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My daughter at age 5 sat in the drivers seat and pulled the car out of park. (â66 Dodge) It rolled down the driveway, across the street and into the neighbors bushes. She jumped out of the car, ran into the house right up to me and said "Dadâs gonna kill me. Hide me!" The kid was in a true panic! We checked and discovered why!Started the car up and pulled it back into the driveway!
How can Calvin push the car without changing the gears in the car. You need the key to unlock the gears unless the car is on a sheet of ice. Also a 50 pound kid canât push a 2000 pound car. Oh wait this is the comics.
Calvin is acting more like a real kid in this sequence than usual. Instead of the mini-philosopher, spouting words and concepts someone twice his age wouldnât know, heâs showing the profound lack of foresight that gets impulsive kids in trouble all the time.
When I was about 15, I tried to roll the car out so I could wash it. (If you didnât have a key, you could still jimmy the ignition switch enough get it out of park, and with a little push, it moved.) Down the driveway and it rear-ended a tree. My mom chewed me out, as expected, but there was no real harm other than a dented bumper and a dented tree.
But a year or two later, she tried to do the same thing, with the same result. It hit the same tree, and put a second dent in the bumper.
So when these strips came out a few years later, we could both laugh about it.
When I was about 5 or 6, around 1967, my mother left me, my younger brother and baby sister in the car while she ran into a store. It was parked in a diagonal stall, with an uphill incline. I remember having a great time playing with the steering wheel, until I pulled down on the gear handle, taking it out of park. It rolled back into the street but luckily didnât hit anything. I canât believe my mother left three young children alone in a car like that. I guess it was no big deal at the time.
My sons were always amazed at how my wife and I would catch onto things they were into. What they didnât know at the time is that we were once kids ourselves and did things they hadnât even thought of yet.
And yes, my wife did grow an extra pair of eyes in the back of her head shortly after giving birth.
Itâs difficult to wait until tomorrow and the next few days for what I already know will happen. Calvin and Hobbes is virtually the first thing I do every morning.
It isnât so much that she screeches, itâs that she says âNoâ pretty much every time Calvin asks for something (of course, that could have to do with the fact that Calvin always asks for things that he shouldnât ever have). Calvinâs logic here is that itâs easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, since heâd never get permission even if he did ask.
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
She will ALWAYS find out about these things!
ORMouseworks almost 11 years ago
Calvin, one thing you should Know by nowâŠMoms RULE! ;)
Steve Bartholomew almost 11 years ago
What could possibly go wrong?
leopoldenoch almost 11 years ago
I think that Calvin is adopted
cloudy now almost 11 years ago
âShe wonât find out!ââEvery time you say thatâŠâ
unclebewey almost 11 years ago
Bad news Calvin, Parents ALWAYS find out about your misadventures!!
pelican47 almost 11 years ago
Calvin thinks that Hobbes is a tattletail.
moronbis almost 11 years ago
Well, it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
GROG Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Parents know, hear and see all, Calvin.
jrankin1959 almost 11 years ago
The kidâs going to push the car out of the garage? Definitely the 80s (when they made them lighter to save gas).
sundogusa almost 11 years ago
My daughter at age 5 sat in the drivers seat and pulled the car out of park. (â66 Dodge) It rolled down the driveway, across the street and into the neighbors bushes. She jumped out of the car, ran into the house right up to me and said "Dadâs gonna kill me. Hide me!" The kid was in a true panic! We checked and discovered why!Started the car up and pulled it back into the driveway!
Olddog1 almost 11 years ago
Iâve remembered Calvinâs last line since it was first published. It works that way in the adult world too.
westny77 almost 11 years ago
How can Calvin push the car without changing the gears in the car. You need the key to unlock the gears unless the car is on a sheet of ice. Also a 50 pound kid canât push a 2000 pound car. Oh wait this is the comics.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 11 years ago
Calvin is acting more like a real kid in this sequence than usual. Instead of the mini-philosopher, spouting words and concepts someone twice his age wouldnât know, heâs showing the profound lack of foresight that gets impulsive kids in trouble all the time.
Ozark12 almost 11 years ago
Unassailable logic!
meihong almost 11 years ago
Bad idea, Calvin, bad idea!
Fontessa almost 11 years ago
Child-like logic is so, so logical!
unca jim almost 11 years ago
âYou can fool some of the people all the time, You can fool all the people some of the time, But you canât fool Mom !â RIP, Captain Penny
Earnestly Frank almost 11 years ago
Go ahead, Calvin. Everything will go as planned.
crlinder almost 11 years ago
And the tension buildsâŠ..
Phapada almost 11 years ago
good Hobbes..
pshapley Premium Member almost 11 years ago
When I was about 15, I tried to roll the car out so I could wash it. (If you didnât have a key, you could still jimmy the ignition switch enough get it out of park, and with a little push, it moved.) Down the driveway and it rear-ended a tree. My mom chewed me out, as expected, but there was no real harm other than a dented bumper and a dented tree.
But a year or two later, she tried to do the same thing, with the same result. It hit the same tree, and put a second dent in the bumper.
So when these strips came out a few years later, we could both laugh about it.
Black4dder almost 11 years ago
When I was about 5 or 6, around 1967, my mother left me, my younger brother and baby sister in the car while she ran into a store. It was parked in a diagonal stall, with an uphill incline. I remember having a great time playing with the steering wheel, until I pulled down on the gear handle, taking it out of park. It rolled back into the street but luckily didnât hit anything. I canât believe my mother left three young children alone in a car like that. I guess it was no big deal at the time.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
Well⊠On your head be it!
xxx
dflak almost 11 years ago
My sons were always amazed at how my wife and I would catch onto things they were into. What they didnât know at the time is that we were once kids ourselves and did things they hadnât even thought of yet.
And yes, my wife did grow an extra pair of eyes in the back of her head shortly after giving birth.
Karaboo2 almost 11 years ago
Thatâs logical thinking Calvin.
rshive almost 11 years ago
And of course Mom will never find out about this.
chovil almost 11 years ago
Itâs difficult to wait until tomorrow and the next few days for what I already know will happen. Calvin and Hobbes is virtually the first thing I do every morning.
legaleagle48 almost 11 years ago
It isnât so much that she screeches, itâs that she says âNoâ pretty much every time Calvin asks for something (of course, that could have to do with the fact that Calvin always asks for things that he shouldnât ever have). Calvinâs logic here is that itâs easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, since heâd never get permission even if he did ask.
falcon_370f almost 11 years ago
Donât be a spoiler!!!
Radical-Knight almost 11 years ago
As the car rolls out the garage⊠picking up speed⊠Mom looks outside to wonder what all the commotionâs about.
Scorchwave almost 11 years ago
O I remember this..:x
HobbesForPresident about 7 years ago
is hobbes angry or meh in the second panel?