Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 17, 2012

I wait until opportunity will find me…..

Opportunity will fall off the tree and whack him over the head.

Let me think. How did Newton discover gravity?

Opportunity knocked one time, but I was waiting down at the pier.

Well I’m glad Calvin’s taking a passive approach to this. Change is not necessarily a good thing anyway.

@ Stuart Ballin, if you’re here today….We got 2 calls last night at midnight on a cellphone we’ve given very few people the number for. The number onscreen was unknown to us. The second call I answered and snapped in angry English, “How did you get this number? Who gave it to you? Don’t call again, you hear me?” That stopped the calls, but not the giggles from my spouse who said I sounded like an enraged elderly Southern spinster, particularly the “you hear me” part.Thanks for reminding me that being trilingual has its purposes beyond business.

Where’s the big tree?

They also serve who only stand (sit) and wait …John Milton

The day my ship comes in, I’ll be at the airport.

Does anyone else hear Michael Gambon’s voice when Hobbes speaks?

Does opportunity still knock? Or does it just text you?

Does opportunity still knock or does it just text you?

All good things come to those who wait, but sometimes they come a little too late.

You find opportunity Calvin. Opportunity doesn’t find you! : )

I’m probably in the minority on this but I’m really getting irritated that Calvin seems to be getting very wordy lately. Don’t get me wrong I still Love Calvin and Hobbs just don’t care for wordy comics. Just my personal pet peeve!

I thought Calvin was being totally out of character for the first two frames, but after that he didn’t fail to disappoint me.

Worked in retail and did interviews. Told applicants they should have goals. Said I worked there because I never figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up. Stayed there many years waiting for opportunity to knock. Finally retired.

@Alain Harper,And you would have been disappointed if Calvin had failed to disappoint you!

Thank you Calvin. All these years I’ve been struggling to make ends meet. According to you, they’ll meet with or without the struggle. Gotta find a tree to sit under so I can watch the “Calvin” magic work it’s wonders.

Calvin might need to make an appointment with opportunity so he won’t be disappointed!

Awwwwww, This is excellent!

Watch you don’t get lost in the grass when it grows.

LOL xxx

@dukedoug,“Opporknockity only…” tunes once! If you don’t answer it, a melody might become a malady!“We’ve done it before and we can do it again”

We may wait for opportunity, but somehow it has a way of coming to those who are keeping busy.

I’m waitin’ for my superpowers to kick in, and then watch out!!!

It’s more a matter of recognizing the opportunity when it shows up in the first place and then taking advantage of it….they never teach you how to do that in school, sadly….

I don’t know how many people have ever actually found the opportunity for fame and fortune simply by sitting under a tree doing nothing and just waiting for it to happen . . . but I do know that the opportunity to sit under a tree and doing nothing but enjoying a pretty day (either with or without a book) doesn’t come along too often for me so I like to take advantage and enjoy it whenever I can!

Calvin, it may be a while… I think Opportunity is in Arkansas…

This strip brought up John Mayer’s song Waiting On The World To Change (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIxScJ5rlY)

Calvin’s parents are sitting quietly in the couch; Dad is reading a book, Mom is doing her needlepoint. Calvin sees his opportunity: he points at them…“SHAZAM!!“Rats. Still there!”Dad: “Nice try. Go to bed, Calvin.”

Calvin will be dissappointed when he’s an adult. Enough said.