Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 01, 2015
July 31, 2015
August 02, 2015
Transcript:
Mom: "I want you to pick up your room today, ok?"
Calvin: "Do I get paid?"
Mom: "No"
Calvin: "If I don't get paid, how do I know it's important?!"
Mom: "You can trust a mother one that"
Mothers aren’t paid for the most important things that they do.
Note that Calvin is so short that only his head shows above the bottom of the last panel. In the first panel, he is only 1/3 the height of his mother. If his mother is, say, 5 feet 6 inches tall, then Calvin is less than 2 feet tall — that’s only 22 inches (56 centimeters for those of you in the rest of the world…..).The average height for a six-year-old is about 3 1/2 feet — that’s 42 inches (107 centimeters).To view the following strip in the archive and help GoComics generate revenue, please click on the blue archive link below. To view the strip directly, click on the image below or stretch it.Peanuts (July 7, 1967)
I found that if I threatened to clean his room myself if he didn’t it always got magically cleaned. ‘Course, I had to do it once, but that’s all it took.
When my boys were little I always gave them a reason (hold my hand in the parking lot so a car won’t smoosh you). Later, they just assumed there was a reason. Now, I just tell them and it gets done.
Sorry if this has already been mentioned (I don’t read all the comments) but does anybody remember Calvin’s mum asking him to “Pick up his room” and Calvin replies “Won’t it be too heavy?” and he bursts out laughing. That strip was a classic!xxx
BE THIS GUY about 9 years ago
She Who Must Be Obeyed has spoken.
rentier about 9 years ago
I’m sure, she will give him a grant when he has done it!
orinoco womble about 9 years ago
Questions that are not questions:Would you like to clean your room?Could you put your stuff away?andDo you think I’m stupid?
josh_bisbee about 9 years ago
Moms trump all, as I tell my nephew.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 9 years ago
What a little mercenary. Or ………… what’s that other word, you know …………….. the one for people who do “things” only for money?
cdward about 9 years ago
Of course you get paid. You get to eat three meals a day. You have a bed to sleep in. You get an education. That’s your pay. Now get to work.
raver2742 about 9 years ago
I think the Mom was referring to her “pay.” The works she does is very important.
Hobbes Premium Member about 9 years ago
Mothers aren’t paid for the most important things that they do.
Note that Calvin is so short that only his head shows above the bottom of the last panel. In the first panel, he is only 1/3 the height of his mother. If his mother is, say, 5 feet 6 inches tall, then Calvin is less than 2 feet tall — that’s only 22 inches (56 centimeters for those of you in the rest of the world…..).The average height for a six-year-old is about 3 1/2 feet — that’s 42 inches (107 centimeters).To view the following strip in the archive and help GoComics generate revenue, please click on the blue archive link below. To view the strip directly, click on the image below or stretch it.Peanuts (July 7, 1967)Hobbes Premium Member about 9 years ago
Note that the lines on Mom’s sleeves always stay horizontal, regardless of the angle of her arms.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 9 years ago
HobbesThat’s because she’s actually wearing a Chroma key shirt and the lines are composited in post-production. Duh!!
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
But Mom did ask Calvin if he was okay with “picking up” his room and Calvin simply responded to her question.
Sheeeeesh… give the kid some respect!
tripwire45 about 9 years ago
She can make your life hell, Calvin.
patsy62 about 9 years ago
I found that if I threatened to clean his room myself if he didn’t it always got magically cleaned. ‘Course, I had to do it once, but that’s all it took.
Marty241 about 9 years ago
When my boys were little I always gave them a reason (hold my hand in the parking lot so a car won’t smoosh you). Later, they just assumed there was a reason. Now, I just tell them and it gets done.
hippogriff about 9 years ago
uniquename: My fun that way is to mention that I am older than Willy Nelson (3 days), and the twin of Carol Burnett.
Godfather Vito about 9 years ago
Why are Mothers all obsessed with clean bedrooms?
Susie Derkins :D about 9 years ago
You can clean the attic if you have one.
gale5406 about 9 years ago
I think the point is that a mother doesn’t get paid with money, but she has the most important job of all. Especially with Calvin for a son ☺
Number Three about 9 years ago
Sorry if this has already been mentioned (I don’t read all the comments) but does anybody remember Calvin’s mum asking him to “Pick up his room” and Calvin replies “Won’t it be too heavy?” and he bursts out laughing. That strip was a classic!xxx
Hobbes Premium Member about 9 years ago
@Daniel Quilp: Calvin’s hair grows really fast…..Or, maybe Calvin is standing on his tiptoes in panels 2 and 3.
Just one more thing about 9 years ago
go check out this strip GIRTH by Steve Powell….on serpha
38lowell about 9 years ago
If you want to eat, clean your room!
bmonk about 9 years ago
Mothers know these things.