Calvin and Hobbes Bridge Capacity - by Bill Watterson for November 26, 1986

My dad used to do this when I was little. When I was five my mom, dad, and I were at a buffet, and I looked up and asked why they had a light over each table. He simply replied that they made the food go bad more quickly, so people had to go and get more. I said ‘oh!’ and Mom just gave him an evil glance. Ironically my dad’s name was Calvin

They use physics. I was taking a physics class in High School when this was first published. I decided to figure the answer and guess what it was a question on the test.

MonkeeMobile LOL. Thank you for your perfect story :-D

My dad also does this. The only problem is that its hard to tell whether he is serious or not.

But Dads always know everything. Right?!

This is as good as Dad’s explanation of the B&W world while he was growing up.

Dad knows it all … !!!

Dad’s look: “Huh!? What!?” Great.

ive seen this strip somewhere else before

What, and miss watching all those bridges collapse?

My second wife and I used to drive frequently with our daughters between Houston and Austin to see / pick up / drop off my older daughters. About halfway along the trip there’s a large electrical power generator station, with big towers that stick up into the air and pour out steam. I used to tell the daughters when they were little that that was where they made clouds. When they were really little they bought it, and were just fascinated. :-) :-)

We laugh about it now every time we drive by – it’s a fond memory for everyone.

Why is this one named? all the others don’t have names that i know of…

I guess the more common question from a 6-year old would be, “what’s a load limit, dad?”.