Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 04, 2014

It doesn’t get better when you grow up.

Yeah, if Calvin thinks his day is bad now, wait until he’s out in the working world. Then he’ll REALLY know what a bad day is!

Terribile cotidianum est, Calvine. [S.O.S., Calvin]. Andleftwingpatriot is right.

When I was a kid , I wanted to grow up. Now I miss those happy days.

You notice that even in this “realistic” C&H (no Hobbes, no dinosaurs or aliens, etc.), the food at dinner is still some lumpy green stuff?

all the best life…

Tell that to the engineer who designed “Galloping Gertie”; maybe it will make him feel better to know that the extra effort to make his bridge just a little bit better would have been pointless, since it would eventually fail anyway. Doesn’t everything? Then again, maybe he was never given “unnecessary” chores as a child to teach him how much every contribution he makes, no matter how small, benefits the society he lives in. One of a parent’s most difficult duties is teaching responsibility and consequence. There’s no such thing as a pointless chore- in fact, with children Calvin’s age the parent often has to redo the job given (later, of course,)

This “big” days are only to bear with Hobbes!

Back in the day, a young friend came complaining to be about her life and that she was going to run away from home.I advised her to stay in school as long as she could; stay out of the ‘mean, cruel world’ and let her parents confront the everyday problems of life before she had to do it all on her own. Seven years later, that same young person came and thanked me for my advice. She said she had graduated from college, had a good paying job and was ready now to confront the world.

May all my days be as simple as Calvin’s!

Makes me want to say “Poor little guy!” (But we know he’ll be up to his tricks tomorrow.)

Now I know why I am a night owl. Unfortunately I have a day job. :P

Moe really likes Calvin. I believe later on they will move in together, get married and adapt two cute girls.

The joys of childhood. Good thing he has Hobbes….

Excellent comments today…causes me to do a Sunday Morning review of my OWN life and there’s a few pages that I wouldn’t like mentioned in my Obit, but all in all, I got here (with some medical assistance) and I’m OK with that. Just wish I hadn’t been so mean to my sisters, but I waz outnumbered and I HAD to do SOMEthing in my defense ! Whoever said that girls were made of sugar and spice never lived in the real world, I’m here ta tellya!! They were allowed to work with knives and run with scissors…

Poor kid can hardly wait!

I’m of the opposite experience. Things got a lot better when I grew up.

A Day in the Life of Calvin.xxx

Love the first two panels — real life incident:.Mom to my brother: “Turn off the TV and go outside and play. I’m not going to tell you again.”.Brother, settling deeper into couch cushions: “Thank goodness.”

And yet, many, many of us would love to have those days back again.

I thought Wormword was being a bit of a “b-word.”

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

#1: Most women are not taught to cook, & marry trying not to burn the toast!#2: We all grow up, and it hits the fan. You think it’s only for a few years. Turns out, it’s the rest of your life, on earth.

tomorrow will be a big day if no one bothers me with their stupid problems.

POV: Me every day