Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 06, 2009

Sure she is, you just can’t see her eyes….

She will look when it is higher than her knees, Calvin. But by that time you will be upto your neck in water.

I get some variation on this from my daughter about five times a day. The school year can’t start soon enough.

The sarcasm drips.

Sadly Mom is funed-out . Calvin will catch on , she used a word with more than 6 letters . She means definition One .

at least the “thing that went ‘bump’ in the night” didn’t get him. i’m guessing dad is still untangling the fishing line after the little trip two days ago.

Mum, you’re blaming the wrong person for your foul mood. By the way, you could have stayed home. That might have made the trip better all the way round.

That’s a big Ten-Rodger good buddy .

All in all, Mom’s not doing too badly: towel, bathing suit, glasses, novel…for many women, that’s the perfect summer vacation.

Funned out? Not quite. Just annoyed at everyone else’s foibles.

she just regrets not listening to calvin in the car

while we can all identify with Calvin’s childhood in some ways - for me the message of Calvin & Hobbs is to remind us as adults what a magical world we really live in as seen through Calvin’s eyes.

Parents should show sometimes more interest! For a child diving into the water is a great event and Calvin wants to part it with his mother!

Mom could look if Calvin hadn’t broke the binoculars

Mom is looking, she just doesn’t want to have to listen to the running commentary. As rayannina said it is a part of the age, and gets old very quickly.

He won’t be in there long, the lake water is ice cold.

Ahh seems to me that Calvin is actually enjoying his holiday! Much more could be said about his parents though!

Look Calvin, soon your belly is under the water!

Not quite Yukoner–though it would have improved the trip for her.

Green Engineer, that’s not enjoyment–it’s only “salvaging some juice from the lemons”.

Ronshua said, about 5 hours ago

That’s a big Ten-Rodger good buddy .

That would be a BIG TEN-FOUR or Roger, not both. Does anyone still even have a CB?

Yeah, when everything gets quiet, thats when I look.

I can sympathise with Calvin … I used to do that a lot to my mum! Also loved to burn things as well … I see a lot of myself in that kid … though according to my mother, I was far “tamer” apparently, she didn’t realise what angels me and my younger brother were until she read Calvin and Hobbes!

It may look like Mom’s having fun to some, but after being stuck home alone with him while Dad’s out working, a vacation just isn’t a vacation unless Calvin isn’t there to share it with her. And then there’s the camping thing. I don’t think that would be her first choice on her list of vacationing activities.

She’s waiting for when the water’s above his mouth and he can’t talk. At first, she’ll enjoy the peace and quiet, and then she’ll realize something’s wrong because of the peace and quiet and go into panic mode.

Didn’t we do this a couple weeks ago on “For Better or For Worse”? Micheal was telling mom to watch him in the water over and over and over til finally Elly got fed up and took a walk leaving her husband John to watch Michael.

She went on this trip cause she worried that two would go but one would come back.

Wonder how Calvin was when his father got a certain operation???

BUT I, CALVIN, AM THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE!!!!

Only a matter of time before he’s until he’s in over his head again.

calvin, get her back by going in over your head. pretend that you’re drowning and she’ll have to get all wet saving you.

hey gang! how’s it hangin’?

I plead guilty.

Hmm… I feel like those who are critical of Calvin’s mom are misunderstanding something very basic….

Waterson does more than just capturing the magic and imagination of childhood - he also does a masterful job of capturing what it’s like for he parents involved - which is sometimes joyous and sometimes not that fun - or more fun for the kid than it is for the adults. Remember all those pranks that Calvin pulls on his babysitter and on his parents when he thinks he’s Spaceman Spiff? Waterson does a wonderful job of showing how that feels for Calvin - as well as how tiring that is for the parents sometimes…

And I don’t care if you think you’re super-parent - no parent can hang on their kid’s every word and watch their kid’s every motion with bated breath - especially if the kid is so attention seeking that they insist on chattering constantly and literally asking for the parent to look at every trivial thing they do and to comment on every word they utter. If you haven’t experienced the full-surround wall of sound from a little kid - then you truly don’t know what it’s like to be around a kid who is being that demanding… It can be very exhausting! I’ve had the experience where a kid won’t let me read a single page of a book - as if I’m somehow not allowed to have a moment or a thought to myself - it can drive anyone up a tree. And for purposes of this cartoon strip - I’m sure that the creek that Calvin is exploring isn’t particularly deep and that Calvin’s mom is allowed to read a novel without being accused of neglecting Calvin’s needs…. Well…. she probably won’t get a chance to read a novel with Calvin’s constant commentary - but oh well…

looks like the trip is improving…for now… :-)

My Gawd Fermiproblem! Slow down and smell the humor! Relax, Breathe Deep….

dinosaur123 said, about 6 hours ago

Ronshua said, about 5 hours ago

That’s a big Ten-Rodger good buddy .

That would be a BIG TEN-FOUR or Roger, not both. Does anyone still even have a CB?

my nephew is a trucker and he doesn’t use a CB anynmore, he has 2 different cell phones so he can have total country wide coverage

Hey fermiproblem, you made me feel better. If even a supermom,(which I wasn’t) could get numb from the antics of Calvin, then maybe it was ok if I literally puked my guts up from the antics of not one, but get this…. tada! Three of him!

Here’s what Calvin and Mom reminded me of…

Arthur: “I’ve decided to take a bath.” Hobson: “I shall alert the media.” Arthur: “Do you want to run my bath for me?” Hobson: “It is what I live for.”

R.I.P. Sir John Gielgud and Dudley Moore.

Arthur would’ve lived for Twitter. And Hobson would’ve put in all the updates.

Hey, she is acting just like the trasher moms all over the SW that let their kids drown in their pools. Juanita, you need to be watching your #1 son!

Yes, parents should give their children more attention so the kids don’t have to misbehave to get it. And, yes, kids can be incredibly irritating. I can identify with both positions.

Dinosaur – thanks I said that to see or find out if someone was reading my babbling . thanks again and no to using and I think there’s 2 dusty cb’s left over from the yard sale . You in the market , cheep, bird seed inexpensive . Well got to GO ah 10-100 ah good Buddy

I noticed that as well Ron. More people read your babbling than you realize. ;)

Tennessee Charlie said: calvin left alone to play in this river????

five minutes later, calvin is riding a log over the water fall yelling YOU’RE NOT EVEN LOOKING ——————————————————————————- @Tennessee Charlie: Or worse, carrying dead fish as he rides the river to the shark-infested ocean.