Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 09, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  about 4 years ago

    Dad should be proud of how smart Calvin is.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Dad just wanted to see his son smiling for a while .

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    sirbadger  about 4 years ago

    Back before modern cameras, you didn’t want to waste film on bad pictures.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Why does Dad have to say “One, two, three”? Why can’t he just take the picture?

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    codycab  about 4 years ago

    Calvin would make a great photo bomber.

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    nsr60  about 4 years ago

    Try clicking the shutter on “two.”

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    Concretionist  about 4 years ago

    Calvin’s been down this road all too often to fall for THAT.

    I once watched a (very clever) photographer get a dozen or so pretty good photos in about 3 dozen minutes, while we were waiting our turn. She had fuzzy animals to attract the youngest ones’ attention, and then she’d “hide” it behind the camera and when it popped up, she’d grab the smile. From slightly older kids she’s say things like “Okay, I want a smile on the count of three: One… Twoooo… Poop!” With adults, she’d use “Okay give me a frown. No, a REAL frown. Really. Knit your brows, turn those corners DOWN. Geeze, you’re SO hard to work with. Okay I give up. Think of turnips.” Somewhere in there, she’d get a smile and grab it. She had at LEAST a dozen others. Group shots took the longest of course, but even with a family of five, she’d get five good smiles at once with only three or four tries. I was in awe!

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    BigDaveGlass  about 4 years ago

    And this was in the days before digital camera s, wasted film was wasted film….

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    VegaAlopex  about 4 years ago

    Dad shouldn’t have counted to three, which told Calvin that the picture would be taken on the third click.

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    admiree2  about 4 years ago

    C’mon Dad, I got years of experience and yet you still think you can fool me? Bring in Mom to give me a real challenge.

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    jpayne4040  about 4 years ago

    Dad should already know how futile this is.

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    Roblox Lover! :P  about 4 years ago

    Nice try, Calvin’s dad. But once again, Spaceman Spiff remains victorious.

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    dcdete.  about 4 years ago

    I guess this would ruin the joke, but dad really isn’t a child photographer. If you get a really nice smile from the kid then take the picture! Don’t say hold it, start counting, one, now don’t make a funny face .. two .. stop thinking about sticking your tongue out, you hear? don’t think about it .. no funny face …. four.. oh sorry, I meant three, click.

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    jagedlo  about 4 years ago

    And then when Calvin’s older, he’s going to wonder why there aren’t any good photos of him…

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    More Coffee Please! Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Reminds me of my own kids… sigh…

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    A Hip loving Canadian...  about 4 years ago

    Dad is thinking, “A puppy would never do that to me.”

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    dwdl21  about 4 years ago

    I’m actually guilty of this in my grade 4 school pic…lol

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    Kilrwat Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Seriously, Dad, you always take the picture on “two”.

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 4 years ago

    Thanks to digital photography, you can edit how you want the final products look. Dad could change his son’s faces into… oh, I don’t know… an iguana.

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    kab2rb  about 4 years ago

    Calvin smart kid, dad timed wrong.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Dad has a tell. He sticks out his tongue.

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    Dani Rice  about 4 years ago

    Hubby’s nephew, who was a smarta$$ most of his life, always made a point of sticking out his tongue in any picture, even group shots. I once pointed out that when a person dies, the undertaker asks for a photo to see how the person looked when they were alive. “You know, of course, that you will go to heaven looking like this. . .” And I stuck out my tongue at him.

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    azhoosier41  about 4 years ago

    I was trying to take a picture of my twin grandsons with a 35 mm. camera and they kept making funny faces. I manually flashed the attachment and they immediately started smiling—-click,gotcha.

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    Sir.waffle  about 4 years ago

    calvin you have ears like an elaphant

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    Thinkingblade  about 4 years ago

    It appears to me that the trigger for Calvin was not Dad counting to 3 – after all he said Click twice after the count, indicating two fake picture. It looks like the trigger was when he stuck his own tongue out in concentration that Calvin knew when the real picture was coming.

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    mistercatworks  about 4 years ago

    By the time he heard the click, the photo would have been taken. However, it is amazing how these little rascals can anticipate it.

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    BiathlonNut  about 4 years ago

    The tongue is the tell.

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    megerkey  about 4 years ago

    These days with a new digital camera Dad could put the sound on silent and fool Calvin.

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    DanWolfie  about 4 years ago

    Heh, Calvin knows better than to fall for his dad simply saying “click.” Now if the dad were saying “Ki-chi!” that might work.

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    WCraft Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Calvin was on to him from the start.

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    Tentoes  about 4 years ago

    Was trying to get a good photo of my two for the Christmas cards, but they were goofing off. “Ok,” I said. “Pretend you like each other.” I got a charming photo of the elder looking sweet and the younger looking at him suspiciously. Made a GREAT Christmas photo.

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    jfpaugh1959  about 4 years ago

    This is funny, I don’t care who you are.

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    Old27F20  about 4 years ago

    Here’s what my wife and I used to do. Whenever we wanted a nice picture, mom stood behind me with that big thick yard stick of hers and looked the kids right in the eyes daring then to make a face. Worked every time!

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    Chad Cheetah  about 4 years ago

    Both Calvin and Big Nate are having camera troubles today!

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    Karen Szyszko Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Ah, timing is everything.

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    kathleenhicks62  about 4 years ago

    Dad never had a chance there.

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    yangeldf  about 4 years ago

    This is a dated reference now, back in the day this was published cameras needed film, you only had so many shots and every one cost you money, now cameras are digital, dad could sit there and take however many hundreds of shots he needs to before Calvin gives up out of sheer exhaustion, he would probably even be demoralized seeing his dad simply delete the bad picture and go right back to it.

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    Nobody!  about 4 years ago

    next!

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    KEA  about 4 years ago

    There are real good reasons Calvin’s an only child.

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    spaced man spliff  about 4 years ago

    Does any photographer say “watch the birdie” anymore?

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