Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 12, 2015

Draw something that makes you happy.

Mah momma always tol’ me, lahf is lahk a box uv crayons…..

@Calvin

If only you had a Camera-Phone or at least a Camera…

I think calvin is just thinking sadistic thoughts..

Sometimes it is unbearable tagic. So unbearable, hu, hu, hu…

What a misery and lamentation!!!

@NabuquduriuzhurI hold that to be a myth. I measured the glass from an old house with vernier calipers. Among thirteen panes, there was no consistent difference from top to bottom.

hobbes can help… hu hu

You know, a boy with Calvin’s imagination really deserves a box of 64 w/ built in sharpener.

Calvin is finally getting old and squishy with age. How sad…

That’s deep. I never really gave it much thought.

Wow. I wonder if he was feeling all right. Lol

Ground down like bright young children just starting school or recruits reporting for basic duty.

Just like you won’t be a kid forever (but your parents wonder how they can accelerate that day…)

The ads today are totally out of control!

Correct. Glass is what is known as an amorphous solid. Essentially it is a liquid, but a liquid that flows very, very slowly. Some glass makers added lead to their glass, which reduces the viscosity by a factor of 100 or so, and thus 60 years would not be enough time to noticeably thicken at the bottom. It would take more like 600 years. Also note that the hotter it is, the faster the “amorphous solid” will flow. Thus, windows with a sunny west exposure will flow more than windows with a protected northern exposure.

Voltaire Would have loved Calvin.

The walls in your house look a little blank there Calvin. Maybe you could do something about that,

What’s really tragic are the ones that get broken in half and tossed in the clothes dryer.

Just like kids in school.

Welcome to the second law of thermodynamics, Calvin.

Tragic, or simply worn down with the love of the unbearable lightness of being.

It’s easy to look sharp when you haven’t done any work…

http://www.despair.com/distinction.html

And here I thought today’s strip was just about Calvin’s new box of crayons!.Life seems unbearably tragic indeed…

Be thankful you don’t have a little brother who smashes up all of your crayons and then tells mom you did it all the while laughing hysterically as mom pretends not to notice :p Venting done :/

When I was little, I had a big tub of crayons!

xxx

It’s the way I feel when I have to take the train, ugh…

Well Crayons aren’t suppose to be bananas….

Why do bad things happen to good people…and Calvin?

Surprisingly profound. And kinda sad for Calvin, too.

Yes. Yes life is like that. Calvin the existentialist.

Google “Is glass a liquid”. There are scientific foundations both pro and con. But it seems conclusive that glass flowing to the bottom is an urban legend. Old glass was just made with a different, imperfect process. And it stands to reason that if one edge was thicker, the glazer would install the thicker edge at the bottom.

They’re FOR coloring and wearing down, Calvin. Nothing tragic about using them for what they’re intended for, having fun coloring.