Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 08, 2022

They have each other figured out but Mom has the final say.

Go look it up and see!

Do I ask too many questions, Mom?….

“Wait until you’re older.”

If Calvin’s looking for speed, his toboggan is waiting.

Nowadays, the answer would be to ask Siri, or Alexa.

He came, he looked, got conquered!

I remember a strip where Calvin tried to move the car and accidentally pushed it into a ravine across the street.

Oh well, it was worth a shot…

It’s actually ASTOUNDING how often adults can beat a kid at his own game. It’s almost as if they remember being that age.

But we would never admit to it. :D

Pattern recognition is a parent’s best weapon against seemingly innocent questions.

No Calvin. Your mother is not like a Looney Tunes character.

You get an A for effort, Calv.

Sooo close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwrodxghrw

I remember that from childhood. Never worked for me either…..

Aah…so close! :D

This would be funnier if Mom said, “Try it out and see”, and THEN realized what she said!!

Looks like a reference to Sunday’s strip.

haha, I love how mom actually smiles and seems impressed.

What was she going to say? Go outside, get in the driver’s seat, and put the pedal to the metal?

Mom is cool. She ‘gets’ Calvin; maybe is driven nuts by him regularly, but she gets him.

What’s the calorie content of the cookies in the cookie jar? What about the ice cream in the freezer?

Go — read the owner’s manual.

SMART ALIC !

Almost, but no cigar or in this case, no car.

HA!! He almost had her for a second!

That was a fantastic try!

I fell for that sort of thing once. As I remember, it started out with “How much do you love me?” and then sort of got away from me. Insurance covered the car but I had to use the engagement ring money for the deductible.

Almost, Calvin. Luckily, Mom understands you.

What’s with that clown collar of hers?

How fast can you go jumping out of a plane?

She shouldn’t worry if he told her Hobbes is driving.

“What are you drinking?”

Mom almost messed up. For me when I get caught up in a book, I only half pay attention when hubby asks questions, my kids are adults.

OK, now Calvin and Hobbes is coming back to the “followed” section for me.

Almost got her.

Hell yes, but not here little or no snow this year

“Dad, I need a picture of Andrew Jackson for class. Can you check your billfold?”

Lol love them so much

Go look at the speedometer. Take the square root of the top number, then multiply by four (or 6) for the number of cylinders. There’s your answer. (More a trick his Dad would play on him, plus I just liked the idea of asking Calvin to do square roots at age 6. Hint: use a calculator, even 6 year olds can do that.)

Calvin and Hobbes can coast down a hill in Calvin’s wagon.

She’s good.

You can blame someone for trying.

Not nice to trick your mom like that, Calvin!

Almost made it, Calvin>

Boy, you cannot outsmart your own mother.

The best laid plans…

Indeed … so close, yet so far, Calvin. Get ’em next time, buddy.

This one made me chuckle.