I can relate to Mom and Dad’s feelings. My house was burglarized while I was at work. Fortunately, I never had to experience it as a kid, but I think Calvin’s reaction is probably spot on. As a kid, I used to sleep through hurricanes. Snuggled up to my bear, Teddy, I felt all was right and safe in the world.
To Firesmith–“Maybe we could plug the Great Gulf Gusher with Spammers. But what is worse…raw crude or spammers?” Comparing the gulf tragedy to spam? You are totally clueless.
If Firesmith has commited blasphemy by mentioning spammers and the oil spill in the same sentence, what are you doing reading commonplace comics and comments, O Deeply-Concerned-And-Clued-In one?
…So much for my suggestion that Calvin should have conferred with Hobbes before the police arrived! Based on Hobbes’ braggadocio in the last panel, Calvin’s comments to the police would have been the same, anyway.
Mom said (four days ago),
“Ooh…I hope the police get here quick. I’m scared.”
Mom is still thinking that the burglars might return to the scene of the crime, but she is more calm about it now. Does it really happen often? Are the chances about the same as lightning striking twice in the same place? Does anybody have the comparison figures? …probably not!“ :o)
Lightning’s striking again” - lyrics from Lou Christie’s song
Burglary won’t be so bad. They’d take the TVs (sniff sniff) and they jewelry (the stuff I buy her and never see). The viruses would leave with the laptop. And folk, having been broken into three times, they have never taken even one book. Life could be worse.
Montana Lady .. After a very bad experience in which I was left tied up and bleeding I did some physical security research. My work position gave me access to security people at NASA, the Navy Department and a few civilian companies. The consensus was … a large dog, with an impressive bark, running loose in side the house is the best security. Dogs in the yard are not near as effective. If you are taking the dog out of the house for several days, the alarm system can be a backup measure. As an exercise I did, with their permission, by pass the alarm systems of three houses. It is surprisingly easy. BTW, he was wearing a ski mask and the only thing he took from the house was the batteries in the phones.
Lewreader said,
“…and the jewelry (the stuff I buy her and never see).”
I can relate to that. I bought a few gees worth of jewelry almost 20 years ago. I brought it up a couple days ago how it all must be hidden away. I never see any of it. I got no response. The thieves might ransack the joint and still not find it. Maybe it’s all in hock. :o( I’m kidding, I hope.
LuvH8 Thats what I heard - after my house was broken into I was told they often return in a year, after you’ve replaced everything! Of course the second time was by someone else on drugs and probably didn’t even know where he was.
I’ve already read all of these strips several times over, and I own most of the books. The only reason for me to be here is to socialize with people who are discovering the joy of the strip for the first time, and to rub elbows with veteran fans.
In my opinion, this is the best comic strip….EVER!
After careful research of the FAQ page, I can find no protocol as to the allowed or disallowed subject matter in the comments section except spamming for commercial purposes.
I would assume there is an expected degree of civility.
That said, the people I greet every day seem to enjoy it, and quite frankly I’ve noticed that there are some who will take umbrage at little or nothing here so…
I will continue to be friendly with those who like it, I will ignore those who do not like it, and I will continue to make up alternate endings as to mess with the minds of those who have never read it, so they’ll never know which spoilers
are real.
It’s a live and let live philosophy for the comments section of a long dead comic strip. You might not want to take anything here too seriously, except the humor.
Can we not have a place to laugh without there being some sort of rancor? Can we not make this place that place?
Gosh, some of you must live in some crime-ridden areas. I forgot to lock the car one night and lost a small hammer and about 75 cents. Don’t always lock the house if I’m only to be gone half hour or so. This true only since Husband died, as he lived back east long enough to lock up everything.
Locks and security systems are made to keep honest people honest. What they prevent is crimes of opportunity.
If someone wants in, he will find a way in.
Working for an insurance company, I have dealt with the aftermath of many break ins.
A lot of people in NoVa live in locked buildings with security gated garages. Drive your car inside a gated basement garage, go up to your flat for the night…should be safe, right?
Lately, there has been a rash of break-ins in these buildings. People come down in the morning and find rows of high priced cars, each missing 1 tiny window, with their interiors stripped: leather seats, door trim panels, xenon headlights, sometimes even body panels missing. (nobody steals stereos anymore..they are useless without a code).
How this happens is obvious. Someone hacks the security code to the gate. They drive a small truck inside at night, and start stripping cars. All this, while people are sleeping blissfully above.
Dogs would not help here, but at a single family home, they would. They don’t even have to be large, just have large voices.
“Back east” was NE. VA to my husband. His favorite story was coworker with two big dogs for protection. Burglar opened window, threw in some meat and as dogs devoured that, used a long pole with hook to reach bedroom door, pulled it closed trapping the dogs. Calmly went in front door and stripped the house. He and friend were DOD/NSWC employees, at Dahlgren lab.
ah, Dahlgren, can’t quite get there from here…have to go south to go north again, or east to go west.
All our dogs were trained to not pick up food, (except the first one who died from eating poisoned food that was tossed into our yard.)
The point is to have the dogs somewhere in the house where the thief cannot see them, or access them.
Most people won’t open a door if they think they may be attacked by a dog.
But, your story proves, if someone really wants in, they will get in
I know someone who had his house built with no back windows. (so no one could break in without being seen from the street.) Thieves went around back and cut a hole through the siding and drywall.
Aaron said: Um. Why would burglers come back for seconds? Mom, get a grip.
LuvH8 said: Actually coming back to the scene of the crime a month or three later, would probably be good. Most people would have a new stuff by then.
LuvH8: That’s exactly what the cops told us after our break-in 16 years ago right before Christmas. The burglars give you enough time to replace everything then they come back and steal the new stuff. Well, we didn’t give them the opportunity to do that. We repaired the broken back door before we left to go visit my in-laws for the holidays and then, as soon as we got back, we had a 24-hour-a-day monitoring company install our security system … . . and we were sure to post highly visible signs on all the doors and ground floor windows, advertising that fact. I’m happy to say that we’ve never had a problem since (some of our neighbors without security systems - yes — but us - no).
imo opinion it’s kind of silly to wish people good morning everyday on this space just for the sake of being the first to comment and wish people good morning, probably for lack of anything better to offer in the way of comment.
this occurs with regularity on several other strips.
do you know these people? why not wish everyone good morning? why a special few? and if you are wished good morning are you required to reply with a good morning? what if it’s not a good morning and all these perky good mornings are a distraction and an added irritation to one’s enjoyment of the comics on an otherwise bad morning? if you wish me good morning will you pour my cup of coffee too?
like i say it’s just kind of silly – why not form a good morning chat club on twitter or ning or facebook?
Locks, security systems, dogs, etc. keep some dishonest people honest; the inconvenience deters them. Truly honest people don’t need locks, etc. However, we all have our weaknesses, foibles, frailties and inclinations that lure and entice to one kind of wrongdoing or another.
billdi when I comment on sertain sections it’s mostly based on the strip. I might say something on the strip that has not been said. Oh and here is something you asked for I hope you enjoy.
Ellisaanna: put in that personal info to see if there might be a connection to you and Fran650. Dahlgren is rather remote: he took me there once. Loved the programming he did there. Passed away 13 mo ago.
Here where we live now we moved here two years ago no one broke in but there was a breaking. A member of the family broke two windows and a door at 1:40am Sat I saw the car drive off never saw who did it. The car was at the end of the drive. Talking to neighbors there where cars that have been attempted to be stolen. In our case we think someone was mad at the previous own and thought they’re car. Mostly ones in this neighborhood who break in are looking for weapons to use for drugs.
Some of your stories were genuinely saddening, and I was sorry to hear of your losses. At the Second Advent, this insanity will come to a screaching halt. Violations of “Thou shalt not steal” will be met with the death penalty pronto. When Calvin’s mother discovers the jewelry missing, she might feel like dipensing this penalty a bit ahead of schedule…
Well, although I never had anything taken from any house or apt I lived in, I did have stuff stolen from the truck, the one time I didn’t lock it. I didn’t lock it cuz I had all the tools with me inside the transmitter building I was working at, but a big capacitor I had left in the truck cuz I didn’t need it till near the end of the job got taken. When I made the police report, the cops said that someone went down checking every car and truck on that street and cleaned out the ones that were unlocked.
In today’s age, video cameras are much cheaper than 15 to 20 years ago. That is if you really want to keep valuables in the house. Would be nice to be able to keep them at home, hope they had a low deductible on the homeowners insurance.
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy!
Good Morning L’Wolf!
margueritem almost 14 years ago
To Calvin it’s bragging rights…
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
Kids are like that. They veiw this sort of thing as exciting. Tigers are the same way.
rentier almost 14 years ago
When Hobbes is there, there is help!
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
Maybe we could plug the Great Gulf Gusher with Spammers. But what is worse…raw crude or spammers? Wait! Are they the same????
Yukoner almost 14 years ago
Calvin doesn’t feel violated. His parents do. They live in different realities.
I know that I felt violated when our house was broken into years ago.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 14 years ago
Kids have a way of turning something bad into something good! We should take a lesson from them.
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
Yes, VB, and then get an alarm system……….
whitecarabao almost 14 years ago
I can relate to Mom and Dad’s feelings. My house was burglarized while I was at work. Fortunately, I never had to experience it as a kid, but I think Calvin’s reaction is probably spot on. As a kid, I used to sleep through hurricanes. Snuggled up to my bear, Teddy, I felt all was right and safe in the world.
rentier almost 14 years ago
Kings wedding today!
Mac6622 Premium Member almost 14 years ago
To Firesmith–“Maybe we could plug the Great Gulf Gusher with Spammers. But what is worse…raw crude or spammers?” Comparing the gulf tragedy to spam? You are totally clueless.
rentier almost 14 years ago
Wedding fever!
Dino-1 almost 14 years ago
It’s good to see Calvin’s has bounced back. He’ll be back making mischief again in no time!
Troglodyte almost 14 years ago
@dingo353
If Firesmith has commited blasphemy by mentioning spammers and the oil spill in the same sentence, what are you doing reading commonplace comics and comments, O Deeply-Concerned-And-Clued-In one?
lazygrazer almost 14 years ago
Hobbe’s heroics are commendable….it’s his timing that needs a little work.
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
…So much for my suggestion that Calvin should have conferred with Hobbes before the police arrived! Based on Hobbes’ braggadocio in the last panel, Calvin’s comments to the police would have been the same, anyway.
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
Mom said (four days ago), “Ooh…I hope the police get here quick. I’m scared.” Mom is still thinking that the burglars might return to the scene of the crime, but she is more calm about it now. Does it really happen often? Are the chances about the same as lightning striking twice in the same place? Does anybody have the comparison figures? …probably not!“ :o) Lightning’s striking again” - lyrics from Lou Christie’s song
shakeswilly almost 14 years ago
Bad Hobbes, you should have scared them off BEFORE they took the tele and the jewelry. Perhaps you were in on it ?
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
You scared them away from under the covers, Hobbes? Dang, you’re good!
NE1956 almost 14 years ago
Um. Why would burglers come back for seconds?
Mom, get a grip.
bald almost 14 years ago
Aaron
it has happened….
turned out the burglar was a relative of the victim.
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
Burglary won’t be so bad. They’d take the TVs (sniff sniff) and they jewelry (the stuff I buy her and never see). The viruses would leave with the laptop. And folk, having been broken into three times, they have never taken even one book. Life could be worse.
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
Yesiree, Hobbes saved the day!
G’Morning, Mike and all! I’m running late this morning! I must have been super tired last night.
fran650 almost 14 years ago
Good Morning Mike Firesmith and Loki.
Montana Lady .. After a very bad experience in which I was left tied up and bleeding I did some physical security research. My work position gave me access to security people at NASA, the Navy Department and a few civilian companies. The consensus was … a large dog, with an impressive bark, running loose in side the house is the best security. Dogs in the yard are not near as effective. If you are taking the dog out of the house for several days, the alarm system can be a backup measure. As an exercise I did, with their permission, by pass the alarm systems of three houses. It is surprisingly easy. BTW, he was wearing a ski mask and the only thing he took from the house was the batteries in the phones.
Ooops! Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Actually coming back to the scene of the crime a month or three later, would probably be good. Most people would have a new stuff by then.
pintcape almost 14 years ago
Hobbes you’re suppose to scare them away before they take anything,you need some classes on how to prevent a burglary.
doit almost 14 years ago
If they plug the gusher with MikeFiresmith, we won’t have to suffer through HIS daily hello SPAM anymore. Knock it off already.
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
And good morning to you too, Iris. Carry on, Mike.
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
Lewreader said, “…and the jewelry (the stuff I buy her and never see).” I can relate to that. I bought a few gees worth of jewelry almost 20 years ago. I brought it up a couple days ago how it all must be hidden away. I never see any of it. I got no response. The thieves might ransack the joint and still not find it. Maybe it’s all in hock. :o( I’m kidding, I hope.
benbrilling almost 14 years ago
Your timing is a little off, Hobbes.
George Arnold almost 14 years ago
LuvH8 Thats what I heard - after my house was broken into I was told they often return in a year, after you’ve replaced everything! Of course the second time was by someone else on drugs and probably didn’t even know where he was.
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
Good morning Irritated Iris!
Thank you Grog!
I’ve already read all of these strips several times over, and I own most of the books. The only reason for me to be here is to socialize with people who are discovering the joy of the strip for the first time, and to rub elbows with veteran fans.
In my opinion, this is the best comic strip….EVER!
After careful research of the FAQ page, I can find no protocol as to the allowed or disallowed subject matter in the comments section except spamming for commercial purposes.
I would assume there is an expected degree of civility.
That said, the people I greet every day seem to enjoy it, and quite frankly I’ve noticed that there are some who will take umbrage at little or nothing here so…
I will continue to be friendly with those who like it, I will ignore those who do not like it, and I will continue to make up alternate endings as to mess with the minds of those who have never read it, so they’ll never know which spoilers are real.
It’s a live and let live philosophy for the comments section of a long dead comic strip. You might not want to take anything here too seriously, except the humor.
Can we not have a place to laugh without there being some sort of rancor? Can we not make this place that place?
Take Care, Mike
Mythreesons almost 14 years ago
Gosh, some of you must live in some crime-ridden areas. I forgot to lock the car one night and lost a small hammer and about 75 cents. Don’t always lock the house if I’m only to be gone half hour or so. This true only since Husband died, as he lived back east long enough to lock up everything.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Interesting comment fran650.
Locks and security systems are made to keep honest people honest. What they prevent is crimes of opportunity.
If someone wants in, he will find a way in.
Working for an insurance company, I have dealt with the aftermath of many break ins.
A lot of people in NoVa live in locked buildings with security gated garages. Drive your car inside a gated basement garage, go up to your flat for the night…should be safe, right?
Lately, there has been a rash of break-ins in these buildings. People come down in the morning and find rows of high priced cars, each missing 1 tiny window, with their interiors stripped: leather seats, door trim panels, xenon headlights, sometimes even body panels missing. (nobody steals stereos anymore..they are useless without a code).
How this happens is obvious. Someone hacks the security code to the gate. They drive a small truck inside at night, and start stripping cars. All this, while people are sleeping blissfully above.
Dogs would not help here, but at a single family home, they would. They don’t even have to be large, just have large voices.
Better yet, 2, or maybe a tiger.
ratlum almost 14 years ago
Yes Hobbes was right there ,hear him out Calvin and comfort him a bit. Both of them sure look comfy right know.
Mythreesons almost 14 years ago
“Back east” was NE. VA to my husband. His favorite story was coworker with two big dogs for protection. Burglar opened window, threw in some meat and as dogs devoured that, used a long pole with hook to reach bedroom door, pulled it closed trapping the dogs. Calmly went in front door and stripped the house. He and friend were DOD/NSWC employees, at Dahlgren lab.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 14 years ago
ah, Dahlgren, can’t quite get there from here…have to go south to go north again, or east to go west.
All our dogs were trained to not pick up food, (except the first one who died from eating poisoned food that was tossed into our yard.) The point is to have the dogs somewhere in the house where the thief cannot see them, or access them. Most people won’t open a door if they think they may be attacked by a dog.
But, your story proves, if someone really wants in, they will get in
I know someone who had his house built with no back windows. (so no one could break in without being seen from the street.) Thieves went around back and cut a hole through the siding and drywall.
There are no guarantees in life.
Gretchen's Mom almost 14 years ago
Aaron said: Um. Why would burglers come back for seconds? Mom, get a grip.
LuvH8 said: Actually coming back to the scene of the crime a month or three later, would probably be good. Most people would have a new stuff by then.
LuvH8: That’s exactly what the cops told us after our break-in 16 years ago right before Christmas. The burglars give you enough time to replace everything then they come back and steal the new stuff. Well, we didn’t give them the opportunity to do that. We repaired the broken back door before we left to go visit my in-laws for the holidays and then, as soon as we got back, we had a 24-hour-a-day monitoring company install our security system … . . and we were sure to post highly visible signs on all the doors and ground floor windows, advertising that fact. I’m happy to say that we’ve never had a problem since (some of our neighbors without security systems - yes — but us - no).
billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago
imo opinion it’s kind of silly to wish people good morning everyday on this space just for the sake of being the first to comment and wish people good morning, probably for lack of anything better to offer in the way of comment. this occurs with regularity on several other strips. do you know these people? why not wish everyone good morning? why a special few? and if you are wished good morning are you required to reply with a good morning? what if it’s not a good morning and all these perky good mornings are a distraction and an added irritation to one’s enjoyment of the comics on an otherwise bad morning? if you wish me good morning will you pour my cup of coffee too? like i say it’s just kind of silly – why not form a good morning chat club on twitter or ning or facebook?
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
Locks, security systems, dogs, etc. keep some dishonest people honest; the inconvenience deters them. Truly honest people don’t need locks, etc. However, we all have our weaknesses, foibles, frailties and inclinations that lure and entice to one kind of wrongdoing or another.
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
GM Mike Firesmith
I enjoy hearing you greet everyone!
kab2rb almost 14 years ago
billdi when I comment on sertain sections it’s mostly based on the strip. I might say something on the strip that has not been said. Oh and here is something you asked for I hope you enjoy.
Mythreesons almost 14 years ago
Ellisaanna: put in that personal info to see if there might be a connection to you and Fran650. Dahlgren is rather remote: he took me there once. Loved the programming he did there. Passed away 13 mo ago.
kab2rb almost 14 years ago
Here where we live now we moved here two years ago no one broke in but there was a breaking. A member of the family broke two windows and a door at 1:40am Sat I saw the car drive off never saw who did it. The car was at the end of the drive. Talking to neighbors there where cars that have been attempted to be stolen. In our case we think someone was mad at the previous own and thought they’re car. Mostly ones in this neighborhood who break in are looking for weapons to use for drugs.
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
Hello Billdi. It’s fun and it is public and many enjoy it. Pass it over if you don’t like it. I hope you have a great rest of the day.
Ooops! Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Yeah! I guessed right. Ummm………. does that mean I would be a good burglar?
khpage almost 14 years ago
Some of your stories were genuinely saddening, and I was sorry to hear of your losses. At the Second Advent, this insanity will come to a screaching halt. Violations of “Thou shalt not steal” will be met with the death penalty pronto. When Calvin’s mother discovers the jewelry missing, she might feel like dipensing this penalty a bit ahead of schedule…
marvee almost 14 years ago
Billdi, I agree. But Lonewolf is right too. Just scan over it. I least you won’t be wasting as much of your time.
zerotsm almost 14 years ago
Well, although I never had anything taken from any house or apt I lived in, I did have stuff stolen from the truck, the one time I didn’t lock it. I didn’t lock it cuz I had all the tools with me inside the transmitter building I was working at, but a big capacitor I had left in the truck cuz I didn’t need it till near the end of the job got taken. When I made the police report, the cops said that someone went down checking every car and truck on that street and cleaned out the ones that were unlocked.
Wiseguy411 almost 14 years ago
Folks,
those that enjoy the commentary, please continue to do so.
Those that don’t please read the strip and move on !
Spammers may your computer be infested with the bugs of a 1,000 viruses.
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
Heheh! Love the last one, Wiseguy!
Wiseguy411 almost 14 years ago
And those of you with a religious bent, please “pray in your own closet”
mrprongs almost 14 years ago
Gee Dad, don’t check on your little son or anything.
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
Wiseguy for president!
Brother_James437 almost 14 years ago
AFTER they took the TV & jewlery?
rentier almost 14 years ago
Brother_James437: Yes, AFTER they took……
yankeewhaler almost 14 years ago
In today’s age, video cameras are much cheaper than 15 to 20 years ago. That is if you really want to keep valuables in the house. Would be nice to be able to keep them at home, hope they had a low deductible on the homeowners insurance.
Stonkss about 5 years ago
:/