I don’t know if I would have got further than “I don’t want…” but I know darn well i wouldn’t have got past “For your information…” and been able to sit at school. We didn’t get smart alecky to my parents. The biggest no-no was to reply to my parents with one little word. “So?”
If mom would look into homeschooling then Calvin wouldn’t have any problems being bullied by everyone at school including Moe and his teacher miss worma$$
My wife sometimes asks me if I would like to take out the trash. She does not appreciate it when I caper around the kitchen saying, “O gee! Can I? Can I? Please, please, please!” She puts up with me, I’ve been doing this kind of thing since before we got married over 47 years ago.
I am 58 and I have dim memories of childhood. The rules. The rainy days. Going to school. The drudgery. I am semi-retired now. I am contented. The days of childhood were torture. I think Calvin represents most of us. Childhood had its fun and joys. But being an adult is far better.
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
Experiences like these will prepare Calvin well for marriage.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 5 years ago
He must really want to go to school today.
codycab over 5 years ago
Just be glad she doesn’t make you want to love Mondays.
retrocool over 5 years ago
I think this one begins an even greater story than the propeller beanie
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
can’t have it your own way, Calvin, when it comes to 12 years of compulsory education
alaskajohn1 over 5 years ago
A painful behind can be a great motivator.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 5 years ago
Ve haf vays.
whahoppened over 5 years ago
Think of it this way, Calvin. You’re saving your parents from being punished.
BigDaveGlass over 5 years ago
Bleah! Monday again…
SonicFan91 over 5 years ago
Wa wa waaaaa
JohnFarson19 over 5 years ago
I don’t know if I would have got further than “I don’t want…” but I know darn well i wouldn’t have got past “For your information…” and been able to sit at school. We didn’t get smart alecky to my parents. The biggest no-no was to reply to my parents with one little word. “So?”
Watcher over 5 years ago
Have Dad take you to school and remind him that sometimes it’s important to be a kid and to play, even if you work in an office.
jpayne4040 over 5 years ago
Resistance is futile, Calvin!
jackhammer165 over 5 years ago
Mums, the super-motivators!
Bibleman2002 over 5 years ago
If mom would look into homeschooling then Calvin wouldn’t have any problems being bullied by everyone at school including Moe and his teacher miss worma$$
DanFlak over 5 years ago
My wife sometimes asks me if I would like to take out the trash. She does not appreciate it when I caper around the kitchen saying, “O gee! Can I? Can I? Please, please, please!” She puts up with me, I’ve been doing this kind of thing since before we got married over 47 years ago.
jrankin1959 over 5 years ago
Lemme guess… as an adult, Calvin becomes a teacher.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
So much for free will. Bah! Live with it, Cal!
A Hip loving Canadian... over 5 years ago
Using the term FYI with your mom is never a good idea.
rshive over 5 years ago
Motivation comes in various ways.
enigmamz over 5 years ago
Don’t worry Calvin, you’re building character!
LeeCox over 5 years ago
Just wait until Calvin grows up and has a job in a cubicle farm somewhere!
COL Crash over 5 years ago
There are things that we all have to do no matter how much we want to put them off.
gantech over 5 years ago
Quick mom, tell us how you did it!
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
Life, huh?
Phantis over 5 years ago
I am 58 and I have dim memories of childhood. The rules. The rainy days. Going to school. The drudgery. I am semi-retired now. I am contented. The days of childhood were torture. I think Calvin represents most of us. Childhood had its fun and joys. But being an adult is far better.
bloodykate over 5 years ago
I love Calvin’s scrunched up face! That’s me in the morning.
TLH1310 Premium Member over 5 years ago
My Father used to say “I can’t make you do what you don’t want to, But I can make you wish you did.”
Darn, I miss him.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 5 years ago
Applying the rod of knowledge to the seat of learning does increase motivation.
chain gang charlie over 5 years ago
Sorry bub, You’ll have to wait until you’re in your’e Seventies and your wife goes on an extended visit to her relatives…..
denenbsa over 5 years ago
As I’ve said to my students regarding homework, “You don’t have to like it, you just have to do it”.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 5 years ago
I use to tell my guys, "If I can’t make you do your job, I’ll make you wish you had.
wiatr over 5 years ago
Ask your father about that when you get older.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 5 years ago
To paraphrase James Brown: “Momma don’t, momma don’t, momma don’t…Momma don’t take no mess!!!”
The Pro from Dover over 5 years ago
Warwick over 2 years ago
wait…