Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 07, 2022

I was sure it was going to be 42.

“A little thing called “Learning”!"

What would Calvin do on a computer? I don’t think his house has an internet connection in order to see any certain websites upon which he would stumble that aren’t suitable for minors.

Ya know… It’s probably for the best that he didn’t get a computer for Christmas, as they weren’t very powerful back then. Why, I’m willing to bet that that ouija board’s got more internal memory than your average home computer did back in the 80’s when this strip originally ran in the paper. Then again, I doubt you can play Frogger on one though…..

All children ask for a computer in these times!!

42

Well, there’s your answer. I was going for 5, but there it is.

1992 I still had my Commodore +4 then with loads of games on 5 1/4" disks. Happy days

What parent would give a Ouija board to it’s kid?

I thought the answer to life was 42 ;-)

It IS a computer, just a very primitive (read “Cheap!”) one.

When it comes to predicting the future, a computer is about as good as a Ouija board.

42

“Seduction by Ouija” was a game played by some in college. Hot date… Ouija out… “Oh, spirits of the Ouija, do you think Hottie Dayte should boink (for example) Count Olaf?” and the planchet would mysteriously zoom to “YES”. Actually worked a few times, too. Just sayin’ Told to me by a friend, of course. You can Count on it. ;9

Well, it’s no worse than “42” and took a fraction of the time.

42 would have been a more interesting answer. “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” was published in 1979, so including that as a gag isn’t out of the question depending on which this comic strip was first published.

It should have said 42

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The answer should be 42.

3? 6/10

Computer, Ouija Board, not sure I see the difference most of the time.

The board was trying to state 3 X 14 = 42, but Calvin was too impatient as usual. So the correct answer is 42

It’s a supernatural computer.

The Ouija board is correct.

So far 10% of the commenters have said the answer is “42”. But Douglas Adams got it slightly wrong. The answer Deep Thought actually gave was “420”.

Calvin does poorly in school. You don’t need an Ouija board to see he will be a lazy slob who spends his welfare checks on alcohol.

Wouldn’t the correct answer have been “42?”

Its a magic number

Blood lasts for 42 days when not in the body.

42

3?? Wrong! Everyone know that 47 is the answer to everything! :D

42 is the answer to an unknowable question, seeing how both cannot exist is the same universe at the same time. So 3 seems perfectly reasonable to me how a Ouija board knows everything.

3, important Biblically. Along with 40, and 7.

Maybe Ouiji only know three things.

You know, repeating the same joke over and over makes it really stale, you guys do realize that, right?

42

The Ouija board is essentially a shoving match between polite “believers”.

Most. Boring. Comments. Ever

Notice how they assumed that the answer stopped at 3, or else they figured that any further movement would fail to clarify. No wonder Watterson didn’t go with 42; they would have stopped at 4.

Must be defective, the answer is 42.

Sure it didn’t say 42?

I think the answer is 42, isn’t it?

whoops it’s buffering

Not 42?

And thus the ouija board is proven inaccurate. The answer is obviously 42.

I’m surprised no one suggested that it should be “42”.

That’s a joke, of course.

I think the answer is actually 47.

No these answer should be 42

Actually asking a Ouija board that question is brilliant. Love Watterson.