Years later, while herding the customers into the bank vault with his gun, Calvin remembered with a shudder the night he had been locked in the garage by that hellion, Roslyn. He’s show her, he vowed, as he ran amok in his adult life locking people up in dark closets and scary places and stealing their money. He had to do this, he rationalized, to keep his pal, Hobbes, in tuna. Curse that Roslyn!
LeadingEdge’s stories reminded me of a story from my childhood. I have a friend, who I’ve known since I was two. We go to the same school now, but when we were younger we didn’t go to school together, so we didn’t see each other that often. At the end of every visit, we would open the trunk to my mom’s car and try to sneak him home. Obviously the grown-ups were never fooled. It’s not really like today’s strip, since Calvin’s dad didn’t know he was there, but it still brings back some nice memories.
BE THIS GUY almost 8 years ago
And yet, she will be hired again because nobody else wants to babysit him.
bigcatbusiness almost 8 years ago
Well, I bet they will believe Calvin when he says he was locked in the garage… not that it would make any difference.
Kind&Kinder almost 8 years ago
Years later, while herding the customers into the bank vault with his gun, Calvin remembered with a shudder the night he had been locked in the garage by that hellion, Roslyn. He’s show her, he vowed, as he ran amok in his adult life locking people up in dark closets and scary places and stealing their money. He had to do this, he rationalized, to keep his pal, Hobbes, in tuna. Curse that Roslyn!
Susie Derkins :D almost 8 years ago
Has his father realized how well the babysitting went?
SharkNose almost 8 years ago
Well, this babysitting episode was anticlimactic! Much like Star Wars: Episode VII.
Chad Cheetah almost 8 years ago
LeadingEdge’s stories reminded me of a story from my childhood. I have a friend, who I’ve known since I was two. We go to the same school now, but when we were younger we didn’t go to school together, so we didn’t see each other that often. At the end of every visit, we would open the trunk to my mom’s car and try to sneak him home. Obviously the grown-ups were never fooled. It’s not really like today’s strip, since Calvin’s dad didn’t know he was there, but it still brings back some nice memories.
mourdac Premium Member almost 8 years ago
@Leading: good stories! Today the police and social welfare agencies would have been called.
Get fuzzy 4527 almost 8 years ago
Red and white 1956 studebaker hawk at cleveland Manner’s Big Boy drive in. Best memories.
locake almost 8 years ago
Rosalyn did a good job babysitting. Calvin is alive and not injured.
Number Three almost 8 years ago
Yes. It’s safe to come out now, Calvin!
xxx
neverenoughgold almost 8 years ago
I’m impressed…
WilliamBill almost 8 years ago
Shoneys, but Bob’s Big Boy original was in So Cal. Still open in Burbank, Ca
http://web.archive.org/web/20150603055337/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/02/local/me-then2
EeveeFan86 about 3 years ago
How did his dad not notice him?