Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 02, 2012

Calvin’s dad gets on everyone’s nerves. And since he doesn’t even have a name, nobody can even bawl him out.

If the last sentence was 3 more syllables, it’d be a haiku!

Dad – Getting on Calvin’s nerves since Calvin’s year 1.

Let Hobbes write it. He probably remembers that Dad works in a patent office, and he’d give a more unbiased viewpoint on what Dad has to put up with in his lunatic son.

Honesty isn’t always the best policy, especially if you’re six

Of course he could ask his dad what he does, but he’s too lazy to do that. He may not even get the point for succinctness.

Everydaylife is not so easy to master and to bear! To be together with someone and to part the life is an other thing as to see him a few times!

Click here: Peanuts (1965)

@M2MM: I don’t recall being Mom’s friend before I met Calvin…..:>)

One of my employers actually had an open house day so that families could see where Mom/Dad worked. But we had to shut down production and cordon off some areas.

@algurka: Could you repeat that? I forgot what you said.

Calvin’s dad’s name is “Dear”.

Calvin certainly puts a lot of effort into his homework, doesn’t he though? :-D

Calvin has a lot of nerve to write that essay the way he did!

Calvin…

Looks like a few on here with their comments don’t like their dads. I lucked out, my children tell others they like their dad.

My son had to talk about his dad’s job in school. He said “My dad drives a train.” Upon further questioning by his teacher, he was told to actually talk to his father about his job. I’m a mechanical ENGINEER.

Dad will proud of you Calvin….

Calvin saying we,re supposed,means that Hobbes is part of a team.Give Hobbes the pen.

Parents are good & helpful for the most part. My dad is a retired plumber. He dealt with crap sometimes!! HA HA!! He can certainly push my buttons at times even now. He did the discipline in my house.

these gags used to be funny until my dad died a year ago. Now I just move on. My dad was the do all, be all, see all for all my friends and the whole neighborhood. The other dads were too busy within their own world and my dad knew it was important to get us involved in fishing, shooting, hiking, joke-telling, frisbee-throwing, body-surfing, poker-playing, cribbage, etc… He would help the other kids with homework and troubles they had. Miss you dad.

guess I didn’t move on did I.

That’s because YOU have a lot of “nerve” Calvin…

Calvin writes about his dad: “What does my dad do? Mostly, he gets on my nerves. The end.”

Well, what do you know???!!! Apparently every dad in the whole world has the exact same job! Who knew that was even possible?!?!?! ;-)

4 years old: “My Daddy can do anything.”

7 years old: “My Dad knows a lot, a whole lot.”

10 years old: “My father doesn’t quite know everything.”

12 years old: “Oh well, naturally my father doesn’t know it all.”

14 years old: “Dad: hopelessly out of touch.”

20 years old: “Oh, that man is out of date. What did you expect?”

25 years old: “He knows a little bit about it, but not much.”

30 years old: “It’s amazing how wise he has become in the last few years.”

35 years old: “We need to find out what Dad thinks about it.”

40 years old: “What would Dad have thought about this?”

45 years old: “My Dad knew everything.”

50 years old: “I wish I could talk it over with Dad one more time.”

bmonk, THE FIFTY YEARS OLD SAYS IT ALL!EXCELLENT SIR!

Unfortunately, Calvin’s dad is pencil-pusher.

Well, I suppose a patent attorney occupation doesn’t make for a very interesting paragraph.

Thanks, Dry and bluskies.

I’d seen something like this years back, and tried to recreate it. I think I’m still missing an age or three.

True say Calvin.

Miss Wormwood is lecturing on the Battles of Lexington and Concord… Calvin cuts her off… “Pardon my French, but WHO THE HECK CARES?! Look how old this book is! Why, it ends with the 9/11, whatever THAT is! I propose we get computers at every desk! It would make school fun, and up attendance by 100%!”Mr. Spittle (the Principal): “(Sigh) I might have known… You again!”

This is as good as all of them. I wish it were still going.

Not catchy sentence, funny sentence. LOL!