Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 01, 2014

Recreational crafts and games if you want do it.

Hobbes has to leave his wonderful convenient branch!

Maybe you should shock your Mom, Calvin,by making your bed before she has a chance to tell you to make it… ;)

It’s 2014… and I’m STILL waiting for my Robotic-Butler/Housekeeper/Maid… and Hoverboard.

ORMouseworks, there was a storyline where Calvin created a “good” version of himself that did all his chores, homework, and was even nice to Susie. One of my favorite C&H lines comes from that storyline, where the good Calvin says, “I am NOT Calvin, I am the physical manifestation of Calvin’s good side,” and Susie says, “If that were true, you’d be a lot smaller,” and good Calvin says to the reader, “You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve heard that.”

Zero-Gabriel, Sony, et. al., want us to be impressed with their dancing robots. I keep saying to the videos, “Show me one cleaning a toilet and then I’ll be impressed.”

Calvin’s comment in the last panel> Priceless! TY Bill.

uh oh! Calvin’s making it ‘we’ and ‘us’ again. It should be ‘I’ and ‘me’.

Is he not in fact a somewhat hidden dual personality who, especially when alone (with his alter ego of course), applies quantum physics to risky ventures ? His parents should hire a PI solely to observe him. At the very least a very interesting little guy, thanks a lot to his creator.

Calvin makes nothing but trouble.

Work at what you love and you’ll never work.

My brother-in-law works at what he loves: drinking beer, lying on the couch and is on the dole.

So, Mom, take a hint to make it fun: Tell Calvin you are magically turning him into a robot that makes beds!

All work and no play makes Calvin an inventor.

An imaginary robot may not be good enough for mom, Calvin. I don’t think she fully appreciates Hobbes’ abilities yet.

Calvin’s comment in the last panel is a direct descendant of Mark Twain’s observations about work in ‘Tom Sawyer.’

Working hard now so he can be lazy later… that boy has the makings of a fine engineer!

Unfortunately that is not going to work Calvin dude. It is also more work. At the office I create an excel program for all my accounting functions. at first it is more work but in the long run it saves me work and time.

Calvin has a point.

Is this some kind of commentary on Labor Day?

What? Me work?.Nah, did that once…

Strangely true…

Let’s pray that this won’t be a disaster.