Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 24, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 3 years ago

    Roslyn is calculating the overtime as she lies to her employer.

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    dadthedawg Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    That’s what they told Abe Lincoln…..

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    codycab  almost 3 years ago

    As if mom would be concerned even if it really was Calvin “crying” for help.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 3 years ago

    The telly… riiiiiiight.

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    eastern.woods.metal  almost 3 years ago

    That’s dated, calling from a payphone

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    Johnny Q Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Last episode he was afraid to make any noise…

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    C  almost 3 years ago

    Mom’s pride and joy

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    Bilan  almost 3 years ago

    Mom is going to pay Rosalyn an extra $100 to find out how she got Calvin into bed by 6:00.

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    Lana M.  almost 3 years ago

    Since this strip originally came out while some of my children were still at home, the phone seems natural to me. You may not have noticed that Watterson stopped drawing this strip nearly 30 years ago..

    We, of course, never needed a sitter with such a strong character, but we appreciate Rosalyn’s determination in dealing with a little devil like Calvin. ‘Mom’ would never get her night out without Rosalyn. :)

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    johndifool  almost 3 years ago

    Is the TV show The Prisoner?

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    Charliegirl Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Oh, she’s good. She’s really good.

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    Susan00100  almost 3 years ago

    Calvin, what makes you think Mom will even talk to you? After all, she’s the one who hired the babysitter from Hell!!

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    deblee77  almost 3 years ago

    I still have one working dial phone in the house, you can no longer dial out with it (the dial works, but technology doesn’t) however, you can answer the phone and talk on it.

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    jagedlo  almost 3 years ago

    You know Mom’s going to know something happened when she heard “Calvin went to bed early”…

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    sandpiper  almost 3 years ago

    Have a great Christmas, everyone! :} )=

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    cholomanaba  almost 3 years ago

    by today’s standards, Rosalyn would end up in jail for child abuse….

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    Troglodyte  almost 3 years ago

    It’s a lost cause, Cal. Your Mom is in cahoots with Roz.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    In retrospect, it’s a good thing Calvin wasn’t really in trouble. Of course, I suppose it helps if everyone involved knows Calvin is the trouble, mostly.

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    Spence12 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    The day Rosalyn finally plays Calvinball with C&H, she discovers what she should have been doing all along. He tired out and they both enjoyed that day.

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  almost 3 years ago

    at least its push button and not a rotary

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 3 years ago

    Supposedly some places installed rotary dial payphones late into the Touch Tone era to deter drug dealers from using their pagers. How’d that work out for them?

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    snowedin, now known as Missy's mom  almost 3 years ago

    This is sad!

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    BiggerNate91  almost 3 years ago

    I know we’re on sabbatical reruns, but I wonder if the initial run will be broken in order to put a Christmas strip tomorrow.

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    BluNova  almost 3 years ago

    I love the rotary phone that Rosalyn is talking on.

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    akb02  almost 3 years ago

    Send reinforcements! FAST!

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    spaced man spliff  almost 3 years ago

    At first they were called push-button phones. Then some super-salesman came up with the idea to call them touch-tone phones and could get more buxx selling them.

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    AidanCraft  almost 3 years ago

    Merry Christmas Eve!!!

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    AndrewSihler  almost 3 years ago

    This “hold down the fort” expression is puzzling. For the last 200 years, the expression was “hold the fort”, i.e. “don’t give up the ship; resist, persist, help is on the way”. “Down” not only doesn’t add anything, it’s incoherent. A similar bone-headed “elaboration” of a familiar phrase is the embellishment of “fight tooth and nail” (i.e., fight fiercely) by “tooth and toenail”, which is hardly an improvement.

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    RWill  almost 3 years ago

    Landlines. How quaint.

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    CHAD OCHOCINCO JOHNSON  over 2 years ago

    huh? NO CHRISTMAS???? REALLY?!

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