Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 29, 2016

You know there is going to come a day when Calvin is going to say, “let’s see what happens when we drop this cherry bomb in the toilet.”

O.K., there it goes: POP goes the little weasel!

I heard about altar boy(s) who thought it would be hilarious to put popcorn in the censer, so as the priest was using it bless the people, popcorn was coming out. As they attribute deep spiritual significance to the rite, everyone ignored the popping kernels as much as they could. But the one telling me of that wasn’t about to say what consequences the altar boy(s) involved faced.

Wow, that’s a lot of pop corn. Calvin can just dive in.

My Wife did this once at a wine tasting party. We were all in the basement enjoying the wine when my Wife decided to go upstairs and pop corn for the the several kids. after a while we heard all this laughter coming from upstairs so I went up to see what was going on. She had forgotten to place the lid on the pot and the kitchen floor was covered with popcorn and kids eating it and having a ball. Don’t drink and pop.

This brings back painful memories of my first experience with a built in dishwasher. I didn’t have any DW detergent, so figgered using regular old liquid dish soap would work fine. Hint: Don’t try it unless you want sudssudssudssudssudssuds………….. oodles and oddles of very wet suds. Everywhere.

We’re there microwaves back then?,

Mom will love you for that – unless you eat every last one before she sees that mess.

Somehow this reaches out to the scientist in me:

“I wonder what happens if . . . “

“I know. Let’s do an experiment.”

“But no experiment is valid one time in a row.”

“Ok let’s do it again to verify our findings”

Hard-boiled eggs in the microwave are pretty spectacular as well, and not as hard to clean up.

LOL

I think I enjoy the comments more than the comics.

How do you get a potato to explode in the microwave? I’ve cooked many, but never had one explode, never poke holes or anything, just put them in.

I just hope Calvin wasn’t using pre buttered popcorn…

Artillery fire! Hit the ground! (And yeah, that is fun— but don’t ask how I know)

This is how Einstein started

My best friend’s aunt did this with an iron skillet. In her defense, her mind was slipping at the time. When the corn started to pop she ran around the kitchen with a bowl trying to catch it!

We still have and use an Amana Radarange that we bought right after we were married in 1982. It is big, but the only problem we’ve ever had was having to change the light bulb. We’re thinking of moving and I insist on taking my microwave. I love it. The handle does not open to the side, it pulls down in front. I hope it never gives out on us.

Guess who will be cleaning up afterwards?

xxx

Boing!

Some, not all, potatoes have an air bubble in them. They explode but most will not if cooked in the microwave.

Gee, Calvin, I hope you have a good explanation ready for your Mom! For your sake, anyway!

Well, that looked like fun. Almost all of my “experiments” usually end up disastrously. Back when I put a key in an electrical receptacle when I was six years old and most recently, when I put aluminum in a microwave.

Still missing our friend Hobbes the commentator. Come back, buddy … it ain’t the same without ya.