I guess that’s what moms are for. Push you out of your comfort zone. When I want to relax in my room she will throw me out and when I am enjoying outdoors she will call me back.
Life is tough.
dahawk:
Y Indian Guides? That sounds like a great project! We have the Scouts or the Explorer Clubs around here. Does the “Y” have anything to do with the YMCA? I was a Cub Scout leader for two years and an assistant Boy Scout Leader for two years when my son was in. I can just see my kids then being crazy over that too!
In the days when this comic was run before computers, video games, and cable or satellite television its hard to believe it would be that hard to get Calvin to go outside and play! You couldn’t keep me and my friends inside back when we were young!
It’s too hot out here!
“Ahhh, this porridge is just right, Goldilocks said happily, and she ate it all.”
This water is too cold!
“Ahhh, this chair is just right, Goldilocks sighed.”
This shade is too dark.
“Then Goldilocks lay down in the third bed and it was just right.”
Blondes really do have more fun! Oh wait… isn’t Calvin blond?
Calvin must be an exception to the rule, but then, Calvin usually takes exception to the rules. Calvin is exceptional!
Before he knows it, he’ll have to work every day and all that sitting in the shade and wading in the creek will be something that he wishes he had time to do. When he isn’t at work or commuting to and from, he’ll be having to fix something in the house or cut grass or shovel all that snow he makes his snow goons out of. Snow won’t be as much fun then……
Calvin actually spend a lot of time outside - especially in winter when he’s building his unique snowmen. And I believe parents have been saying, “Get outside” to kids for generations.
I read a book once (& can’t remember what it is anymore) where the main character’s father tried to get him to give up reading because all that reading was bad for a kid.
IT IS WHAT IT IS ! !. Not much you can do about that…..Except turn a frown upside down by hanging upside down from that tree in the shade beside the creek.
What amazes me when Friday 13th comes on certain months it’s acknowledge. But in December when Friday 13th comes not. My late dad’s BD was on Dec 13th, my hubby’s former sister-in-law hers is Dec. 13th.
my mom complained because my brother and i were always outside
as soon as chores were done, we were off until dinner then back outside
kids today, if it doesn’t have a keyboard or a game controller, they want no part of it
Dino, yes, the Y Guides was sponsored by the YMCA. The neatest thing about it was involving each dad with scouting type activities with their sons. We had monthly meeting at rotating homes and each pair brought their homemade piece of the tribe totom that would stack on each other. We all also had Indian names, Gold Eagle, Redhawk, White Owl, Bluejay, etc. and did primitive camping activities and projects.
When growing up out in the country, sometimes Mom wouldn’t see my brother and me in the summer from after breakfast and chores till suppertime. Had to wash our feet every night before bedtime as we went barefoot all summer. Got one new pair of shoes for start of school in the fall from Sears-Roebuck.
You almost never see Calvin playing happily with other kids his age. This isolating behavior bespeaks far deeper problems with this little boy…..
Not necessarily. As an introvert, he could simply be happier by himself. And who would he play with? Suzie? Moe?
He was in a scout troop once–but naturally he was off by himself, and got into trouble for straying. That’s when Mr. Watterson realized he was a naturally solitary kid with a tremendous imagination. Probably an INFJ.
Young man, there’s no need to feel down.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young man, ‘cause you’re in a new town
There’s no need to be unhappy.
Young man, there’s a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you’re short on your dough.
You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys …
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel …
Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you’ve got to know this one thing!
No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.
I’m sure they can help you today.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys …
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel …
Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so jive …
That’s when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
It’s a place there called the Y.M.C.A.
They can start you back on your way.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys …
YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A
Young man, young man there’s no need to feel down
Young man, young man pick yourself off the ground
Y-M-C-A
then just go to the Y-M-C-A
young man, young man I was once in your shoes
young man, young man I said, I was down and out with the blues.
Y-M-C-A
INFJ is one of the sixteen possible combinations of “Introvert” (or “extrovert”) and three other traits. It’s the Myers-Briggs (if I’ve got that right) system of putting people into psychological categories, usually based on a big multiple-choice test of what they prefer.
I’m wondering how come Calvin can say “darn” in three consecutive frames of a comic strip (I wrote the D-word he uses, but I expect it’ll get bleeped out in my post), but Commenters here can’t even get away with saying it once?
margueritem over 13 years ago
Hobbes, he’s made up his mind to be grumpy..
garfield246 over 13 years ago
Fussy, fussy, fussy.
rentier over 13 years ago
I love wading in the creek on a hot day!
COWBOY7 over 13 years ago
Just deal with it, Calvin!
G’Morning Mike, Marg, Grog & Fran!
SWEETBILL over 13 years ago
Calvin needs a life sooooo bad..
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 13 years ago
The heat bothers everyone…
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
Hobbes sympathizes with Mom.
ladywolf17 over 13 years ago
Well enjoy being grumpy and bored then….It’s a lot better than getting beaten up by Moe.
moronbis over 13 years ago
There you go. He is whining again.
I guess that’s what moms are for. Push you out of your comfort zone. When I want to relax in my room she will throw me out and when I am enjoying outdoors she will call me back. Life is tough.
Dino-1 over 13 years ago
dahawk: Y Indian Guides? That sounds like a great project! We have the Scouts or the Explorer Clubs around here. Does the “Y” have anything to do with the YMCA? I was a Cub Scout leader for two years and an assistant Boy Scout Leader for two years when my son was in. I can just see my kids then being crazy over that too! In the days when this comic was run before computers, video games, and cable or satellite television its hard to believe it would be that hard to get Calvin to go outside and play! You couldn’t keep me and my friends inside back when we were young!
bmonk over 13 years ago
Hobbes should throw him in the creek, and then it will be too late to worry if the water is too cold.
Rakkav over 13 years ago
That’s us Calvins of the world… sometimes we just wanna gripe simply because we can.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
I was thinking the same thing, bmonk, but that would give Calvin something else to gripe about.
Good Morning, Marg, Mike, & ♠Lonewolf♠
Rakkav over 13 years ago
Grog, please see my comments in Birdbrains! :)
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
It’s too hot out here! “Ahhh, this porridge is just right, Goldilocks said happily, and she ate it all.” This water is too cold! “Ahhh, this chair is just right, Goldilocks sighed.” This shade is too dark. “Then Goldilocks lay down in the third bed and it was just right.” Blondes really do have more fun! Oh wait… isn’t Calvin blond? Calvin must be an exception to the rule, but then, Calvin usually takes exception to the rules. Calvin is exceptional!
Manitobaman over 13 years ago
Before he knows it, he’ll have to work every day and all that sitting in the shade and wading in the creek will be something that he wishes he had time to do. When he isn’t at work or commuting to and from, he’ll be having to fix something in the house or cut grass or shovel all that snow he makes his snow goons out of. Snow won’t be as much fun then……
Troglodyte over 13 years ago
My sympathies are with Hobbes - nothing like a grumpy kid to darken your day!
cdward over 13 years ago
Calvin actually spend a lot of time outside - especially in winter when he’s building his unique snowmen. And I believe parents have been saying, “Get outside” to kids for generations.
I read a book once (& can’t remember what it is anymore) where the main character’s father tried to get him to give up reading because all that reading was bad for a kid.
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: Philippians 2:14
cats32 over 13 years ago
LOL
rshive over 13 years ago
Picky, picky, picky.
Sandfan over 13 years ago
Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, Guess I’ll go eat some worms.
APPLESCRUFF over 13 years ago
Spammer Flagged!
Ah Calvin,, childhood is too fleeting. Enjoy being a child before you grow up all too soon.
tinhutjohn over 13 years ago
I’m glad I’m not camping with the little grump
TN-REDD over 13 years ago
IT IS WHAT IT IS ! !. Not much you can do about that…..Except turn a frown upside down by hanging upside down from that tree in the shade beside the creek.
MustLoveDogs over 13 years ago
Good morning, Calvin & Hobbes! Let’s go out and play!
mike.firesmith over 13 years ago
**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**
Happy Friday the 13th everyone!
Spartanwolfe over 13 years ago
hot sun..cold water…dark shade…calvin mayb onto sumthin here
kab2rb over 13 years ago
What amazes me when Friday 13th comes on certain months it’s acknowledge. But in December when Friday 13th comes not. My late dad’s BD was on Dec 13th, my hubby’s former sister-in-law hers is Dec. 13th.
Spartanwolfe over 13 years ago
i guess december is more popular coz o the 25th and the 31st eyy
kpreethy over 13 years ago
parents………….parents………..!!! RIGHT CALVIN………………..LOL
lazygrazer over 13 years ago
I was born and raised about 200 miles from the coldest spot in the USA where I froze my butt off for 20 years.
Then I went south and lived 200 miles from the hottest spot in the USA where I sweated my butt off for the next 30 years.
Then I finally ended up in Kauai, HI where I’ve lived for 20 years……Ah, just right!
billdi Premium Member over 13 years ago
i gripe therefore i am
bald over 13 years ago
my mom complained because my brother and i were always outside as soon as chores were done, we were off until dinner then back outside kids today, if it doesn’t have a keyboard or a game controller, they want no part of it
Gretchen's Mom over 13 years ago
Why is it that kids don’t know how good they’ve got it and only seem happy when they’re complaining?!?!?
JTGAM over 13 years ago
Face it! And I know it sounds illogical but SOMETIMES IT FEELS GOOD TO FEEL BAD!
khpage over 13 years ago
You almost never see Calvin playing happily with other kids his age. This isolating behavior bespeaks far deeper problems with this little boy…..
dahawk over 13 years ago
Dino, yes, the Y Guides was sponsored by the YMCA. The neatest thing about it was involving each dad with scouting type activities with their sons. We had monthly meeting at rotating homes and each pair brought their homemade piece of the tribe totom that would stack on each other. We all also had Indian names, Gold Eagle, Redhawk, White Owl, Bluejay, etc. and did primitive camping activities and projects.
When growing up out in the country, sometimes Mom wouldn’t see my brother and me in the summer from after breakfast and chores till suppertime. Had to wash our feet every night before bedtime as we went barefoot all summer. Got one new pair of shoes for start of school in the fall from Sears-Roebuck.
bmonk over 13 years ago
khpage said, 25 play-dates ago
You almost never see Calvin playing happily with other kids his age. This isolating behavior bespeaks far deeper problems with this little boy…..
Not necessarily. As an introvert, he could simply be happier by himself. And who would he play with? Suzie? Moe?
He was in a scout troop once–but naturally he was off by himself, and got into trouble for straying. That’s when Mr. Watterson realized he was a naturally solitary kid with a tremendous imagination. Probably an INFJ.
gofinsc over 13 years ago
Unhappier with Mom by extension because she made him go outside. Being mad at Mom is a sort of happiness.
SWEETBILL over 13 years ago
@bmonk probably plays with himself :-)
SherriannPederson over 13 years ago
Young man, there’s no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said, young man, ‘cause you’re in a new town There’s no need to be unhappy.
Young man, there’s a place you can go. I said, young man, when you’re short on your dough. You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find Many ways to have a good time.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys …
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal You can do whatever you feel …
Young man, are you listening to me? I said, young man, what do you want to be? I said, young man, you can make real your dreams. But you’ve got to know this one thing!
No man does it all by himself. I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf, And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A. I’m sure they can help you today.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys …
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal, You can do whatever you feel …
Young man, I was once in your shoes. I said, I was down and out with the blues. I felt no man cared if I were alive. I felt the whole world was so jive …
That’s when someone came up to me, And said, young man, take a walk up the street. It’s a place there called the Y.M.C.A. They can start you back on your way.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys …
YMCA It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A Young man, young man there’s no need to feel down Young man, young man pick yourself off the ground
Y-M-C-A then just go to the Y-M-C-A young man, young man I was once in your shoes young man, young man I said, I was down and out with the blues. Y-M-C-A
john00grande over 13 years ago
hey sfasdfkjasfdkl, how much for a pair of size 14 puma skin flip flops?
kathryn74 over 13 years ago
Actually, Calvin is very lucky to have a creek so close to his home. Not many children have a place like that to play in.
khpage over 13 years ago
bmonk - what in the world is an INFJ? I have no idea what this acronym means….
avonsalis over 13 years ago
INFJ is one of the sixteen possible combinations of “Introvert” (or “extrovert”) and three other traits. It’s the Myers-Briggs (if I’ve got that right) system of putting people into psychological categories, usually based on a big multiple-choice test of what they prefer.
I’m wondering how come Calvin can say “darn” in three consecutive frames of a comic strip (I wrote the D-word he uses, but I expect it’ll get bleeped out in my post), but Commenters here can’t even get away with saying it once?
avonsalis over 13 years ago
Hey, the word bleeep didn’t get bleeped. Maybe because I put it in quotation marks the first time?