Sneak that thing in at the very last minute, just before the cashier is scanning it, get you mom’s attention and it’s all yours… just remove it when you get home.
I remember as a small child in the mid-sixties, really really wanting the cat’s-eye-with-rhinestones glasses. (Hey—they were shiny, and I was three or four years old). The optometrist would always say, “Oh sorry honey, we don’t have those anymore.” What he meant was, your mom will kill me if I let your choose those! Also I think they were for older women, not in kids’ sizes.
ratlum about 11 years ago
Darn grown ups.
rentier about 11 years ago
Taste is open to dispute!Hobbes has understanding for a little bit crazy things!
hariseldon59 about 11 years ago
I thought for a minute Andy Warhol drew this strip.
Zero-Gabriel about 11 years ago
@Calvin
Sneak that thing in at the very last minute, just before the cashier is scanning it, get you mom’s attention and it’s all yours… just remove it when you get home.
vwdualnomand about 11 years ago
have you seen the prices on sunglasses?
orinoco womble about 11 years ago
I remember as a small child in the mid-sixties, really really wanting the cat’s-eye-with-rhinestones glasses. (Hey—they were shiny, and I was three or four years old). The optometrist would always say, “Oh sorry honey, we don’t have those anymore.” What he meant was, your mom will kill me if I let your choose those! Also I think they were for older women, not in kids’ sizes.
Times have certainly changed…or maybe not…
Phapada about 11 years ago
why not ..Mom…?
watmiwori about 11 years ago
Ya gotta luv Hobbes!
GROG Premium Member about 11 years ago
There’s no accounting for taste.
cloudy now about 11 years ago
Wonder which one Hobbes would choose for himself.
dustspecks Premium Member about 11 years ago
In later years, Calvin changed his name to “Bono,”
GROG Premium Member about 11 years ago
A real shady character.
Gilbert about 11 years ago
I get the colors……it’s the different lens colors of the glasses Calvin is trying on. Very clever.
rockyrbrown about 11 years ago
Gotta love the Spaceman Spiff shades mom!!!
Vince M about 11 years ago
They say to choose glasses that complement your head shape – guess hair shape would work too.
Burnside217 about 11 years ago
The Artistry as well as good story telling and a great gag. BRAVO Mr. Watterson! And thank you.
Hoodude about 11 years ago
A six-ish loose storewise? Things have changed mightly in these short twenty years…
Snoopy_Fan about 11 years ago
Mom’s looking a little green…
Aaron Saltzer about 11 years ago
Calvin looks like he’s from another planet with those sunglasses. Lol
pouncingtiger about 11 years ago
Love the top panel’s expressions
QuietStorm27 about 11 years ago
I like the purple ones myself.
ewalnut about 11 years ago
Aren’t they kind of ’50’s?
tammyspeakslife Premium Member about 11 years ago
Mom has no sense of fun
Number Three about 11 years ago
I love it! The 3rd and 5th panels are pretty awesome.
They never do seem have taste, Calvin. Never have and never will.
LOL xxx
maxwello51 about 11 years ago
I miss this guy!
Karaboo2 about 11 years ago
Don’t make mom angry, she will turn green. Hobbs however, looks good in green.
bmonk about 11 years ago
Are those Dad’s glasses besidef the empty space on the carousel?
The ones he picked remind me of the elderly woman from the Far Side. . . .
seesolo almost 11 years ago
Calvins got a taste in the 90’s!
Ted006 over 10 years ago
WHats up with those glasses dude
sunchaunzo about 10 years ago
I love them; I think they’re cool! Boy, some kids’ parents.