Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 05, 2015

Yup, there’s a camera above the water fountain just for these occasions.

You always wanted special treatment.

Next time, bring a water bottle to school. (If you have one.)

Calvin would if he could

What a principal, bad, bad principal, you certainly know, Calvin is coming!!

Now Calvin has an excuse not to take a bath tonight. OR Now he’s the biggest drip in his class;-)

The principal has been putting increased pressure on Calvin for a long time, but it hasn’t really changed Calvin’s behavior.

To view the following strips in the archive and help GoComics generate revenue, please click on the blue archive links below. To view the strips directly, click on the images below or stretch them.Here is additional proof that increased pressure can get you very wet:Pearls Before Swine (January 16, 2014)When using a drinking fountain, it is important to take adequate precautions in order to stay dry:Ziggy (March 18, 1975)Peanuts (November 8, 1968)Or, to keep others dry:Ziggy (June 30, 1971)Peanuts (May 1, 1952)But, in Calvin’s case today, there is little he can do. From a very young age, Calvin has known that the principal was out to get him:Calvin and Hobbes (January 18, 1986)Calvin and Hobbes (June 2, 1986)

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Ahhhhh: That picked on feeling. A full day of that can turn me into a real Debbie-Downer.

These valves are automated and photo-activated

I bet Moe did it.

You’re all wet, Calvin.

that what happened to me

Would the valve in his office be the “principle” valve; or the “principal” valve?

Little things like this often worry me…

Times have changed, all right. That’s the new urban legend. When I was in school, we all had heard that the principal had an electric paddle in some back room of his office.

@Hobbes Much appreciated and enjoyed. Thank you.

I used to love getting the surprise of a faceful of water from the fountain. As an adult, I am expected to turn the water on before I put my face down— the excitement ends. :(

No, it’s the darn girls in the rest room flushing those porcelain thrones.

Save water:

Shower (or bathe) with a friendIf it’s yellow, let it mellowIf it’s brown, flush it down…

The water where I live is lovely to drink. I’ll never understand those people who buy bottled water. I’ve had flavoured water a few times but I couldn’t drink it all the time.xxx

You can bet that if the principal, or Miss Wormwood, has one, (s)he uses it!

My experiences have all been with low pressure fountains. Back before germs had been invented I regularly had to suck on the mouthpiece thingy to get a mouthful of water!

We have a water-fountain like this where I work. If someone turns on a faucet, flushes a toilet, or activates the hand-washing station (right next to the drinking fountain), the water pressure drops. When they stop, the stream shoots higher. For years I thought the machinists (mostly Hispanic) were doing this on purpose when I (white office worker) got a drink, just to watch me get a shot in the face. Luckily, I am known to be a friendly person with a good sense of humour, so when they discovered what they were inadvertently doing, we all had a good laugh (and then they started purposely doing it to each other).