“I ordered a piece of pie at a diner, and the waiter gave me a small piece. If the pie was a pie chart for ‘what would you do if you had a million dollars’, he gave me the ‘donate to charity’ piece. I would like to exchange mine for the ‘keep it’!” – Mitch Hedberg.
Liking the picture of Hobbes above the bed. And. It looks like Calvin actually managed to put together a ’plane with it sitting pride of place on the bedside table……
That’s how I try to deal with most of life’s major and minor reverses. I remind myself, “Don’t complain, it could be worse.” Freezing weather, blizzard, dead battery, water heater broken… "Don’t complain, it could be worse "
This reminds me of an AT&T Wireless commercial where the woman gives a little girl a lollypop and then gives her brother a bigger one. The girl exclaims, “That’s not fair!”
What did this girl do to deserve ANY lollypop to begin with? The fact that AT&T ran this commercial for months without any backlash is an indication as to how entitled Americans feel that they are.
People have felt entitled for thousands of years. In one of his parables, Jesus tells of a vineyard owner who hires people in the morning, more at midday and even more at the end of the day and pays them all the same amount. Those who were hired early complained even though they were paid a fair day’s wage.
Life is a lot easier when you look at yourself rather than compare yourself to others.
So Calvin, there are children who go to bed hungry which is a lot worse than no dessert.
Life is what you make it, you can make it hard and brutal, or you can make it wonderous and exciting. We have never lived in a time of such plenty and yet even with AC and fast cars people complain about dollars and dimes.
Considering that we live in a society whose businesses are in business of selling food, and we are surrounded by constant advertizing about food, I detest this artificial control of food for children.
If children’s food wasn’t cotrolled as much as it is, we wouldn’t have this atrocious epidemic of grossly overweight kids waddling about and who end up with diabetes type 2, which is completely preventable.
In real life, if my kid wanted to eat the whole pie, I never blinked an eye. If he wanted to eat dessert before supper, he did it.
In our house food was never used as a punishment or as a reward.
None of my kids are overweight, since they never had to feel that they would be deprived.
I wonder if his mom told him the classic “There are children starving in (wherever) who would just love to have that piece of pie” before she took it from him.
BE THIS GUY about 2 months ago
And now Calvin has no pie.
codycab about 2 months ago
Life actually only gets worse. All you can do is make it better.
Spacehog about 2 months ago
Hahahaha! That is one of my favorite strips!
Hello Everyone about 2 months ago
That’s a Child’s perspective!
cmxx about 2 months ago
Calvin so frequently has the opportunity to learn that the road of his life tends to be built on the words he decided to eject from his mouth.
Bilan about 2 months ago
And the pie is four days late! That’s outrageous!
snsurone76 about 2 months ago
Who put the bee in HIS britches today??
kbyrdleroy123 about 2 months ago
That’s what you get for taking life for granted.
Ivy Valory Premium Member about 2 months ago
This might be the grumpiest face Mr. Watterson ever drew.
su43dipta about 2 months ago
The pie doesn’t ever jump out of the plate and try to eat you, does it, Calvin?
su43dipta about 2 months ago
“I ordered a piece of pie at a diner, and the waiter gave me a small piece. If the pie was a pie chart for ‘what would you do if you had a million dollars’, he gave me the ‘donate to charity’ piece. I would like to exchange mine for the ‘keep it’!” – Mitch Hedberg.
GROG Premium Member about 2 months ago
Get used to it, sour puss.
Macushlalondra about 2 months ago
No one does Grumpy Face better than Calvin. Except maybe Grumpy Cat may she rest in peace!
Dave427 about 2 months ago
Mom and Dad in this strip know how to deal with an entitled child.
Pongo ol’ Boy about 2 months ago
Calvin is a glass half empty guy.
DaveG1960 about 2 months ago
Liking the picture of Hobbes above the bed. And. It looks like Calvin actually managed to put together a ’plane with it sitting pride of place on the bedside table……
win.45mag about 2 months ago
Life IS better. She could have made you turn out the light and go to sleep.
wndflower1 about 2 months ago
YUM! pie- 4 in the morning in denver and i’m hungry for pie—-cherry pie would be great for an early breakfast! YUM!
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 months ago
Calvin Discovers Shrinkflation.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Even a fish would miss getting caught if it knew to keep its mouth shut
Meg: All Seriousness Aside about 2 months ago
Yeah, because your life is pretty darn good. “Worse”, for you, is a much larger slice of life than “better”.
[Traveler] Premium Member about 2 months ago
Smile, they said, it could be worse, they said. So I smiled, and sure enough, it got worse.
Link from Twilight Princess about 2 months ago
After a somewhat disappointing Big Nate strip, I’m happy to be able to turn to my favorite comic strip of all time. This is a 10/10 strip in my book.
Guy from southern Indiana about 2 months ago
That’s how I try to deal with most of life’s major and minor reverses. I remind myself, “Don’t complain, it could be worse.” Freezing weather, blizzard, dead battery, water heater broken… "Don’t complain, it could be worse "
dflak about 2 months ago
This reminds me of an AT&T Wireless commercial where the woman gives a little girl a lollypop and then gives her brother a bigger one. The girl exclaims, “That’s not fair!”
What did this girl do to deserve ANY lollypop to begin with? The fact that AT&T ran this commercial for months without any backlash is an indication as to how entitled Americans feel that they are.
People have felt entitled for thousands of years. In one of his parables, Jesus tells of a vineyard owner who hires people in the morning, more at midday and even more at the end of the day and pays them all the same amount. Those who were hired early complained even though they were paid a fair day’s wage.
Life is a lot easier when you look at yourself rather than compare yourself to others.
So Calvin, there are children who go to bed hungry which is a lot worse than no dessert.
Diat60 about 2 months ago
Anyone ever wonder why Calvin is an only child?
ladykat about 2 months ago
You should have been thankful for your pie, Calvin.
royq27 about 2 months ago
Good pie is never large enough…
The Old Wolf about 2 months ago
FAFO, Calvin. Learn it now and save yourself a lot of anguish.
elvira.alejandro about 2 months ago
And, what ever happened to the unfulfilled math homework affair?
dpatrickryan Premium Member about 2 months ago
I’ve noticed, Calvin, I’ve noticed…
Vgrift85 about 2 months ago
Tiger picture in the background.
Angry Indeed about 2 months ago
While growing up in our household, a pie was as rare a treat as watching a total eclipse of the sun.
Calvins Brother about 2 months ago
You have to experience the “worse” to appreciate the “better”.
cracker65 about 2 months ago
Just be glad you got pie.
locake about 2 months ago
I would eat the pie first, before I complained about it not being enough.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 2 months ago
It’s amusing how we’re simultaneously told to accept our lot in life and sacrifice everything to improve it.
txmystic about 2 months ago
Everybody wants a bigger piece of the pie.
Mark DeMist Premium Member about 2 months ago
If Trump were a cartoon.
BRBurns1960 about 2 months ago
Life is what you make it, you can make it hard and brutal, or you can make it wonderous and exciting. We have never lived in a time of such plenty and yet even with AC and fast cars people complain about dollars and dimes.
Tetonbil Premium Member about 2 months ago
And you shall have no pie! See ya at breakfast.
brick10 about 2 months ago
And where is HOBBES? Probably eating the pie….
g04922 about 2 months ago
NEVER criticize Mom’s pie. Calvin will have time to think about that while in his bedroom.
elgrecousa Premium Member about 2 months ago
Try as best you can, and hope things will break your way (sometimes).
John Jorgensen about 2 months ago
This might be one of the most fundamental truths I’ve ever read in a strip.
anomaly about 2 months ago
Even more likely when you do stuff to make it that way.
1JennyJenkins about 2 months ago
Considering that we live in a society whose businesses are in business of selling food, and we are surrounded by constant advertizing about food, I detest this artificial control of food for children.
If children’s food wasn’t cotrolled as much as it is, we wouldn’t have this atrocious epidemic of grossly overweight kids waddling about and who end up with diabetes type 2, which is completely preventable.
In real life, if my kid wanted to eat the whole pie, I never blinked an eye. If he wanted to eat dessert before supper, he did it.
In our house food was never used as a punishment or as a reward.
None of my kids are overweight, since they never had to feel that they would be deprived.
mindjob about 2 months ago
It would go better with a cup o’ Joe. And 6 is not too young to start drinking it
Silence Dogood Premium Member about 2 months ago
Should have said, “was”, Calvin…
Scott S about 2 months ago
Telling me your Aunt Edna had a worse problem does not make my problem go away.
Brilliant_Birdie about 2 months ago
I’m both sides of that argument.
wiley207 about 2 months ago
This particular strip taught me to not make such complaints as a kid.
Mediatech about 2 months ago
If you expect better, you may be disappointed. If you expect worse, you’ll always be disappointed.
Sherlock5 about 2 months ago
I wonder if his mom told him the classic “There are children starving in (wherever) who would just love to have that piece of pie” before she took it from him.
KenDHoward1 about 2 months ago
Lesson learned … ??? … ;)
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 months ago
That was your object lesson for today.
buflogal! about 2 months ago
THIS is a brat. (notice for those who like to say what a terrible child Calvin is, when he’s just being a
kbyrdleroy123 about 1 month ago
Spoiled kid!