Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 01, 2014
Transcript:
Calvin: "Mom wants me to make my bed. Come help me, ok?" Hobbes: "Ok" Calvin: "You get some pencils, and I'll get some big paper!" Hobbes: "I thought we were making the bed" Calvin: "And do all that work?!? No, we're going to invent a robot to make the bed FOR us!" Hobbes: "Won't inventing a robot be more work than making the bed?" Calvin: "It's only work if somebody makes you do it"
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Recreational crafts and games if you want do it.
rentier over 9 years ago
Hobbes has to leave his wonderful convenient branch!
ORMouseworks over 9 years ago
Maybe you should shock your Mom, Calvin,by making your bed before she has a chance to tell you to make it… ;)
Zero-Gabriel over 9 years ago
It’s 2014… and I’m STILL waiting for my Robotic-Butler/Housekeeper/Maid… and Hoverboard.
xwsmithx over 9 years ago
ORMouseworks, there was a storyline where Calvin created a “good” version of himself that did all his chores, homework, and was even nice to Susie. One of my favorite C&H lines comes from that storyline, where the good Calvin says, “I am NOT Calvin, I am the physical manifestation of Calvin’s good side,” and Susie says, “If that were true, you’d be a lot smaller,” and good Calvin says to the reader, “You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve heard that.”
Zero-Gabriel, Sony, et. al., want us to be impressed with their dancing robots. I keep saying to the videos, “Show me one cleaning a toilet and then I’ll be impressed.”
MayoGalway over 9 years ago
Calvin’s comment in the last panel> Priceless! TY Bill.
moronbis over 9 years ago
uh oh! Calvin’s making it ‘we’ and ‘us’ again. It should be ‘I’ and ‘me’.
basie.mynhardt over 9 years ago
Is he not in fact a somewhat hidden dual personality who, especially when alone (with his alter ego of course), applies quantum physics to risky ventures ? His parents should hire a PI solely to observe him. At the very least a very interesting little guy, thanks a lot to his creator.
GROG Premium Member over 9 years ago
Calvin makes nothing but trouble.
pelican47 over 9 years ago
Work at what you love and you’ll never work.
Jobecur over 9 years ago
My brother-in-law works at what he loves: drinking beer, lying on the couch and is on the dole.
Poollady over 9 years ago
So, Mom, take a hint to make it fun: Tell Calvin you are magically turning him into a robot that makes beds!
Karaboo2 over 9 years ago
All work and no play makes Calvin an inventor.
thewizofaz over 9 years ago
An imaginary robot may not be good enough for mom, Calvin. I don’t think she fully appreciates Hobbes’ abilities yet.
paullp Premium Member over 9 years ago
Calvin’s comment in the last panel is a direct descendant of Mark Twain’s observations about work in ‘Tom Sawyer.’
David Rickard Premium Member over 9 years ago
Working hard now so he can be lazy later… that boy has the makings of a fine engineer!
westny77 over 9 years ago
Unfortunately that is not going to work Calvin dude. It is also more work. At the office I create an excel program for all my accounting functions. at first it is more work but in the long run it saves me work and time.
susan.e.a.c over 9 years ago
Calvin has a point.
holmswedeholm over 9 years ago
Is this some kind of commentary on Labor Day?
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
What? Me work?.Nah, did that once…
T.A.S.K Master over 9 years ago
Strangely true…
Susie Derkins D: over 9 years ago
Let’s pray that this won’t be a disaster.