oookaaaay. I have to admit, I’m curious. I would probably let this play out until I knew what the little nimrod had in mind. Sort of like the FBI, but sooner.
I’m old enough to buy firearms, but I don’t have a permit. And I can’t get explosives: I don’t have a license. To get a license, I have to show I have a need for their legitimate use in my work, which I don’t have. I also have show those who will using the explosives have proper training in handling, storage, and use.
When my dad and his brothers were around Calvin’s age, they found a box of dynamite sticks (this was a hundred years ago) and blew up a tree. Calvin was just born a hundred years too late.
My Pops taught me how to shoot and he bought me my first .22 at ten, he also taught me the important skill of launching a tin can with a well placed “Black Cat”. In old time free California no less, today a firecracker could land you in jail.
Feel bad for Dad watching him in frame 3 building with excitement over the thought of bonding with his son, and knowing the inevitable deflation that will happen in frame 4. :^(
codycab over 1 year ago
“Yes but you aren’t, therefore this won’t be a father-son thing to do.”
C over 1 year ago
Camping and bike Dad has no interest
GreasyOldTam over 1 year ago
I’m 70, and I don’t feel old enough to buy either one. As you’ve no doubt guessed, I don’t live in Texas.
SHIVA over 1 year ago
Dad, go on YouTube and show the little cretin the destruction and suffering that firearms and explosives cause in this world!!
Mediatech over 1 year ago
Nothing says good times quite like carelessly used explosives.
-Saint- over 1 year ago
Water balloons & squirt guns can be fun – best done outside however…!
su43dipta over 1 year ago
Calvin, your dad’s no fun.
in.amongst over 1 year ago
Am still curious, what is the project Calvin?
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 1 year ago
Now, hear the boy out, dad. He might want those items for completely innocent activities. ;-D
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
I dunno why, but in profile (see third panel), Calvin’s head looks just like a Pez dispenser!!
But anyway—he SERIOUSLY needs psychiatric help!!
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
Fortunately, Dad is old enough to know better too!
SquidGamerGal over 1 year ago
That is NOT something you want to hear from a six-year-old, especially these days!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
oookaaaay. I have to admit, I’m curious. I would probably let this play out until I knew what the little nimrod had in mind. Sort of like the FBI, but sooner.
jrankin1959 over 1 year ago
And Calvin loses his TV privileges for another month…
jagedlo over 1 year ago
Should have told him that it’s an activity that builds character!
JamieLee Premium Member over 1 year ago
The innocent look on Calvin’s face in panel 2 made me laugh, and gave it all away.
Chris over 1 year ago
and suddenly the mood is gone.
rshive over 1 year ago
Just a little play time fun.
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Given the increasing frequency of gun and explosive events, this one is bitterly ironic.
oakie817 over 1 year ago
in today’s world, Calvin could buy a gun himself at a gun show
Prey over 1 year ago
Just tell him you can´t because of what happened on your 21st birthday.
Detroit Dan over 1 year ago
Calvin is just another HST in the making…
mindjob over 1 year ago
Next he’ll need a trench coat and sunglasses. He’s already written a manifesto
brick10 over 1 year ago
Tell me more….
Redd Panda over 1 year ago
Old enough for school? Yup. Time for some weaponry.
g04922 over 1 year ago
LOL… Calvin is spending WAY too much time on those ‘dark’ internet website.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
“And to know better.”
ilovecomics*infinity over 1 year ago
Considering the normal Calvin/Dad interactions it is so nice see Dad so excited to do a project with his little guy!! <3
Jogger2 over 1 year ago
I’m old enough to buy firearms, but I don’t have a permit. And I can’t get explosives: I don’t have a license. To get a license, I have to show I have a need for their legitimate use in my work, which I don’t have. I also have show those who will using the explosives have proper training in handling, storage, and use.
Dreaming in Alola over 1 year ago
I wonder. If there was a book made up of all the C+H strips that wouldn’t be acceptable to print by today’s standards, how big would it be?
EnlilEnkiEa over 1 year ago
Kid has foresight.
Calvins Brother over 1 year ago
“…..and maybe a flamethrower !”
Plods with ...™ over 1 year ago
My dad taught me to shoot at 5. Had a .22 with a “my sized” custom stock.
Taught me hunting at 8. Always supervised.
dbradway1 over 1 year ago
When my dad and his brothers were around Calvin’s age, they found a box of dynamite sticks (this was a hundred years ago) and blew up a tree. Calvin was just born a hundred years too late.
Bruce388 over 1 year ago
Calvin’s Dad actually thought they were going to have a father/son bonding experience.
schaefer jim over 1 year ago
CAL WANT TO GO HUNTING AND FISHING!
CEER45 over 1 year ago
HE ISN’T A D—K H—D LIKE YOU, A— H—-!
liberalnlovinit over 1 year ago
I really just wanted to go blow up the Guns of Navarone.
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Cheer up dad, Your son is way too smart at six.
Ammo is on a break Premium Member over 1 year ago
My Pops taught me how to shoot and he bought me my first .22 at ten, he also taught me the important skill of launching a tin can with a well placed “Black Cat”. In old time free California no less, today a firecracker could land you in jail.
coffeeturtle over 1 year ago
Feel bad for Dad watching him in frame 3 building with excitement over the thought of bonding with his son, and knowing the inevitable deflation that will happen in frame 4. :^(
wiley207 over 1 year ago
In the second panel, you know Calvin acting innocent like that means he’s really up to something…
cosman over 1 year ago
..and with a simple signature on a couple of forms, we can get a cannon !
Guilty Bystander over 1 year ago
Ahhhhh…is this how the Bundy family started out?
edeloriea14 over 1 year ago
This is not what Calvin’s dad had in mind for father-son bonding. (Terrible idea, Calvin!)
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
From sweet to savage just like that.
Lightpainter Premium Member over 1 year ago
Good evidence that Dad is a good dad sometimes!