Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 09, 2019

True, Calvin, but your Mom isn’t one of the unqualified ones.

Comics not showing today? Just a little square.

Where is the comic this morning????

Good to know I’m not alone in my misery.

And this is why I won’t become a Premium Member.

Little jobs dealing with trash are meant for little trashy mouths.

‘gather’ is an odd verb to use . why not ‘take out’ gather implies the house is covered.

You may be right about that Calvin, but your mom isn’t one of them!

Cheer up. I gave up and tried later, and at 7:15am, Illinois time, got in just fine and have had no problem seeing all my comics…so far…

I know something called “WatchMojo” has a list of evil mothers both real and fictional.

I was assigned the task of bringing back the trash cans when I was not yet as tall as the cans and couldn’t reach both handles at the same time. “Problem solving skills.”

While I agree with Calvin, it is pretty obvious that his Mom is exactly that rare someone who is totally meant to be a Mother.

The key to what motivates…

A perfect response from Mom!

A poem I found some time ago

THE MEANEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD

I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids had candy for breakfast, I had to eat cereal, eggs and toast.

While other kids had cola and candy for lunch, I had a sandwich. As you can guess, my dinner was different from other kids’ dinners, too.

My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You’d think we were on a chain gang or something. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing.

I am ashamed to admit it, but she actually had the nerve to break the child labor law. She made us work.

We had to wash dishes, make the beds and learn how to cook. That woman must have stayed awake nights thinking up things for us kids to do.

And she always insisted that we tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

By the time we were teenagers, she was much wiser and our life became even more unbearable. None of this tooting the car horn for us to come running; she embarrassed us to no end by insisting that the boys come to the door to get us.

I forgot to mention that most of our friends were allowed to date at the mature age of 12 and 13, but our old-fashioned mother refused to let us date until we were 15.

She really raised a bunch of squares. None of us was ever arrested for shoplifting or busted for dope. And who do we have to thank for this?

You’re right, our Mean Mother.

In my own personal experience, I would agree.

The middle kid once told me I only had children to do my work for me. Lucky for her, neither her guardian angel nor I struck her dead.

Hope the lesson is well learnt, Cal. Trash talk won’t get you anywhere!

It looks like she was meant to be a mother to me. She is skilled in the art of subtle blackmail.

No woman was meant to be a mother of Calvin. But then again, he will probably be the person to grow up, figure out nuclear fission, build the world’s first home-based portable super-collider, and provide the world with emission-free energy, until that fatal flaw is suddenly discovered and the Earth implodes into a micro-dimention the size of a newt.

The first sentence says it all.

Gee, she said “Please”.

My neighbours kid had the same problem Calvin has. She cured it by making it uncomfortable to sit down. I believe she called it an Attitude Adjustment". Whatever you call it; she should have gotten a patent on it. That kid didn’t have a problem after that.

Beware, Calvin….. you’re messing with the natural order of the planet!

You’re right, Calvin. Fortunately for you, your mother does not fall into that category.

and Calvin wonders why he’s an only child ! When my children asked the same question. I said “YES, THAT WHY WE HAD YOU, CHEEP LABOR THAT TALKS BACK!”

Calvin was being a calm normal Kid and Mom had to rattle His Cage , Women know when a Man is to comfortable

I’m now on Calvin ’n Hobbes and will go to The Flying McCoys, as all my comics that I view each day have been there to see ?

And by the time you reach the age when it finally dawns on you, you’re [ your age + 0.75 ] years too late to stop them.

Some kids weren’t meant to reach puberty.

My mum never made us do any housework, as she reasoned that we would do enough in our lifetime anyway. Fun childhood, but end result was being useless at practically everything, and also no knowing how to work!

Did not make that mistake with our kids!

And while you’re at it, get a job and pay the bills, too, BOY!!!

Some kids weren’t meant to be raised by mere humans!

Good for you Mom! Watch him like a hawk and make him do the work.

While others are perfect for the job.

Even though I have two brothers and a sister, it was my job to carry out the trash from the time I was in the first grade until I left home after high school. I don’t remember ever complaining about it. But then I did enjoy burning it.

Calvin’s mom is a “mean” mom…..the best kind

Ugh Calvin is such a brat

This looks like what a typical millennial would say.

A six year old carrying trash is not fair. Mother can add this chore in the long list of activities which she is already doing. Better dad should be asked.