these days, many of the tall metal slides are being replaced with shorter “tube” slides. There is too much concern that kids’ll fall off or else have to experience a hot seat like Calvin…..
I think I make that same face (panel 2) when I sit down the the black leather seats of my convertiable after being parked in the sun with the top down.
I have not commented nor read the comments busy with on-line studies. What happened to Hobbes the commentator.Calvin is right the ride is boiling hot. When I walked outside wearing rubber sole shoes for walking two separate pairs on bottom melted and tore up.
Actually Puddleglum2, that quote says that the earth is flat. A circle is a 2-D geometric figure. The earth is a sphere (or more nearly an oblate spheroid).
I remember those days. Slide is too hot to ride due to the sun, and it is too hot outside to wear anything other than shorts, and it is too expensive to go to the pool (and mom is afraid of the risk of drowning).
ratlum almost 11 years ago
Hot seat ??
margueritem almost 11 years ago
I remember those days only too well!
watmiwori almost 11 years ago
Cal On A Hot Tin Slide
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
They always faced south, so they’d get extra hot.
cheap_day_return almost 11 years ago
good time to wax the slide!
rentier almost 11 years ago
Better go for a jump into the pool!
orinoco womble almost 11 years ago
We used to take sheets of waxed paper to sit on. Not only did it protect your legs a bit, after a couple of slides you zipped down that thing!
Phapada almost 11 years ago
it’s raining all night and day .. in Thailand….
basie.mynhardt almost 11 years ago
A really clever guy would anticipate an even hotter second glide, caused by friction, not so, Calvin ?
blackielawless almost 11 years ago
his parents should take him to a pool that has a slide.
witewater almost 11 years ago
these days, many of the tall metal slides are being replaced with shorter “tube” slides. There is too much concern that kids’ll fall off or else have to experience a hot seat like Calvin…..
rshive almost 11 years ago
those old metal sliding boards were always that way. They needed to be placed in the shady part of the park.
GROG Premium Member almost 11 years ago
♪♫Hot Fun In the Summertime…♫
meihong almost 11 years ago
I know what to do, get a gunnysack and put it under the butt.
Poollady almost 11 years ago
makes up for wearing your swimsuit when you go sledriding…and get dumped in the lake!
yimhere almost 11 years ago
…and the idea for the slip-n-slide was born….
jprozeboom almost 11 years ago
I think I make that same face (panel 2) when I sit down the the black leather seats of my convertiable after being parked in the sun with the top down.
Aaron Saltzer almost 11 years ago
The last time I checked, it was called a slide, not a ride, Calvin. Lol
Aaron Saltzer almost 11 years ago
Doesn’t he ever wear shorts?
Puddleglum2 almost 11 years ago
“On the hottest days you need the heaviest pants.”That is Calvin’s slide rule.
Puddleglum2 almost 11 years ago
@Dha Dha,That sounds like monsoon weather.
kab2rb almost 11 years ago
I have not commented nor read the comments busy with on-line studies. What happened to Hobbes the commentator.Calvin is right the ride is boiling hot. When I walked outside wearing rubber sole shoes for walking two separate pairs on bottom melted and tore up.
todyoung almost 11 years ago
Me, too. :-))
bmonk almost 11 years ago
Sand helped smooth the slides too—even if it didn’t do much for the heat. But on hot days, the swings were better—you always had some sort of breeze.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
Deja vu for me here… I used to be terrified of the slide when I was 4 years old.
When I got a bit older I started to love it and it was the only thing I would go on in the park.
xxx
Brickie1971 almost 11 years ago
Oh yeah! I remember those days at school. We’d take the wax paper from our sandwiches & use it.
Radical-Knight almost 11 years ago
You know it’s terminal when you hear screeching all the way down!
Jaddis almost 11 years ago
Maybe Hobbes-the-commenter got a life. But I miss her too.
ricrocs almost 11 years ago
I remember those days,OUCH!
Andrew85994 almost 11 years ago
Actually Puddleglum2, that quote says that the earth is flat. A circle is a 2-D geometric figure. The earth is a sphere (or more nearly an oblate spheroid).
tigerchik32 almost 11 years ago
I wasn’t into slides, but my parent’s car had vinyl seats. Now that’s hot AND sticky!
RackDaddy almost 11 years ago
Especially the metal slides.
falcon_370f almost 11 years ago
I remember those days. Slide is too hot to ride due to the sun, and it is too hot outside to wear anything other than shorts, and it is too expensive to go to the pool (and mom is afraid of the risk of drowning).
markmoss1 almost 11 years ago
Calvin’s mistake was hesitating. Just start sliding as soon as the butt touches metal.
bonnevilledriver almost 11 years ago
Reminds me of recess time back in my grade school days. Hot sun, metal slide…who would have thought…
suwin.supasathian over 2 years ago
Burned butt