I hope that it is only the fantasy car that is nuclear powered and not the missiles. However, as it is another of Calvin’s unobtainable fantasies, it does not matter.
There used to be a regular commentator on this site called connie_shearer. We used to reply to one another regularly and disagreed over many things but we both enjoyed this strip.
There have been no comments from connie_shearer for about three months now. They seem to have finished shortly after the time machine story arc. I hope that connie_shearer is still well and still enjoying this excellent comic strip.
My wife has a valid complaint about me: I am very difficult to buy gifts for. When she asks me what I want, I tell her, “I don’t need anything.” Then she says, “I didn’t ask you what you need; I asked you what you WANT.”
It usually winds up being socks or underwear.
My life must really be blessed when the closest thing to a need that I have is socks or underwear.
I like to quote an expression that I read somewhere, “True wealth is not measured by how much you have, but by how much you don’t need.”
The sad reality is that, while nuclear power sounds exotic, all that is ever done with it is using the heat it gives off. Mostly to boil water on earth, in space there are some thermo electric generators operating.There ARE long standing proposals to use small nuclear explosions to propel a rocket forward. It has not yet happened.
Ford had a design for an actual nuclear-powered car called the Nucleon. Needless to say, it didn’t have a lot of seating room since the driver and passengers had to kept at a certain distance from the reactor. Ford never turned that design into a real thing.
A simple kid with grand visions that are simple on the surface yet complex beneath. This need s to be greatly encouraged in our young people. (Where do people this “Calvin is insane stuff??” Must have been in the house too long during 2020/21/22.)
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Complicated men are happy with a pair of socks.
dadthedawg over 1 year ago
A little more than a simpleton…..
codycab over 1 year ago
No Calvin. You’re a complicated kid with an insane mind.
GreasyOldTam over 1 year ago
Sounds pretty simple to me. What complicated about heat seeking missiles?
Robin Harwood over 1 year ago
I’d like one of those as well.
bigcatrik over 1 year ago
I like to say that my needs are few, but specific.
rshive over 1 year ago
Those complex tastes get you every time.
sandpiper over 1 year ago
When we take time for self-examination, most of us fit that profile.
DaveG1960 over 1 year ago
…. Simple man with a homicidal tendency……….
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
I hope that it is only the fantasy car that is nuclear powered and not the missiles. However, as it is another of Calvin’s unobtainable fantasies, it does not matter.
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
Calvin IS simple, otherwise he would have built such a vehicle himself—out of a cardboard box!!
MayCauseBurns over 1 year ago
I am blessed with simple tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
There used to be a regular commentator on this site called connie_shearer. We used to reply to one another regularly and disagreed over many things but we both enjoyed this strip.
There have been no comments from connie_shearer for about three months now. They seem to have finished shortly after the time machine story arc. I hope that connie_shearer is still well and still enjoying this excellent comic strip.
chuckcork1 over 1 year ago
Missiles with both laser guidance and heat seeking? A bit of overkill there.
As for Nuclear Cars, never got off the drawing board thank goodness.
russef over 1 year ago
For a second it sounded like the judge talkin to Roy.
jmworacle over 1 year ago
Calvin’s a complicated boy and no one understands but his tiger Hobbs.*
*With apologies to the late Isac Hayes.
Chris over 1 year ago
sounds about right.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Calvin’s a simple boy who thinks he’s a simple man with complex tastes…a boy can dream, can’t he?
jagedlo over 1 year ago
Simple? Since when?
dflak over 1 year ago
My wife has a valid complaint about me: I am very difficult to buy gifts for. When she asks me what I want, I tell her, “I don’t need anything.” Then she says, “I didn’t ask you what you need; I asked you what you WANT.”
It usually winds up being socks or underwear.
My life must really be blessed when the closest thing to a need that I have is socks or underwear.
I like to quote an expression that I read somewhere, “True wealth is not measured by how much you have, but by how much you don’t need.”
mfrasca over 1 year ago
And be a simple kind of man
Oh be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh won’t you do this for me son if you can
- Van Zant / Rossington
Guayo1 over 1 year ago
You nail it Calvin, that’s what we are.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 1 year ago
Time to cue the song ‘Simple Man’ by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
https://youtu.be/yCQHCYnUNRc
goboboyd over 1 year ago
It’s simple. Ideas are easy. Execution is hard.
kab2rb over 1 year ago
No Calvin, you are over acted brain trying to destroy.
IshkaBibel1 over 1 year ago
The sad reality is that, while nuclear power sounds exotic, all that is ever done with it is using the heat it gives off. Mostly to boil water on earth, in space there are some thermo electric generators operating.There ARE long standing proposals to use small nuclear explosions to propel a rocket forward. It has not yet happened.
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 1 year ago
Make sure it has the 1.21 gigawatts for re entry back into your own time!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Every tyrant is simple. Give them what they want, when they want it, and all is well.
g04922 over 1 year ago
Glad to see Hobbes is back on a regular basis. He keeps Calvin in line. Well, he does try.
g04922 over 1 year ago
Still love the tiger striped t-shirt that Calvin wears.
Calvins Brother over 1 year ago
I too am a simple man. I just want a drone I can fly in, or a yo-yo.
pixiekitten Premium Member over 1 year ago
Mood though
KEA over 1 year ago
in other words, a greedy idiot. join the crowd.
VickiP123 over 1 year ago
then go somewhere else
kathleenhicks62 over 1 year ago
I am like Calvin live the simple life-complicated.
Redd Panda over 1 year ago
’’coolguy’’ seems confused .. no one says he needs to be here … just bugger off.
Neat '33 over 1 year ago
Don’t understand how this person’s “handle” is allowed with the “F” word and other silly things are squelched ?
Earnestly Frank over 1 year ago
I had one of those cars last year, but it turned out to be a lemon.
Andrew Bosch Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ford had a design for an actual nuclear-powered car called the Nucleon. Needless to say, it didn’t have a lot of seating room since the driver and passengers had to kept at a certain distance from the reactor. Ford never turned that design into a real thing.
Stephen Gilberg over 1 year ago
Funny how Hobbes doesn’t question the “man” part.
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Calvin you are a novice. How come all of us here are hooked on you for years.
larryzolcienski over 1 year ago
Then stop reading it. Not that complicated.
Ammo is on a break Premium Member over 1 year ago
#metoo big C.
Bilan over 1 year ago
Calvin is a simple person, like most boys his age. He wants everything.
wiley207 over 1 year ago
Simple man? He’s not even a man!
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Actually you’re a six year old who doesn’t know what he wants from life yet.
edeloriea14 over 1 year ago
Calvin’s not even a man; just a bratty little boy.
William Stoneham Premium Member over 1 year ago
A young Elon Musk?
John Jorgensen over 1 year ago
I could go for a nuclear powered car myself.
Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Tastes that come with not-so-predictable twists!
MattDingleberry over 1 year ago
“laser guided” and “heat seeking” seems to be redundant…
nathan.sheriff3 over 1 year ago
A simple kid with grand visions that are simple on the surface yet complex beneath. This need s to be greatly encouraged in our young people. (Where do people this “Calvin is insane stuff??” Must have been in the house too long during 2020/21/22.)