Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 01, 2009

Probably a good idea, Calvin.

Boy ! What a vacation for Dad !

Three out of three things have gone wrong and not one of them was Calvin’s fault. If good old dad decided to go against his character and be pleasant, Calvin would probably tell him about the headlights.

ejcapulet - Well, I think the binoculars were kind of a shared problem. His dad handed them to him, but he dropped them.

This is a prime example why GOD made DAD’S especially in the light of little people such as Calvin .

I am sure that Dad is an ex boy scout and so he knows that he needs to “Be Prepared”.

Camping is FUN. At least we had fun last week hiking in the St Elias Mountains.

Some vacation… The SPA idea seems so much better….

I think, dad never will do such vacation!

This vacation is turning into a nightmare for Dad.

There’s nothing they can do about the headlights now, anyway, By this time the battery is probably dead, anyway. Dad should have handed the bag to mom if he really wanted to protect the items inside.

Dad is to blame for everything, the headlights, camera, binoculars, his glasses, and the attitude Mom is going to get before too long. Calvin and Hobbs should just frolic in the woods and have a good time.

I think Dad was trying to make Calvin feel important by helping unload the canoe. Calvin is a klutz. lol

Headlights go out by themselves – after a while.

Reminds me, somwhat, of insane moments my parents had when I was a child. Then, I grew up and had a couple of children of my own and had a revelation of WHY they had their insane moments.

Vacation?

Ha! Daddy got a bad grumpy after they had a camping trip.

rshive - Back when this strip was originally run, i believe that most if not all cars did not have the feature that shuts headlights off automatically.

Bet they won’t go camping again for a while - this trip has been a disaster. The worst part - Calvin will be able to say “I told you so” since he was against the idea in the first place.

I’d say this was a comedy of errors, but no one (not even Hobbes) is laughing at it.

I’ve had vacations like that!

@ Dry- Me too. lol

;-(

cleokaya said, about 1 hour ago

”rshive - Back when this strip was originally run, i believe that most if not all cars did not have the feature that shuts headlights off automatically.”

I’m not sure that’s what rshive meant. If you wait long enough, like a day or two–no more shining headlights.

And I agree, Hobbes should tell him. Only question is, will Dad listen, errr…hear?

Telling Calvin gets a yelling. As Hobbes is Calvin’s backup, he’d better go to the optitians with his Dad and pick out a cool pair.

Seems like a revenge to me…

The dead car battery is a bonus. Mom finally blowing a fuse should do it.

sounds like they should have taken one of those newfangled homecations they talk about on the tv

“JonD17 said, about 8 hours ago

baslim, the camera was mentioned verbally at the incident, but in yesterday’s strip, Dad surfaces with the binoculars as well, the camera is already in the retreived pile”.

Good eyes Jon, I had to scroll back to catch the binoculars.

Why I stay home for vacations.

I wish I could go on vacations. Mine won’t be camping. Be entertainment. Although looks like Calvin is starting to have fun exploring. I agree about the lights back then no automactic turn off for lights. Even my car I have to turn my own headlights off its a 2000 model.

3hourtour: Do you ever actually LOOK at the cartoons or do you just use this venue to make snarky comments about Obama? Every time I see your name, your comment has NOTHING to do with the joke.

nice zappa pic.

Love Zappa. Love comics. Hate politics. This isn’t a forum for political views, 3hour. And double that with religious views.

I can just see it this way Every buddy falls a sleep Cavin wakes his dad about 1 hour later when its dark and tells him he forgot to turn out the lights Remember the car is parked facing away from the lake to unload not much sleep know

Dad is getting the vacation he deserves – he didn’t learn anything from last year’s 40 days of rainfall without the Ark..

What would be the point of telling dad about the lights… he couldn’t do anything about it.

Calvinator … exactly right! As for Dads’ … they have to know or judge when the time is right for each of their own sons to take responsibility. Best to let a kid be a kid. Can’t blame Calvin for something he really should have been doing himself… or maybe had Mom helping with in unloading the canoe.

It seems like nobody’s going to tell him about the car’s lights being left on & they’ll all come back to a car with a dead battery.