But those are the lessons that bring contentment when mastered. They kinda make up for the ones that don’t work so well. Mess up on one, Well, I can always yo-yo.
I just bought a Yo Yo last week, I’m 69 next month and still playing with toys, LOL, I’m going to send my grandsons a couple of Duncan’s. Regular and Butterfly.
Now that I have more time, I’m thinking maybe I could try the yo-yo again and maybe make it come back more than once. …or I could just watch tiktok for a couple of hours.
I remember the hours I spent as a kid learning various tricks with a yo-yo. I haven’t seen a yo-yo in decades and probably couldn’t even get it to go up and down now.
The easiest to do for me were “Around the World” and “Walking the Dog”. The hardest I attempted (and got only a couple of times), was “Rocking the Baby”…
This why we need to bring back the draft – for both sexes. The military has great training and education programs. And maintains total control over its weapons. Whick is good in Calvin’s case.
Reminds me of guy I worked with. His son’s biggest point of pride is that he had won some kind of award for continuous time typing on a smartphone. !!!!
BE THIS GUY 11 months ago
You can learn how to use it as a weapon against Moe.
codycab 11 months ago
In other words, skills that don’t require patience.
SHIVA 11 months ago
We all know that!!!
Dr. Quatermass 11 months ago
Calvin, put that on your resume. You might be included in a certain scheduled cage match.
minty_Joe 11 months ago
Looks like Calvin needs to hire Tom Smothers to teach him yo-yo tricks.
Snickerz 11 months ago
Whatever ya say, buzz kill.
lalapalooza Premium Member 11 months ago
Are you kidding? yoyoing is very difficult and takes lots of practice and dexterity. i never mastered it. : (
snsurone76 11 months ago
Ah, yes—doing yo-yo tricks REALLY builds character!! Right, Dad??
Guayo1 11 months ago
You are wrong Calvin, all that hand maneuvers are preparing for “virtual reality”.
Purple People Eater 11 months ago
If you learn the physics behind those yo-yo tricks, that might do you some good.
rmercer Premium Member 11 months ago
… and/or impress girls. Useful whether you like OR hate them…
amanbe3 11 months ago
My brother was an expert with a yo-yo. I could barely get one to go up and down!
sandpiper 11 months ago
But those are the lessons that bring contentment when mastered. They kinda make up for the ones that don’t work so well. Mess up on one, Well, I can always yo-yo.
jagedlo 11 months ago
You never know, Calvin…there may be an opportunity where you have to use that skill…
Forest Dweller 54 11 months ago
I just bought a Yo Yo last week, I’m 69 next month and still playing with toys, LOL, I’m going to send my grandsons a couple of Duncan’s. Regular and Butterfly.
Just-me 11 months ago
As a kid, I spent hours playing with one of those things. Even made a small one out of some pieces of a Tinkertoy set.
mourdac Premium Member 11 months ago
Just ahead of your time, Calvin. You would have had many followers if you had had YouTube, TikTok, etc.
Zebrastripes 11 months ago
Yo Yo ing teaches co-ordination and alertness…
M2MM 11 months ago
And yet, he can’t ride his bicycle without it killing him. :P
rshive 11 months ago
Consider the possibility that your teachers can do it even better, Calvin. Very deflating.
Ceggie 11 months ago
I’m horrible at yo yo’s
goboboyd 11 months ago
Juggling- Catch a ball, decide what to do with it, get rid of it and move on to the next thing that comes along.
DaveG1960 11 months ago
It keeps you busy and out of mischief…..
mckeonfuneralhomebx 11 months ago
These are the joys of being a UTE!
DatsunMan 11 months ago
Sounds like the majority of college students that graduate with a degree that might get them flipping burgers or drying cars at a car wash.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 11 months ago
Now that I have more time, I’m thinking maybe I could try the yo-yo again and maybe make it come back more than once. …or I could just watch tiktok for a couple of hours.
figuratively speaking 11 months ago
Those skills are the best!
Count Olaf Premium Member 11 months ago
Yoyo YOLO… enjoy it while you can. Calvin.
klapre 11 months ago
I remember the hours I spent as a kid learning various tricks with a yo-yo. I haven’t seen a yo-yo in decades and probably couldn’t even get it to go up and down now.
ladykat 11 months ago
I’m sure that yo-yo has some application in real life, Calvin.
jrankin1959 11 months ago
Hey, don’t knock it, kid – Tom Smothers had an entire second career as The Yo-Yo Man.
ChessPirate 11 months ago
The easiest to do for me were “Around the World” and “Walking the Dog”. The hardest I attempted (and got only a couple of times), was “Rocking the Baby”…
mindjob 11 months ago
He could become the Joey Chestnut of the yo-yo
g04922 11 months ago
This why we need to bring back the draft – for both sexes. The military has great training and education programs. And maintains total control over its weapons. Whick is good in Calvin’s case.
Calvins Brother 11 months ago
That makes you unique.
BiggerNate91 11 months ago
At least he finally says it. He learns what he wants to, not what he’s forced to.
Banjo Gordy Premium Member 11 months ago
Reminds me of Smother brother Tom the Yo yo man acts.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 11 months ago
He’s getting ready for ‘reality TV’.
T... 11 months ago
Just like learning to type so I can type inane comments on GoComics, following after most of the other fatuous commenters…
mistercatworks 11 months ago
Reminds me of guy I worked with. His son’s biggest point of pride is that he had won some kind of award for continuous time typing on a smartphone. !!!!
willie_mctell 11 months ago
The mathematicians’ toast: “Here’s to pure mathematics. May she never be of any use to anyone.”
crazeekatlady 11 months ago
Never figured out how those work. I call them Yos because they go down and stay there.
comicsboi Premium Member 11 months ago
Calvin was just ahead of his time. Today, he could make a fortune doing yo yo tricks on TikTok and the like.
John Jorgensen 11 months ago
Yeah, same here.
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT 11 months ago
Just like practically everything I was forced to learn in secondary (high) school.