Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 09, 2024

Would you pay to have Calvin be quiet?

And she says, “Can’t buy me love”…..

Give him the $20 and then start charging him for meals, for clothes, for electricity, etc.

You is just too materialistic kid.

Calvin’s “needs” are monetary, mom.

oh take the danged hug Calvin. later you’ll wish you did.

Calvin’s next “gesture of appreciation” will be 20 whacks on his backside! Plus, a boring lecture from Dad on “building character”.

Give him a blanket and a safe place…

Sounds like a politician fund raising.

Money for nothing and hugs for free

Mom should give him 20 bucks (you know where).

Take it with thanks, Calvin. I’m 70 and STILL wish my mom was here to hug me!

“The best things in life are freeBut you can keep ‘em for the birds and beesNow gimme money, (that’s what I want)That’s what I want, (that’s what I want)…”

Maybe there’s a reason why?

I say, pick him up and drop him in the tub. He can learn that whining equals a bath. Might be difficult the first few times, but he’ll get the message. Oh, wait, that’s what you do when the dog rolls in something gross. I dunno, try it, it might work with a kid, too.

Calvin puts a price on happiness.

Always the finite not the infinite!!!

As usual, Calvin, one sentence too many.

some people just like to complain… :J

$20 was more than a year’s allowance back in the ’50s.

Cal’s a centrist and he’s the center

Who knew Calvin was part of the “Woke” generation back then!

Perhaps I’m the weird one out, but I’d take the hug in a heartbeat!

Those $20 would be worth over $50 today…

I’d have taken the hug, Calvin!

Normal behavior in a 6 year old. Abnormal behavior in a 78 year old.

Calvin auditions for a role in Identity Politics.

I work for a trucking corporation. They pay me money. That is the only reason I work there. But I do wish they have better trucks.

“A Mark, a Yen, a Buck or a Pound,A Buck or a Pound, a Buck or a PoundIs all that makes the world go round,It makes the world go round.” ~ Cabaret

The attitude of welfare statists everywhere.

I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody! ;-)

“Care” comes in many sizes and guises. Appreciate what you can get.

Looked the gift horse in the mouth………..again.

Is it too late for her to have an abortion?

Mom really should ask him what he wants the money for. Forewarned is forearmed, as they used to say. Also, trust but verify. I wouldn’t believe his explanation until he came up with one that was plausible for Calvin…

He’s always got an angle.