Notice how the kid spends more time and energy dodging the problem or making excuses for it than simply owning up to his mistakes. To quote good ol’ Charlie Brown, “He’ll never learn.” Then again, I guess that’s all part of the humor in the first place.
Several years ago I worked for Xerox. I noticed that the name plate on the desk of a woman who’d gotten married hadn’t been changed-having the new name plate when you got back form the honeymoon was something nice the company did. I rushed into the manager’s office knowing she would be back in a day or two “how quickly can we get a name plate done up?” “What have you done now?”
That’s how I know that magic is real. I come upon a minor preventable disaster such as pee all over the toilet seat, ask “Which one of you lazy kids didn’t pick up the toilet seat?” and all three of them answer (sometimes in harmony) “Not me.” . It must be magic.
Calvin, if you find my car keys or my good sunglasses in that parallel universe, let me know. What? You say that there are 475 million sets of car keys and 308 pairs of nice sunglasses, and which ones are mine? Hmm. Ok, nevermind.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
The best preemptive defense strategy is to keep your mouth shut.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 4 years ago
Knowing the crazy stuff that happens to Calvin on a regular basis, he COULD be telling the truth.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
Sounds like a precursor to the “Scientific Progress goes ‘Boink!’” sequel.
SHIVA over 4 years ago
If you don’t hear sirens from fire trucks, police, or ambulances, then it’s only a minor thing!!
codycab over 4 years ago
Mom really needs to start skipping to the part where she punishes Calvin.
MelanieMather over 4 years ago
Notice how the kid spends more time and energy dodging the problem or making excuses for it than simply owning up to his mistakes. To quote good ol’ Charlie Brown, “He’ll never learn.” Then again, I guess that’s all part of the humor in the first place.
DaveG1960 over 4 years ago
……It was the one armed man!
Watcher over 4 years ago
Mom’s just never understand do they Calvin?
rshive over 4 years ago
Mom just refuses to understand the space void vortex.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
She ’s not going to buy it, Calvin!
dlkrueger33 over 4 years ago
I like Mom’s eyes in panel two. Like she’s looking at the audience and saying, “Ok, heerrre we go!”
Red33410 over 4 years ago
No, mom! You meant, “What now have you done?”
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 4 years ago
It’s the NOT ME kid from Family Circus.
jrankin1959 over 4 years ago
Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one…
cubswin2016 over 4 years ago
I bet Mom has heard this story before.
fgerbil46 over 4 years ago
With his great imagination, Calvin would probably make a great writer someday. The things he comes up with highly amuse me. :-)
uniquename over 4 years ago
You could have just opened with that question mom.
sundogusa over 4 years ago
If I told my Mom that, she would have said, “Go outside and play.”
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
As I’ve always taught my kids and advised my clients, two words always can save the day – plausible deniability.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 4 years ago
Oooh, zapped into space void vortex… I hate when that happens to me!
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 4 years ago
Several years ago I worked for Xerox. I noticed that the name plate on the desk of a woman who’d gotten married hadn’t been changed-having the new name plate when you got back form the honeymoon was something nice the company did. I rushed into the manager’s office knowing she would be back in a day or two “how quickly can we get a name plate done up?” “What have you done now?”
mattro65 over 4 years ago
That’s how I know that magic is real. I come upon a minor preventable disaster such as pee all over the toilet seat, ask “Which one of you lazy kids didn’t pick up the toilet seat?” and all three of them answer (sometimes in harmony) “Not me.” . It must be magic.
hariseldon59 over 4 years ago
The old “evil twin” defense.
Smitty over 4 years ago
I bet “Evil Twin Calvin” has a goatee.
rentier over 4 years ago
It wasn’t me! It wasn’t me! I affirm, it wasn’t me! I’m good and mild minded, certainly it wasn’t me!!!
Charlie Fogwhistle over 4 years ago
Calvin, if you find my car keys or my good sunglasses in that parallel universe, let me know. What? You say that there are 475 million sets of car keys and 308 pairs of nice sunglasses, and which ones are mine? Hmm. Ok, nevermind.
ayespin over 4 years ago
Calvin is all about “alter egos.”
Concretionist over 4 years ago
After the umpteenth time, you’d think Calvin might have learned what doesn’t work…
fix-n-fly over 4 years ago
“It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, Babe” Bob Dylan
rgcviper over 4 years ago
For me, not knowing what Calvin did makes this strip even better.