It’s no fun either when you work in the rain as a cart collector of a grocery store and previously as a Salvation Army donation trailer attendant. With the latter, no shelter when trailer gets full. Sure I could’ve stayed in the car, but I don’t have a car nor driving license.
You laugh, Calvin, but that is EXACTLY how my youngest brother died in 2007 at the age of 39. He came down with pneumonia in August of that year and just never got better. By mid-October, he was gone! :(
There’s a game called “What’s the worst that could happen”. Invoke it when someone worries about something that’s not under their control, or isn’t REALLY a problem or the like. It’s a “one upsmanship” game. Mom has made the first move. Then Calvin might reply, ‘Yeah, but while I’m in the hospital I might catch a disease and die of THAT instead!" The mom migh suggest, “Yeah, and you’d be so sick that EVERYONE would get it, and THEY would all die too!” … and eventually, it gets so absurd that everybody backs off and comes to a more … moderate… conclusion.
My mom always told us “You can go out when it’s a warm rain.” I was too little to realise that meant just never, because she was the one who decided what temperature the rain was.
Back in the days when millionaires were human I worked all day on a Sunday in the rain to rebuild the brakes of a semi. Got the flu of course and was bedridden for two weeks. The boss’s own doctor treated me, his wife nursed me and I was paid the Sunday rate for the whole time I was off ill.
I will never understand why playing in the rain is so much fun and working in the rain is so miserable. I think if having fun in the rain was my job it would be miserable work.
I guess temperature has a lot to do with it…we were allowed to do so during the summer as long as there was no lightning, we just donned our swimsuits and got into the bath/shower afterwards…really not much different from an hour at the pool…
At 4 years old I was near death with Pneumonia & Pleurisy after going out in Chatham NJ winter dressed only with T shirt & shorts after a snow storm. Only thing that saved me wasnew drug Sulfa.
codycab over 2 years ago
“I repeat, “What’s wrong with that?”
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
It’s no fun either when you work in the rain as a cart collector of a grocery store and previously as a Salvation Army donation trailer attendant. With the latter, no shelter when trailer gets full. Sure I could’ve stayed in the car, but I don’t have a car nor driving license.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 2 years ago
As a kid I’ve always played in the rain and now I’m 64 and in good health.
Scorpio Premium Member over 2 years ago
Seems that even in 1991, the medical debt from hospital visits was terrorfying.
legaleagle48 over 2 years ago
You laugh, Calvin, but that is EXACTLY how my youngest brother died in 2007 at the age of 39. He came down with pneumonia in August of that year and just never got better. By mid-October, he was gone! :(
jagedlo over 2 years ago
As I read this, it’s raining outside…so I can imagine C&H playing out there anyway!
Crann Bethadh over 2 years ago
Mom can be such a buzzkill sometimes.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
There’s a game called “What’s the worst that could happen”. Invoke it when someone worries about something that’s not under their control, or isn’t REALLY a problem or the like. It’s a “one upsmanship” game. Mom has made the first move. Then Calvin might reply, ‘Yeah, but while I’m in the hospital I might catch a disease and die of THAT instead!" The mom migh suggest, “Yeah, and you’d be so sick that EVERYONE would get it, and THEY would all die too!” … and eventually, it gets so absurd that everybody backs off and comes to a more … moderate… conclusion.
Alexander the Good Enough over 2 years ago
Look! LOOK!! A typewriter! At least that’s what I think it is. It’s been a while…
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Gee, I thought Calvin’s mother would WANT that to happen to him—except for the hospital bills, but if their insurance premiums are up to date…
jmworacle over 2 years ago
Just tell Calvin he’d be taking a bath. That would change his mind.
orinoco womble over 2 years ago
My mom always told us “You can go out when it’s a warm rain.” I was too little to realise that meant just never, because she was the one who decided what temperature the rain was.
Troglodyte over 2 years ago
Just like Mom to rain on Calvin’s parade! :D
Its just me over 2 years ago
Back in the days when millionaires were human I worked all day on a Sunday in the rain to rebuild the brakes of a semi. Got the flu of course and was bedridden for two weeks. The boss’s own doctor treated me, his wife nursed me and I was paid the Sunday rate for the whole time I was off ill.
dflak over 2 years ago
Moms always have an explanation. Mine told me the reason I had to wait to go swimming after I just ate was because I would sink.
Redd Panda over 2 years ago
Lest we forget; ‘’… you could poke out an eye or break your neck.’’
Thanks, Mum.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 2 years ago
Baloney.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
I will never understand why playing in the rain is so much fun and working in the rain is so miserable. I think if having fun in the rain was my job it would be miserable work.
Jon Premium Member over 2 years ago
“. . . or worse, you could nnot die!”
A Hip loving Canadian... over 2 years ago
Moms are programmed to respond in “worst-case scenarios” only.
Ken Otwell over 2 years ago
Now Calvin can echo Mom’s words back to here when she wants him to take a bath.
wiley207 over 2 years ago
This is exactly like my parents. They frequently give me and my brother grim worst-case scenarios like that.
kathleenhicks62 over 2 years ago
Hobbes look is great.
KEA over 2 years ago
When I was a kid, a T_storm was a call to go outside and play in the rain. I don’t know how we survived.
txmystic over 2 years ago
I guess temperature has a lot to do with it…we were allowed to do so during the summer as long as there was no lightning, we just donned our swimsuits and got into the bath/shower afterwards…really not much different from an hour at the pool…
Spaceman Tom over 2 years ago
Moms: Queens of the Worst Case Scenario.
Sir Isaac over 2 years ago
Still, from a child’s point of view there’s nothing like being allowed to play in the warm, summer rain.
Banjo Gordy Premium Member over 2 years ago
At 4 years old I was near death with Pneumonia & Pleurisy after going out in Chatham NJ winter dressed only with T shirt & shorts after a snow storm. Only thing that saved me wasnew drug Sulfa.
locake over 2 years ago
I think she is more concerned about running up a huge hospital bill than him dying.
hagarthehorrible over 2 years ago
Nothing can match the sheer fun of drenching in the rain. What’s childhood without this experience.
christelisbetty over 2 years ago
dry
tinstar over 2 years ago
I haven’t decided which is worse… working in the rain, without shelter, or, working outside when it’s a -10, or more wind chill, in Winter.