Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 20, 2025

Getting your invention rejected builds character.

Hey, Dad, I’d also like to see that.

Dad’s a patent lawyer. Should be easy for him.

Calvin is a shoo in for the Navy.

But then, the bad guys will escape through that window! Think about that, Calvin.

I’m sure his parents are thrilled about the idea of having a rope stretched across the doorway.

Remember the crazy woman in TWIN PEAKS who wanted to remove the squeak from drapes?

What is the other end of the wire hooked to? Careful Calvin or you will be a living Darwin Award winner.

I suppose he is always flying around the house. On the other hand I’ve seen plenty of videos of bad landings on aircraft carriers.

Wouldn’t he trip over the rope?

Gonna take it right into the Danger Zone. Now I got Top Gun on the brain!

lmao

How does he keep it from falling out? Never mind… TMI.

Probably as much as he saves on hospital bills!

I always liked the little hints that his dad was a patent attorney

A member of the tail hook club

The inventions of kids! Wish I had a dollar for every kid who make a pair of cardboard wings and jumped off a swing-set or garage roof.

There’s this other invention, Calvin. It’s called watch what you’re doing.

Did he get into trouble for ruining a good pair of pants? That’s what would have happened to me if I had tried a stunt like that.

Screaming funny!

Just try and find wire hangers these days!!

Successful or not, either way that’s gonna hurt ‘really’ bad.

Probably as many as you have idiotic ideas.

Did he consider the fact his invention would pull his pants off?

……file it for later….with the rest of them!!!!!

Isn’t there something in patents about not being “intuitively obvious”?

Does this make Calvin a hooker? Asking for a friend.

You can’t help some people…

Sounds like a better invention to use on Hobbes.

getting everyone to put a rope across their doors might be problematic

Did anybody else notice how much that “hook” looks like a monkey’s tail. Very appropriate don’t you think.

A USPTO basic patent search on tail hook has 88 records, but nothing related to stopping a fast-moving 6-year-old entering a room. C’mon Dad!