Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 24, 2010

Think of the possibilities!

Paradise awaits! Good morning, margueritem.

Alright, Marg is here!!!

You’re not doing much for future outings, Calvin!

Rosalyn awaits Calvin!

Have good time, Mom and Dad! I’m sure Calvin will have a blast with Roslyn. Oh yeah!

‘Morning Terry and VistaBill!

For those that were concerned, we were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary.

Aw! Come on Mom & Dad, they’ll be good. Really!!

Congatulations Marg! I’m glad you are back, I really enjoy your comments.

Double MSU alert! Pathetic.

Marg already has easter eggs!

Congratulations Marg and best wishes to both of you.

Ah, Come on Dad, Don’t feed him to ROSALYN, Please…

Congratulations Marg.

Calvin, quit wasting time and start planning.

Calvin’s parents deserve some time off….like a year or two.

Well .. knowing Calvin, it might not really be a good idea to tick him off before going for dinner .. the dinner might not really have any pauses at all you know ..

As parents you learn to make the most of time the two of you get to spend together uninterrupted away from the house. We were young parents with small incomes back then as well as our married friends. Babysitters were so expensive so we decided to take turns watching each others kids so we all got a break once a month. I think the kids enjoyed it as much as we did!

Susan,

Get real!!!

It is a comic strip, for crying outloud!!

Go with the flow, enjoy the inmense talent stamped on it by his creator.

Don´t be a party pooper.

Susan,

I think both Mom and Dad are making it clear to him that the baby sitting is for a short time only. He is already used to having Rosalyn come over for baby sitting. I dont think there is any chance of Calvin thinking it is going to be forever.

It’s very funny that Calvin wants to know if it’s a dirty movie. Imagine the possibilities if his parents said yes! :)

A much needed peacefull evening.

Welcome back, Marg. Congratulations!

Dad looks a little frisky in the last panel – it could be a short evening out.

Sorry Calvin. This is adult time.

Hey, Calvin… if this is just a comic strip, how come all the comment people are talking to you like you can hear them?

Hey, Ocean…can’t you sea - my folks read the comments to me.

Congrats Marg!

Welcome back marg.

Methinks thou doth protest too much All I have to do now is figure out who Calvin or Susan I do however think the reasons are the same in her mind

maybe calvin’s parents are sneaking away for a couple days like marg did

congratulations marg

Congratulations Marg! and best wishes.

Calvin’s only protesting because he knows what his evening will be like with Rosalyn. (short!)

Rosalyn will rule the world

Well Dad and Mom may be seeing a dirty movie but Calvin will be viewing his own horror film when Rosalyn arrives. Scary!!!!!

How many of us in the days of small children at home got sick and tired of the word “WHY?” I could be a real question or a whine depending on the tone of voice. Also “WHY NOT?”

You need a babysitter, Calvin, because you act like a baby - a spoiled-rotten baby!

Now if your emotions ever catch up with that genius mind of yours, indeed, think of the possibilities…

Congratulations Margueritem for 40 years. I hope my husband and I see that. Ours is next month and I try to slow it down each day doesn’t work for us 29 years. In our neighborhood parent’s did not swap house with kids for parents had time away never heard of it. First time I heard about it was on Baby Blues. Kids would just go play at a neighbor’s house with other kids.

If you only got out to one movie a year away from your kids what movie would you go see? Something peaceful, action packed, foreign film, romantic comedy???

Susan, parents need to keep their own relationship fresh - for the sake of the children. A night to themselves will benefit the whole family. Like all children, Calvin needs to learn he cannot have his own way by demanding, whining, or playing other manipulative games.

But this is a comic, not a sociology or psychology text. It’s supposed to look at the events of real life in an exaggerated way so that we can laugh at them.

I feel sorry for DAD he is not going to enjoy the evening anyways , you dont leave Calvin with a baby sitter with out something to worry about

The wisest advice I ever received was that kids are transients. They are only with us for a short time (although now they keep coming back due to the economy), but husbands will be with us after the kids leave. Keep it fresh so that you know the man/woman you are retired with and it is not some stranger that you have ignored for 20 years and whom you have nothing in common,

Panel 3 and panel 4 part 1. If you can’t love that about Calvin, why do you bother to read this???

This is funny, not like FBOFW. CAN”T ANYONE SEE THE ABSOLUTE HILARITY THE KID DISPLAYS? That’s what it’s about, not the “poor parents”.

This page of pro parent psychobabble tells us you don’t get it at all. How sad.

Apparently, there was a hullabaloo yesterday which I missed. Some posts must have been flagged and removed. Sometimes a pause in the conversation is better than an unfortunate uproar from Calvin or anyone else. We discuss all kinds of issues here. Evidently, the subject mentioned yesterday hit a sensitive (sore) spot with somebody whose name I won’t mention. However, disgusting comments are never appropriate under any circumstances.

Go Ros!!!!!

Todays Kids need to be taught a lesson!!!!!!!!

You just proved my point GrumblyW.

Don’t insult Susan. She understands the premise of the strip. She also sees that Calvin’s parents are always abrupt with him and are hard to like.

I love the Rosalyn segments to be honest. They are Calvin at his best.

One more time: Calvin is 100% perfect. He is an introvert, and is highly intelligent, and highly imaginative. He is the hero of the story. Everyone else is an antagonist. He’s 6, not 30. He will always only be 6. Nothing about him needs to be fixed. Those suggesting it don’t know this strip at all. You would do well to have a Calvin of your own. You’d know he would grow up pretty well off, unlike people who have to psycho analyze a cartoon child, instead of think like one, and who make anti-protagonist suggestions to a 24 year old comic strip that had a perfect run, and is next to only Peanuts in popularity.

Calvin remains 6 forever, and in order to understand this strip, you need to think like a 6 year old, period. Try it, it makes you feel better.

I got there late Puddlegum (my comment is still there). I don’t know what was going on except that the Calvin loves Suzie and Roaslyn thing was going on again. It looked like the same old running joke to me. I didn’t see any arguments going on. Someone please tell us what we missed yesterday. ; )

My sister and I were almost always greatly relieved to have our parents out of the house. It meant a rare interval of peace and quiet for us. The babysitters were another matter, of course….

I’m sure most - if not all of us - been in Calvin’s position. I’m sure some of us were also quite the handfull as Calvin is. I can sympathize with both sides on this.

Being a homemaker, my Mom had to deal with my sister and me day in and day out with only a rare evening away from it all. Though I may not have thought so then, my parently DESERVED what little time away from us they got.

Yes the look on Calvin’s face is special in panel 4, but the look on Mom’s face is one we don’t often see.

The look on Calvin’s mother’s face leads one to think that maybe “movie” = “motel”

Imagine, an evening without coitus interruptus!

Oh fine: Now I want to know what GrumblyWalnut said. Nowhere to find that, it there? Dang!

And on the flip-side: Everyone loves MARG and is happy she’s back. I’m going to really pay attention to Marg’s comments from now on and find out what make’s her so lovable. Happy Anniv. Marg.

margueritem - mazal tov to you and your other half - best wishes for many more!

(I’ve been reading C&H for a long time, so what I’m about to say depends on a lot of “background” material, but I think most of you have a similar level of familiarity…)

Calvin’s mom seems quite aware that Calvin doesn’t like Rosalyn, but he’s scared off most of the other sitters.

Rosalyn was reasonable with Calvin at first, but she quickly learned that this kid does not take prisoners.

So, he’s pretty much made his bed, and now he’ll have to sleep in it. Since he’s all of six years old, it’s pretty hard to put all of the blame on him, but still, this is the situation.

That said, I think the interaction of Calvin’s parents in the last frame is quite endearing… It reminds us that they are human… :)

I haven’t peeked ahead, but my guess is that, sadly, their evening out will get cut short…

Arguing with a “calvin” is an excersise in futility, and agreeing with him or helping/”nurturing” him doubly so!

Calvins parent could take the same stance that rosalyn does, which is probably the way a lot of parents DO interact with their kids, but they generally don’t intervene and give him a lot of leeway, which is probably the best thing for him.

I used to be a calvin way back when (my poor parents), and as a former calvin and a present day parent, I rather think that their lack of “compassion” for calvin is probably a pretty healthy way to interact with him, from BOTH perspectives.

It’s because of people like you, DDFENCE, that the male stereotype is still around. What, exactly, is your definition of a “girlie man?” It’s unbelievable to me that after all these years of women fighting for equality the world still has people like you: people who want a man to fix everything for them.

zev.farkas - You can peek ahead? What, like Sheriff Mordecai?

Rosalyn must really need the money, that’s all I can say!

”Is the movie dirty?” OMG…too funny!

I noticed you never promised not to kill anyone, Calvin.

I have a Calvin myself. Almost his exact equal except for gender. She’s strong minded, inquisitive, imaginative and non-stop talker. Also she can’t stand school, is simply not interested in it and won’t complete the work. It’s a constant struggle. I have my good and bad days. That’s why I relate to Calvin and Hobbes. However having a real Calvin is very tiring and draining. I need a break too. Is Rosalyn available?

happy anniversary Marg

With Calvin as your kid, it’s pretty hard to imagine that, Dad.