Looks like some one else drew Calvin in the first two panels as her appears to be normal height for a 6 year old (taller than the table) in the 4th panel he is back to barely knee high (15") to his mother.
If they don’t ask for her by name, he should not let them talk to her. If it’s important, they will call back. If it’s a robocall, they will call back and call back and call back …
You have reached Marty’s refrigerator. Marty’s answering machine is broken so, if you speak real slow, I’ll write your message on a note and put it on me with one of these magnets.
BE THIS GUY about 1 year ago
Hope this teaches the caller a proper way to ask to speak to someone:
“May I speak to Mrs. Calvin’s Mom, please?”
codycab about 1 year ago
They did return. Just not to you, Mom.
C about 1 year ago
Inexplicable
Scorpio Premium Member about 1 year ago
Calvin is his own worst enemy. When they eventually chat to mom, he will be in so much trouble.
SHIVA about 1 year ago
Replacing the telephone will come out of his allowance, if he has one!!!
snsurone76 about 1 year ago
Calvin did the right thing here, although it wasn’t necessary to wreck the phone doing so.
Must be why Mom’s calls didn’t go through.
snsurone76 about 1 year ago
Apparently, this strip was done before answering machines and call-waiting.
su43dipta about 1 year ago
Calvin sure is protective of his mother’s privacy!
minty_Joe about 1 year ago
Answer the phone with “City morgue” or “Grand Central Station”.
GreggW Premium Member about 1 year ago
Wait till Calvin’s mom (seriously, Watterson never gave her a name?) follows up on her initial calls.
cageeey about 1 year ago
A dial telephone…cool.. i remember dialing a phone number with a lot of 9’s was aways pain…
figuratively speaking about 1 year ago
Mom needs her own phone line kept behind a locked door. To which she has the only key.
Zebrastripes about 1 year ago
Oy!
Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 year ago
Would have been cooler if the caller had said “Is your mother home and dad not?” Oooooo the possibilities
Gen.Flashman about 1 year ago
Looks like some one else drew Calvin in the first two panels as her appears to be normal height for a 6 year old (taller than the table) in the 4th panel he is back to barely knee high (15") to his mother.
mckeonfuneralhomebx about 1 year ago
Wouldnt she also hear the phone ring?
guenette.charlie(BozoKnows) about 1 year ago
Mom shouldn’t let a six-year old answer the phone if she expects her calls to be returned.
jagedlo about 1 year ago
Any harder and they would have had to get a new phone!
Daltongang Premium Member about 1 year ago
There is nothing wrong with Calvin that military school in a foreign country couldn’t fix.
g04922 about 1 year ago
LOL… Can’t wait until Calvin gets a cell phone.
French Persons Premium Member about 1 year ago
Brat.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Okay, I get it, but I am thinking I would like the “Calvin spam call 1000” at my house.
Meowise about 1 year ago
Well, just saying “no one is home” could work.
ladykat about 1 year ago
Look who’s talking!
mindjob about 1 year ago
My favorite answering machine message:
“Hello…(long pause)..I think you have the wrong number”
The Doctor about 1 year ago
Mom: What do you do if someone comes up to you and says I’m your mom’s friend and she asked me to pick you up.
Child: I’d say my mom has no friends
Mom: not where I was going with this but ok.
Rufus The naked mole rat about 1 year ago
Lol. Calvin doing Stephanie Tanner.
mistercatworks about 1 year ago
If they don’t ask for her by name, he should not let them talk to her. If it’s important, they will call back. If it’s a robocall, they will call back and call back and call back …
A Hip loving Canadian... about 1 year ago
Calvin has a way with words… and irony.
wiley207 about 1 year ago
Welp, time for them to get a new phone!
Mediatech about 1 year ago
A corded phone with a rotary dial. Those were the days.
StevePappas about 1 year ago
Ahhh! Remember the days when you could slam down a phone in anger?
Marty241 about 1 year ago
You have reached Marty’s refrigerator. Marty’s answering machine is broken so, if you speak real slow, I’ll write your message on a note and put it on me with one of these magnets.