This is no joke…my brother didn’t just leave a ring around the bath most nights…it was uniformly grey and had to be scrubbed out with cleanser and a brush when he was done. In those days kids were expected to play outside most of the day, and expected to get dirty. He surpassed that expectation!
I can relate. Growing up our house was next to an empty lot. The neighborhood kids would spend hour and hours playing in the rocks and dirt. We even would occasionally go sledding down the dirt hill. I often came home in the evenings with a few layers of dirt on my skin and clothes. Practically turn the bath water to mud.
My best day like that over before the first school bell rang. The teacher would not let several of us in to the class rooms. We were sent home covered in mud and debris from head to foot from a great game of touch football.
The second best involved not only me and my sister, but my parents and several other families on a trip to a lake. A sudden summer shower popped up and created turned the dirt road into mud pit for the cars. It was filthy but every one had a good time getting out that day.
favm almost 11 years ago
Those were the days!
ratlum almost 11 years ago
Yes you will seize tomorrow a little sooner,hopefully.Enjoy the bath.
margueritem almost 11 years ago
Ah, throttling the day, good times, good times…
Linux0s almost 11 years ago
Tomorrow sounds like a trip to the ER.
unclebewey almost 11 years ago
Carpe diem…..Seize the Carp
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
Well, nice to see that my daughter had competition, even if it was on the comic page. A considerable relief, actually! lol!
watmiwori almost 11 years ago
Never thought I’d see the day — siezed or not — when Calvinappeared to be ENJOYING a bath!
cloudy now almost 11 years ago
So that’s what they call ‘flow’.
rentier almost 11 years ago
A realy fullfilling day, but this one is not better!
orinoco womble almost 11 years ago
This is no joke…my brother didn’t just leave a ring around the bath most nights…it was uniformly grey and had to be scrubbed out with cleanser and a brush when he was done. In those days kids were expected to play outside most of the day, and expected to get dirty. He surpassed that expectation!
SuperDavid almost 11 years ago
ahhhh summer!
KEStuck almost 11 years ago
I can relate. Growing up our house was next to an empty lot. The neighborhood kids would spend hour and hours playing in the rocks and dirt. We even would occasionally go sledding down the dirt hill. I often came home in the evenings with a few layers of dirt on my skin and clothes. Practically turn the bath water to mud.
I hate baths. I only take showers now.
arye uygur almost 11 years ago
And speaking of showers, @KESTUCK, a shower would have been better for Calvin. With a bath he’s just bathing in his own dirt.
rshive almost 11 years ago
Another good day. Calvin’s not even objecting to the bath.
StarNut Premium Member almost 11 years ago
My best day like that over before the first school bell rang. The teacher would not let several of us in to the class rooms. We were sent home covered in mud and debris from head to foot from a great game of touch football.
The second best involved not only me and my sister, but my parents and several other families on a trip to a lake. A sudden summer shower popped up and created turned the dirt road into mud pit for the cars. It was filthy but every one had a good time getting out that day.
alan.gurka almost 11 years ago
I’m like that after a day of mowing my back yard and pruning the bushes.
sbchamp almost 11 years ago
What?No gum in pocket?Doing it not quite right
Poollady almost 11 years ago
Seized, indeed!
sundogusa almost 11 years ago
To be a 6 y/o kid again….
Phapada almost 11 years ago
super Summer …….. hahha
Aaron Saltzer almost 11 years ago
Same ol’ Calvin. Lol
BluePumpkin almost 11 years ago
Now we have YOLO . . . some how less inspiring, isn’t it?
sroamer almost 11 years ago
It’s way too long between that day and the first day of retirement!
Thomas Linquist almost 11 years ago
That is what being 6 is all about! I remember it fondly. Success was mother looking at the bath tub ring and shouting in horror.
sboving almost 11 years ago
I always maintained that the dirtier my children were, the more fun they’d had. Go, Calvin!
dflak almost 11 years ago
My mm always wanted me to keep my clothes clean. I asked her for some clothes I was allowed to get dirty. She actually saw the sense in that.
klunker rider almost 11 years ago
Mission Accomplished
ghretighoti almost 11 years ago
Carpe diem: Seize the carp!
Jaddis almost 11 years ago
Hoe does Hobbes stay so clean?
culprit Premium Member almost 11 years ago
carpe tedium ?
tigerchik32 almost 11 years ago
I never thought getting dirty and scratched up is a great way to spend time.
archangel2244 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Aww to be young.
MayoGalway almost 11 years ago
Ahh, I feel better now. Wait. Where’s my boat?
Alms4Thorby almost 11 years ago
Life! It doesn’t get any better than this.
thesnowleopard Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Truer words….
BandGeek121 almost 11 years ago
Who seized who? Did Calvin seize the tree, or did the tree seize Calvin? lol Good times!