Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 03, 2014

The making of a used car salesman.

Yea but Dads not paying for it.

Kid’s got a point!

“Money! Ha ha ha! I’m rich! I’m rich! I can buy off anyone! The world is mine! Power! Friends! Prestige!!”

So THAT’S how you spell it huh

1994 this is definitely dated.

Ah, free enterprise.

Ah, to have the ideas of a child… and the venture capital of an adult to bring them to reality.

That toboggan is as old as the cartoon you`ve uploaded today. Hello!! ¿Is there anybody checking?

It is weird to think – 20 years…

I just found my model of goals for 1994 and I don’t have much to update.

YEAH!!! A spiffy new paint job, Rally Stripes and a decal of that Calvin guy peeing on something or other…

Hmm. Without checking, seems like the strips are NOT running in chronological order. Yesterday’s strip was the “lost my marbles” one. Today’s should have been the very similar “I’m not playing with a full deck” one which originally came the very next day.

The model-year thing was SO much worse when I was a kid. And because they “had” to change the styling every year, they didn’t have time to do much improving other wise. In a few areas mankind has made progress.

Uh, how much competition was there?

We had one just like that for our kids in the ‘60s. Snow in Oklahoma usually wasn’t deep enough for sleds with runners.

Flames Calvin. Paint red and orange flames. It will go faster.

The newer model has updated cup holders.

I call this the “Lucky Charms” effect. Lucky Charms is a children’s cereal (AKA – all the minimum weekly dietary requirement of sugar in one bowl). They have differently shaped and differently colored marshmallows. Every now and then, as a “product improvement,” they add a new shape and color.

Automobile manufacturers do pretty much the same thing: they make non-substantial changes that don’t add anything to efficiency, safety or performance.

To be sure, there are some advances, like backup cameras and side warning indicators that are value added, but mostly they are touting electronic gadgetry that will be obsolete in a couple of years.

Re: side warning indicators: I do not mind being warned about the car next to me. However I do not want the car taking control from me to prevent me from changing lanes. I’d rather sideswipe the car next to me than hit the one coming at me head-on. Computers taking control of airplanes from the pilot have been implicated in air accidents.

“I need a new this, I need a new that…etc…etc”

Typical kiddie words.

xxx

I love tomorrow’s strip. :)

Too bad it never snows where i live. :(