Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 17, 2023

Yes, he does have to keep score. The boy needs his victories.

That’s a few for Calvin and a million for others!

I’m sure that will motivate him to do more chores.

Yes, he does

Must’ve been quite an effort for Mom to apologize to Calvin.

Aw, Mom. Let him have his victories. He hasn’t had one in 9 days.

Hey Mr. Tally man, tally up me victories…..

All the complaining encourages him to keep score. Keeping score incentivizes him to do (some) of his chores. The system works?

I tawt I taw a puddy tat. I DID ! I DID taw a puddy tat.

This needs to be recorded for historical purposes. A mother actually admitted that she was wrong and said “I’m sorry” to her child.

Tally-ho, Cal!

I can see Calvin doing this when he’s married

That woman is a living SAINT – St. Calvin’s Mom.

Well, Calvin does need some way to keep track of his few victories…

5th panel his mom says, Talk to me like that again and I’ll give you a tally score you can wear.

But does he also keep tabs on his goofs? I kinda think his record is one-sided.

-1 for not putting the toilet seat up when he went to the bathroom and another -1 when he didn’t put it down again and mom got a butt bath when he put it up after. Bwaaa haaaa haaaa!

Mighty tiny “Good” marks tally book you got the kiddo.

I proved my mom wrong once when I was a kid and she was mad at me for days. That was a lesson I took on with me through life and it served me well.

Calvin better hope SHE doesn’t keep score.

Now, let’s check the OTHER side of the balance sheet, Calvin. You know, those times you were wrong, misbehaved, told lies, etc.

This is no way to win friends, Calvin. You’ve got to let people save face if you want them to concede points gracefully. If you don’t they’ll be watching you like hawks waiting till you slip up.

There’s so much time between his victories, he’d forget if he didn’t keep track of them.

Let’s see… Score for this month – Mom 29, Calvin 1. Nice try Calvin.

If Calvin’s mom & dad decided to keep tally marks on him, it could fill up a whole room!

If he keeps an accurate score, he won’t like the results.

And Mom’s tally book is in the fifth release and four times as many pages as Calvin’s.

Do they have a stepladder in the closet? how else is he gonna reach the clothes rod?

Could he really reach high enough to hang something in that closet?

Sweet scoring between mom and son.

All Mom has to do is tally up the bills (including the price of that coat!) and everything else she and Dad do for Calvin. Case closed.

Family is not a competition.