Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 27, 2022

And a 2 drink minimum.

Even back then, people had to make a living somehow.

good luck with those ideas in mind, Calvin

I’m in full agreement with Calvin here.

Considering how little we pay and how much we get, I think life is a pretty good deal.

And a complimentary stack of playing chips to help give you a leg up while playing

It’s free and I’m certainly getting my money’s worth.

A cover charge to keep out the riffraff. Then where would you be Calvin. Cause you couldn’t get in.

Careful what you wish for, Calvin!

That would include you, pinhead!!!

There’s always prayer, Calvin. Of course you may not get the answer you thought you wanted, and sometimes that’s a good thing. I remember praying hard for something in my 30s and being very annoyed at God when I didn’t get it—until about a month later when All Was Revealed. I wake up nights shivering, having dreamed I got it.

Now the riffraff is trying to change things!

Riffraff like you?

Would Calvin be here if they kept the riffraff out?

A brilliant philosophical strip which, as I have mentioned in some of my replies, outlines the different attitudes of Hobbes and Calvin,

The bigger problem is there is an open buffet, and already obese gluttons continue in taking more than their fair share

1-800-BAD-LIFE, Calvin?

And in order to get a full refund…..

People who claim to know everything rarely know much of anything.

Earth’s history is full of people trying to keep out the riffraff.

People like Calvin are fond of using the expression “if we’re not completely satisfied”. It has been pointed out that, if we were completely satisfied, we would already be in Paradise. I prefer the view that Earth is Purgatory and is preparing us for Paradise.

The riffraff are people who aren’t content with being just a riff or a raff.

Calvin has a point on this one.

Customer service ain’t what it used to be!

Press 1 for Español

Press 2 if you know your party’s number

Press 3 to speak to an associate

Press 4 to take a lunch break

Press 5 to repeat the menu as it has changed.

If space aliens paid a fee to get a tour of earth, would they ask for their money back?

As Charles Dickens might say, hold off on those words until you’ve learned who the riffraff is and where it is.

Keeping out the riffraff, pretty much everyone…

At this particular time, Calvin probably qualifies as riffraff.

Well, frankly little buddy. We are the riff raff. Any decent galactic bouncer would take one look at humanity and bounce us all into the sun. Heck even our own all mighty tried to drown us in our infancy.

Now tell me again? Am I the “Riff” or the “Raff”?

“We apologize for the inconvenience.” — The Gods

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe

Sadly, money is not the barrier we would hope for.

We’re still working on cleaning Earth up, Cal.

Don’t take life seriously. Nobody gets out of it alive.

Remember, everyone is riffraff to someone.

Also, remember that it will all work out in the end. If things are not working out, then it is not the end.

Today’s comic strip is just loaded.

This is quite an old strip if he still thinks customer service can actually do something for you. I have worked in technical fields and anyone who could really help you is far too valuable to be talking to people on the phone. :) :(

In 1992, Calvin had a point. Today, you’d just get a recording of endless menu choices – none of which is “speak to a human” – designed to make you give up and leave them alone.

and you were wondering why Hobbes always has a headache

The fee would be something you bring in with you; i.e., it would be you. So you do get a full refund when you leave.

I concur.

Riffraff – as in 6-year-old boys.

It’s a universal problem, Cal.

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Isn’t a refund of the world… y’know… death?

Admission is free but you have to watch the movie, and sometimes it’s really depressing

Calvin gains a little logical insight!!!

Bye, Cal…

LOL.. Calvin, Universe Social Engineer is his new title.

The universe is fine, the people are crazy

8^)

There is a place like that, it called SWITZERLAND. You want to move there, you have to be voted in.

A great argument dismissing the idea of god.

It’s just that the average time on hold exceeds the life span of many life forms.

You couldn’t afford the cover fee.

I was rif raf once!

I thought that was the purpose of prayer.