Looking back on that I realize I just should have hid the dust in the grass and pretended I didn’t know that Dad had given them to me when he asked for them back. But in times of panic I can never think straight.
Killing him isn’t good enough. Like in “The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal” a science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith. Commander Suzdal REALLLLLLYYYY messed up bad! From the Wikipedia summary: ’Suzdal is stripped of rank, name, life and finally death, finding himself sentenced to the prison planet Shayol ’. So maybe that is where Calvin will be going! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_and_the_Glory_of_Commander_Suzdal]
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
The money from Calvin’s first summer job will go to pay back Dad with interest.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 6 years ago
Were binoculars really that expensive in the eighties? If so, I’d hate to know how much they cost adjusted for inflation.
codycab over 6 years ago
Well they have enough to pay the tax on them so that’s a start, right?
dben426 over 6 years ago
Tigers have pockets?
jpayne4040 over 6 years ago
This is when you call Grandma or Grandpa for help!
bluram over 6 years ago
My guess is dad will probably skin him alive.
Who, me? over 6 years ago
It amazes me that Calvin even has four dollars.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 6 years ago
$4.35 won’t even buy you a bus ticket out of town.
rshive over 6 years ago
Hobbes adds uplifting thoughts.
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 6 years ago
Hopefully dad still has his K-Mart receipt and can take Calvin back. No store credit please.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 6 years ago
Try tears in front of your mom first. Maybe that’ll get her on your side. Maybe not. Worth the try.
bookworm0812 over 6 years ago
“One to six hundred dollars?” OK. So get a $4 pair.
The Ever-Convenient Object's Shopping Mall over 6 years ago
Looking back on that I realize I just should have hid the dust in the grass and pretended I didn’t know that Dad had given them to me when he asked for them back. But in times of panic I can never think straight.
Johnny Q Premium Member over 6 years ago
Great expression in the fourth panel!
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 6 years ago
Killing him isn’t good enough. Like in “The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal” a science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith. Commander Suzdal REALLLLLLYYYY messed up bad! From the Wikipedia summary: ’Suzdal is stripped of rank, name, life and finally death, finding himself sentenced to the prison planet Shayol ’. So maybe that is where Calvin will be going! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_and_the_Glory_of_Commander_Suzdal]