My parents would be the last ones I would call. I would instead lightly tap the person beside me and turn my page slightly with a quiz-look on my face. Good thing I sat in the middle of the classroom. In the front you were in the eye of the teacher, in the back you were in the eye of the assistant, but in the middle you were safe.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
Why didn’t he call Hobbes?
retrocool over 4 years ago
use your fingers Calvin
alaskajohn1 over 4 years ago
I always thought it was either #1 or #2.
codycab over 4 years ago
1 question down, 99 more to go. Better hurry, Calvin.
Watcher over 4 years ago
Calvin, have your dad invest in a couple of beepers and you can beep him for an answer.
jmworacle over 4 years ago
Someone is in need of an extended time out. I don’t mean Hobbs.
DaveG1960 over 4 years ago
42, that’s the answer to everything…
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 4 years ago
Can’t trust dad to give a straight answer to anything, Calvin!
anishakjaiswal over 4 years ago
Love Dad’s expressions in each panel…changes from indifference to anger to concern. Bill Watterson is a genius !
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
Didn’t you want Calvin to always come to you if he needed help, Dad?
nosirrom over 4 years ago
The age at which you might finish being grounded.
keltii over 4 years ago
it’s the hours you’ll be working at the local gas station/store.
Comic Man X over 4 years ago
6th panel: (Dad hangs up) 7th panel: Calvin: NOOOOO
Comic Man X over 4 years ago
Or just use the calculator Calvin…
GregBrady over 4 years ago
I’m surprised that Calvin knows his dad’s work phone number. The principal, yes. But Calvin?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
The original ‘dial a friend’. Though, from some of his answers in the past, I am not sure Dad is the right one to go to on this.
gregaw over 4 years ago
Eleventy seven
sundogusa over 4 years ago
Wait until cell phones and you can text Dad! Will Dad be surprised!
Sugar Bombs 66 over 4 years ago
I wonder if my 6-year-old would know what a payphone is or know how to use it. He certainly wouldn’t have any change in his pocket.
Grimmwood900 over 4 years ago
Accomplished philosopher, inventor, shrewd observer of society, skilled paleontologist … now if he could just master introductory arithmetic.
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
Easier way: Hey Siri! What is 11 + 7….oh wait, no smart phones then!
BiggerNate91 over 4 years ago
I like the “other version” of this particular strip better.
Which I will not describes because spoilers.
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
Don’t forget to carry the 1.
Snoots over 4 years ago
The answer is 23 Calvin. That’s right, 23. Because it’s Tuesday, that’s why.
gantech over 4 years ago
Why do I get the feeling there are going to be a lot of calls before the day is out?
Chad Cheetah over 4 years ago
Knowing Miss Wormwood, it’s a surprise that she let him go to the bathroom without answering the question first.
Nick Danger over 4 years ago
Eleventy-seven
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
Hobbs doesn’t answer the phone.
Ermine Notyours over 4 years ago
If you need help with multiplication, call Mr. Bun.
BillJackson2 over 4 years ago
Really old cartoon: man sitting using a slide rule and says “Let’s see; 2 times 2 is… 3.987348… oh, heck, let’s just call it 4.”
BillJackson2 over 4 years ago
I vaguely remember an Abbot and Costello routine that was something like Costello proving to Abbot that 7X15 was 42…
baraktorvan over 4 years ago
My parents would be the last ones I would call. I would instead lightly tap the person beside me and turn my page slightly with a quiz-look on my face. Good thing I sat in the middle of the classroom. In the front you were in the eye of the teacher, in the back you were in the eye of the assistant, but in the middle you were safe.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
The answer is eleventy-seven. As anybody knows who was paying attention.
AwelCruiz over 4 years ago
18
ValancyCarmody over 4 years ago
No, the answer is Bolivia
liamtozer7 over 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA I love calvin so dum!!!
random gamer over 3 years ago
dad: 117
Foreshadow about 3 years ago
Bruh, who hasnt tried this before
Bring da bling over 2 years ago
21
cjh122111 about 2 years ago
18, calvin.