she’s going to ‘rip’ into him good.
cholldekkgher stenst... said, 2 months ago

No, the couch is just too ugly, that’s all, Calvin, dear!
thebird55 said, 2 months ago

Oh, Puddleglum2! That was good. Mom seems to be ‘coping’ well today, and able to ‘hack’ it.

Now you’ve got me doing it.
Aardvark359 said, 2 months ago

It looks to me like Mom has tossed paint and brush all over in panel 3. I hope Calvin lets her know that throwing paint in the house is unacceptable behavior.
Ronshua said, 2 months ago

Doctor Calvin furniture surgeon . Cut rate prices .
carpetinwater9 said, 2 months ago

Just give him Dad’s Chainsaw and see what happens then.
pintcape said, 2 months ago

mom knows her son,he asks her something crazy and she knows that she better find out what he’s doing.