Mom, my husband does the same exact thing. I have had this conversation many, many, many times. After over 30 years of marriage he finally confessed that he doesn’t like too many new dishes close together. I enjoy cooking new dishes all the time. It took him this long to speak up.
This is why the series ended. Mom snapped. Her garden was very lovely that year. Everyone wondered what her secret was. She planted tiger lillies and tended them with loving care.
Calvin, don’t do like I did once(when a youngster). I commented that we had had a particular dish 3 Saturdays in a row for lunch. So, my father, commented back: So, you don’t like what we have for lunch, we can fix that !’ For the next two Saturdays, we had a meal I would not wish on my worst enemy. After the second, my father asked what I thought about today’s and last Saturday’s lunch and if I harbored anymore objection to what was served in the house? I remarked that I no longer harbored any objections and never again said anything regarding what was served unless it was a compliment ! !
Years ago, my adopted step-son found out about Calvin and Hobbs and thought it would be a good way to mess with me. I told him, “I know what you’re planning, I can see into your future.” How’s that, he asked… “I’ve got the books, I know what’s going to happen.” His momentary lapse into colorful explicative were rather shocking but quite amusing.
He would not be eating for a week or so if he did that or would be picking him self off the floor. That kind of attitude is not even funny in the comics. Just my take on it. Disrespect to his mother is not funny at all.
Does anyone know anything about Watterson’s private life? Is he married with children? Only a parent with experience could have come up with this strip.
When i was growing up my siblings and i didn’t have a choice of eat or don’t eat. It was always “finish your plate before you leave the table.” Now that i’m older i can eat stuff i didn’t like when i was younger.
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
It’s good to have goals in life.
ORMouseworks over 10 years ago
How about 10 gray hairs and a splitting headache?! ;)
aejb over 10 years ago
One kid like Calvin, and it’s off to the looney bin…
Mac6622 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Little bast***.
walkerpark over 10 years ago
Brussels Sprouts?
rentier over 10 years ago
Don’t worry, Mom and let gray hair not grow!!
thirdguy over 10 years ago
Mom’s evil eye in panel 3 is amazing.
orinoco womble over 10 years ago
Mom, my husband does the same exact thing. I have had this conversation many, many, many times. After over 30 years of marriage he finally confessed that he doesn’t like too many new dishes close together. I enjoy cooking new dishes all the time. It took him this long to speak up.
mrs8s over 10 years ago
OH NO!!! He sounds like my youngest!!!!
Hillbillyman over 10 years ago
Eat it… are do without you ungratefuly liltle tike!
danedsmith55 over 10 years ago
It’s really not that hard, don’t want it, don’t eat it.Next meal is breakfast, Kitchen is closed until then
rshive over 10 years ago
My late father-in-law’s as well, My wife tells me that it’s a primary sign of her family that males get white hair early.
watmiwori over 10 years ago
Calvin: Poster Kid for ZPG.
GROG Premium Member over 10 years ago
I have to gray hair and I’m 53. But then I haven’t got any Calvins running around the house.
orinoco womble over 10 years ago
That’s what my mom always said. Of course, she had 7 kids to feed, 4 boys who ate like vengeance included.
JR6019 over 10 years ago
This is why the series ended. Mom snapped. Her garden was very lovely that year. Everyone wondered what her secret was. She planted tiger lillies and tended them with loving care.
Poollady over 10 years ago
You don’t have to look so happy about it Calvin.
meihong over 10 years ago
when my son pulls a stunt like that, I let him go hungry.
IndyMan over 10 years ago
Calvin, don’t do like I did once(when a youngster). I commented that we had had a particular dish 3 Saturdays in a row for lunch. So, my father, commented back: So, you don’t like what we have for lunch, we can fix that !’ For the next two Saturdays, we had a meal I would not wish on my worst enemy. After the second, my father asked what I thought about today’s and last Saturday’s lunch and if I harbored anymore objection to what was served in the house? I remarked that I no longer harbored any objections and never again said anything regarding what was served unless it was a compliment ! !
Radical-Knight over 10 years ago
Years ago, my adopted step-son found out about Calvin and Hobbs and thought it would be a good way to mess with me. I told him, “I know what you’re planning, I can see into your future.” How’s that, he asked… “I’ve got the books, I know what’s going to happen.” His momentary lapse into colorful explicative were rather shocking but quite amusing.
jack fairbanks over 10 years ago
She made it last week? That might explain the green fur
Sweetaddietude Premium Member over 10 years ago
My son used to do that. I told him he could have what he liked when he grew up and could cook. Now, at age 25, he does and I get to complain.
ST Joe River over 10 years ago
He would not be eating for a week or so if he did that or would be picking him self off the floor. That kind of attitude is not even funny in the comics. Just my take on it. Disrespect to his mother is not funny at all.
francisrossi over 10 years ago
Ah, Calvin’s a cat.
klunker rider over 10 years ago
Calvin should remember the revenge mantra of the harried parents of bad children everywhere: “live long enough to be a burden to your adult children”
katzenbooks45 over 10 years ago
This is why Calvin’s an only child.
Mythreesons over 10 years ago
Does anyone know anything about Watterson’s private life? Is he married with children? Only a parent with experience could have come up with this strip.
Mitchtheone over 10 years ago
And that is why lions eat their young…….
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
I saw a tee shirt that read:Grandkids-your reward for not choking your own kids!
Number Three over 10 years ago
Poor Mum.
This strip is a perfect example of why I don’t want kids.
xxx
jswarts over 10 years ago
I’ve got a 2 year old and a 6 month old and let me tell you, i never had a gray hair until they came along!
schidester over 10 years ago
Mom in panel 3 has me laughing!
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 10 years ago
My parents answer was, eat what’s served or NOT, but you’re not getting anything else to eat. Subsequently, I ate what was served.
heatherjasper over 10 years ago
Funny, I thought Calvin would like gunk off boots. He liked the idea of having monkey heads for dinner.
Dberrymanal1 over 10 years ago
Give the little brat a spanking he’ll never forget! But that won’t happen, this is a comic strip, not real life.
Cornelius Robinson Premium Member over 10 years ago
When i was growing up my siblings and i didn’t have a choice of eat or don’t eat. It was always “finish your plate before you leave the table.” Now that i’m older i can eat stuff i didn’t like when i was younger.
westny77 over 10 years ago
Look at that face in panel 3. It will give you nightmares.Wait till you have kids Calvin. What I did to my parents my children are doing to me.
Ragarm350 over 10 years ago
Like Mom’s expression in panel three! Nailed it!
Barker62 over 10 years ago
Mine turned white from little men with red stars on their helmets shooting at me….just because I didn’t like rice?
crachor over 10 years ago
Calvin knows exactly what he’s doing.