Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 29, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    Maybe you’re not getting any satisfaction because you’re not doing the job well.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  over 2 years ago

    Picking up sticks builds character.

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    C  over 2 years ago

    Quick study

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    dcdete.  over 2 years ago

    Dad knows best. Early job experience at a pre-teen age will ‘stick’ with you for the rest of your life.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 2 years ago

    That is the correct message.

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    Susan00100  over 2 years ago

    Surprising that Dad didn’t make Calvin mow the lawn, too.

    After all, he DID make him shovel heavy snow!!

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    JudasPeckerwood  over 2 years ago

    True, dat.

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    jimchronister2016  over 2 years ago

    Bill you are wrong, that is an ignorant remark, you should encourage people to always do their best in order to have a self satisfying life.

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    The Reader Premium Member over 2 years ago

    You should write a song about it.

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    Purple People Eater  over 2 years ago

    There may be some satisfaction, but 40 years of working as well as I could taught me that there is no gratitude for a job well done.

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    Doug Taylor Premium Member over 2 years ago

    ♫♪

    I can’t get no satisfaction

    I can’t get no satisfaction

    ’Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try

    I can’t get no, I can’t get no

    ♪♫

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    Who, me?  over 2 years ago

    I always have lots of sticks to pick up in the spring, and I never get enjoyment out of it either.

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    jvo  over 2 years ago

    Haven’t you guys heard of a rake?

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Those aren’t sticks. Their snowman arms! Oh my Gosh!! The humanity! …still, stick picking sucks.

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    Pete.Keillor  over 2 years ago

    I remember sticks from living in Michigan a while. In Central Texas, I mowed the dirt and mulched the rocks.

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  over 2 years ago

    Calvin…sticks are how they originally made arrows..

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    Troglodyte  over 2 years ago

    Sure, Cal. Nothing’s as effective as nothing.

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    bigcatbusiness  over 2 years ago

    He’s doing it all wrong. You need to invent some fun while doing jobs… if possible.

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    Redd Panda  over 2 years ago

    The lesson? Get a big enough mower and grind those sticks into chips.

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    A Hip loving Canadian...  over 2 years ago

    STYX was my favorite band in high school.

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    xsintricks  over 2 years ago

    Then lay them straight, Calvin.

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    dv1093  over 2 years ago

    I’ve got a whole acre of winter sticks to pick up. Ugggggg.

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    6odc2pemgb55  over 2 years ago

    I hate it when the lawn is sticky

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    BiggerNate91  over 2 years ago

    Calvin will experience that satisfaction once you complete your newest transmogrifier, or pull off a water balloon attack on Susie.

    It’s there, just not for the stuff Dad tells him.

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    flying spaghetti monster  over 2 years ago

    on the other hand, you get what you pay for.

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    mistercatworks  over 2 years ago

    Well, that job is done.

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    mindjob  over 2 years ago

    Yet another reason why Calvin wants a flamethrower

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    The Fly Hunter  over 2 years ago

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    locake  over 2 years ago

    I bought my first house when I was 26. I mowed the grass on my one day off each week and it was hugely satisfying.

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    rebelstrike0  over 2 years ago

    If “Carvin” had Asian parents:

    Dad: “You doctor yet? Why you no doctor yet?!”

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    USN1977  over 2 years ago

    Bill Watterson also said that before the strip he had submitted six comic strips, all of which were rejected. He also got a job as a graphic designer for an advertising firm, which he said he detested. Someone asked him if he detested it, why do it? Bill’s response was simple: “Because if we only did work we liked, most of us would be sleeping in a ditch and scraping our meals from garbage cans.”

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    Marty241  over 2 years ago

    Sticks and stones will break your bones but words will break your heart.

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    MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT  over 2 years ago

    Count yourself lucky Calvin. I had to pick up after the dog.

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    Banjo Gordy Premium Member over 2 years ago

    In the 50s hand lawn mowers handles were up to my shoulders, & were very hard to push through lush lawns. In the mid 60s I bought a Scott’s Silent push mower. Could mow early in the morning without disturbing neighbors. Our young sons loved it. The handle was low as their belt line & easy to push. My older son (11 at the time) had so much fun mowing the yard, but hit a rock & I had to have the blades sharpened. Decades later we moved from Overland Park KS to far N. W. Tucson Village of Catalina. Our ‘yard’ was 2 acres of cactus. My son now mows his small yard on his property in High Rolls NM. Yes the antique Scott’s push mower still works!

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    Bilan  over 2 years ago

    No child ever looked at a lawn and said Wow. it looks nice without any sticks on it.

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    kunddog  over 2 years ago

    I’d go with a job “worth” doing is a job is worth doing well. This doing it for the satisfaction is mostly someone trying to get you to do work for free.

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    ron  over 2 years ago

    Dad needs a mower that mulches those things.

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    The_Great_Black President  over 2 years ago

    Calvin is a minor, and as such is only allowed to make three acceptable responses to his parents:

    1.) “No.”

    2.) “Yes.”

    3.) “Anything you want, Mistress and Massa.”

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    wiley207  over 2 years ago

    Oh, I do know the feeling of satisfaction, especially once you’ve grown up.

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    schaefer jim  over 2 years ago

    Yeah you can work your way up to branches, logs and eventually the tree its self.

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    johnec  over 2 years ago

    Those sticks look just fine for just running over with the lawn mower. No need to pick them up – just mulch them!

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    Vaporman  over 2 years ago

    Hey, picking up sticks beats picking up dog … stuff. (Years of ‘practice’)

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    willie_mctell  over 2 years ago

    A truth universally acknowledged.

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    Cruusa  over 2 years ago

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    Cruusa  over 2 years ago

    Hiyou stupid dumb

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    AustinKniga-Bartlett  over 2 years ago

    Wait until you’re done. I’m sure you’ll find it then.

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    Darth Thespian  over 2 years ago

    I hate, and I mean really HATE, doing yard work. Especially when it’s not actually necessary. (There’s a difference between required lawn maintenance and gardening) My dad would likewise try to pull the “take pride in your work” angle about it with me until I finally explained to him one day I DO take pride in a job well done- when it’s a job I do of my own voluntary accord. When it’s something I’m forced to do against my will the only satisfaction in a job well done is that it’s DONE and I don’t have to do it anymore!

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  over 2 years ago

    The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 2 years ago

    Didn’t Dad make Calvin’s allowance contingent on his completing the task? If not, then he’s not teaching him anything about work.

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    kittyontherescue  over 2 years ago

    I have all three of the complete Calvin and Hobbes books. It’s amazing to see all these comics and how they have changed.

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    hagarthehorrible  over 2 years ago

    The character building exercise prescribed by dad is going places for the first time.

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