Notice how the kid spends more time and energy dodging the problem or making excuses for it than simply owning up to his mistakes. To quote good ol’ Charlie Brown, “He’ll never learn.” Then again, I guess that’s all part of the humor in the first place.
Several years ago I worked for Xerox. I noticed that the name plate on the desk of a woman who’d gotten married hadn’t been changed-having the new name plate when you got back form the honeymoon was something nice the company did. I rushed into the manager’s office knowing she would be back in a day or two “how quickly can we get a name plate done up?” “What have you done now?”
That’s how I know that magic is real. I come upon a minor preventable disaster such as pee all over the toilet seat, ask “Which one of you lazy kids didn’t pick up the toilet seat?” and all three of them answer (sometimes in harmony) “Not me.” . It must be magic.
Calvin, if you find my car keys or my good sunglasses in that parallel universe, let me know. What? You say that there are 475 million sets of car keys and 308 pairs of nice sunglasses, and which ones are mine? Hmm. Ok, nevermind.
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
The best preemptive defense strategy is to keep your mouth shut.
Sugar Bombs 95 about 5 years ago
Knowing the crazy stuff that happens to Calvin on a regular basis, he COULD be telling the truth.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
Sounds like a precursor to the “Scientific Progress goes ‘Boink!’” sequel.
SHIVA about 5 years ago
If you don’t hear sirens from fire trucks, police, or ambulances, then it’s only a minor thing!!
codycab about 5 years ago
Mom really needs to start skipping to the part where she punishes Calvin.
MelanieMather about 5 years ago
Notice how the kid spends more time and energy dodging the problem or making excuses for it than simply owning up to his mistakes. To quote good ol’ Charlie Brown, “He’ll never learn.” Then again, I guess that’s all part of the humor in the first place.
BigDaveGlass about 5 years ago
……It was the one armed man!
Watcher about 5 years ago
Mom’s just never understand do they Calvin?
rshive about 5 years ago
Mom just refuses to understand the space void vortex.
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
She ’s not going to buy it, Calvin!
dlkrueger33 about 5 years ago
I like Mom’s eyes in panel two. Like she’s looking at the audience and saying, “Ok, heerrre we go!”
Red33410 about 5 years ago
No, mom! You meant, “What now have you done?”
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 5 years ago
It’s the NOT ME kid from Family Circus.
jrankin1959 about 5 years ago
Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one…
cubswin2016 about 5 years ago
I bet Mom has heard this story before.
fgerbil46 about 5 years ago
With his great imagination, Calvin would probably make a great writer someday. The things he comes up with highly amuse me. :-)
uniquename about 5 years ago
You could have just opened with that question mom.
sundogusa about 5 years ago
If I told my Mom that, she would have said, “Go outside and play.”
DCBakerEsq about 5 years ago
As I’ve always taught my kids and advised my clients, two words always can save the day – plausible deniability.
A Hip loving Canadian... about 5 years ago
Oooh, zapped into space void vortex… I hate when that happens to me!
Wizard of Ahz-no relation about 5 years ago
Several years ago I worked for Xerox. I noticed that the name plate on the desk of a woman who’d gotten married hadn’t been changed-having the new name plate when you got back form the honeymoon was something nice the company did. I rushed into the manager’s office knowing she would be back in a day or two “how quickly can we get a name plate done up?” “What have you done now?”
mattro65 about 5 years ago
That’s how I know that magic is real. I come upon a minor preventable disaster such as pee all over the toilet seat, ask “Which one of you lazy kids didn’t pick up the toilet seat?” and all three of them answer (sometimes in harmony) “Not me.” . It must be magic.
hariseldon59 about 5 years ago
The old “evil twin” defense.
Smitty about 5 years ago
I bet “Evil Twin Calvin” has a goatee.
rentier about 5 years ago
It wasn’t me! It wasn’t me! I affirm, it wasn’t me! I’m good and mild minded, certainly it wasn’t me!!!
Charlie Fogwhistle about 5 years ago
Calvin, if you find my car keys or my good sunglasses in that parallel universe, let me know. What? You say that there are 475 million sets of car keys and 308 pairs of nice sunglasses, and which ones are mine? Hmm. Ok, nevermind.
ayespin about 5 years ago
Calvin is all about “alter egos.”
Concretionist about 5 years ago
After the umpteenth time, you’d think Calvin might have learned what doesn’t work…
fix-n-fly about 5 years ago
“It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, Babe” Bob Dylan
rgcviper about 5 years ago
For me, not knowing what Calvin did makes this strip even better.