Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 19, 2010

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    Take that kid home, I’m out for an adult dinner…

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    Pacejv  over 14 years ago

    Marge, get take-out.

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    WoodEye  over 14 years ago

    Sometimes I feel that way too1 fortunately my wife is the same.

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    Rakkav  over 14 years ago

    I must be built like a submarine. Any such atmospheric pressure works for me, Calvin: haute cuisine all the way down to Burger King.

    But for once, your six-year-old status excuses you. If only your imagination weren’t so precocious that you’re dying a thousand deaths before your time because of it. :(

    That said…I find this one of the funniest C&H strips ever!

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    MontanaLady  over 14 years ago

    That’s why we go to those nice places later in the evening!

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    I remember those days………..not quite that bad, but I still remember them!

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    The Duke 1  over 14 years ago

    Pacejv, why should Marg get take out? Let Calvin’s parents get take out!

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    Tineli  over 14 years ago

    Hey, Calvin, think: Would it be better, if you had to stay at home with your baby-sitter?

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    lewisbower  over 14 years ago

    My father would not eat at a restaurant without a full liquor licence. Burger joints didn’t serve Beefeater Gin in my day. At least I learned table manners. I also learned to buckle up on the way home.

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    Yukoner  over 14 years ago

    Our kids learned table manners at home before they were allowed to eat out, and that included fast food places like Wendy’s or Mr. Mike’s. When they had learned to behave there we graduated them to better places but it was always made plain that this was a treat and a privilege. It worked.

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    Pacejv  over 14 years ago

    @JFri…I think Marg doesn’t need to look at a kid with boogers.

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    rentier  over 14 years ago

    Air pressure!

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    Cymbol  over 14 years ago

    Mom and dad must be gluttons for punishment to take Calvin to a restaurant with table cloths…either that or Rosalyn has doubled her fee.

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    Wiseguy411  over 14 years ago

    Oscar Wilde may have been correct …

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    jrbj  over 14 years ago

    You can too eat in fast food places all the time. unlike high priced restaurants, the food is recognizable and you can even go in sweats of you want too. Life can be good if you let it.

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    lobkiller  over 14 years ago

    Cal overheard mom n dad saying that place has atmosphere, that’s why they like it there, just too much atmosphere for him!

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    jbzmn  over 14 years ago

    I agree jrbj! And some of you folks are just waaay too serious … it’s a “comic” … you know … just for fun?

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    ernest.portlock  over 14 years ago

    The boy just needs an energetic Mother with a STICK!!!!!!!

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    rshive  over 14 years ago

    My parents took me to a nice restaurant once when I was rally young. Had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich served under one of those covered metal dishes.

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    imbaldeagle  over 14 years ago

    Get a babysitter when you go here - introduce kids to good restaurants when they get older. Of course, there still will be awkward times - kids don’t like relaxing conversation while they eat - too much atmosphere :-)

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    notinksanymore  over 14 years ago

    There are plenty of restaurants between fast food and formal dining. And lots of them have full liquor licenses. Take your kids to a “family friendly” restaurant, and people who don’t like kids go to places that are more adults only. Why do people find this so complicated?

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    IndyMan  over 14 years ago

    My Father took my Mother and I to ‘all kinds’ of restaurants when I was growing up. The menu was wide open–but I had to finish what I ordered or the next time we went out to eat, I got burgers or hot dogs and fries. I learned how to behave, though, contrary to ‘our hero’ I liked them.

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    APPLESCRUFF  over 14 years ago

    When our son was younger, we took him to a diner & he said “I didn’t ask to come here!” :) We told him he had no say in the matter & we liked to eat at places other than fast food. When he was a little older, we started having him bring his GameBoy along to keep him from being bored while waiting for our food.

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Fast food restaurants are for when I’m in a hurry. I’d prefer to sit down and enjoy a good meal that wasn’t put together in minutes in some burger joint. Leave Calvin at home with a sitter and truly enjoy your dinner & the peace & quiet. You’ve earned it.

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    primacyofreason  over 14 years ago

    There are many fun ways to help your kids behave at a nice restaurant. You just have to make a game out of it.

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    anorok2  over 14 years ago

    Wiseguy411……What did Oscar Wilde say??

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    Calvin, someone should erect a new and improved version before you implode (although some people like Calvin just as he is). By the way, does anyone else have a problem with imploding usable, functional stadiums and other edifices? It seems sort of terroristic. Is anything ever good enough, or do we always have to keep up with the Joneses?

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    fanof41  over 14 years ago

    Just give the kid a hit from the bottle of beaujolais. He’ll settle down.

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    rw1h  over 14 years ago

    Funny stuff! I gotta remember that ploy for when I get drug out to a place with “atmosphere” and “ambiance”.

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    Willows Dream  over 14 years ago

    Kudos to Calvin’s mom for trying to teach the little heathen some manners in public places.

    Children of today have very little to no self discipline. This is what comes from letting a child run the house because it, for the moment, seems easier than being bothered to take the time to teach them consequences for their actions. Too many parents take the easy way out to the determent of their child, their families and society.

    As the saying goes, “if we had behaved in that manner in any public place when we were children, our behinds would have gotten lit up when we got home”. I’m none the worse for wear for having been made to behave with proper manners and decorum. I thank my parents for loving me enough to take the time to teach me.

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    attyush  over 14 years ago

    I don’t want any rice in my fried-rice.

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    Shades78  over 14 years ago

    Just because no one else said it, here it goes…..

    They tried to open a posh restaurant on the moon but it failed.

    No atmosphere.

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    robinafox  over 14 years ago

    The Oscar Wilde quote? Maybe -

    “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.”

    Or then again:

    “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

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    ratlum  over 14 years ago

    Mom you can so eat at fast food places all the time Next you will want Calvin to dress up to go shopping at Walmart

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    khpage  over 14 years ago

    Yeah, all the fancy trimmings and tablecloths ‘n stuff, with a price to match. As a good friend of mine once observed however, “You can’t eat atmosphere”. Some of the best eating out sort of food I have ever had was working on set as an extra for the movies over the past 30 years or so….

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    comixmaster1000  over 14 years ago

    You can’t eat atmosphere!

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    greekhoplite  over 14 years ago

    I KNOW Chuck Norris can.

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    greekhoplite  over 14 years ago

    Anyway, Calvin never sits still OR behaves. Never.

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    mrslukeskywalker  over 14 years ago

    Well, he’s not being loud, just a little stinker. They’re used to it. This would be a good time to introduce him to Harvey Wallbanger. Back then it was perfectly legal to give your kid some of your drink, as it still should be. All the rest of his thoughts will go on silently in his head, and everyone else can eat in peace.

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    glitterygal07  over 14 years ago

    Calvin wants to eat at McDonalds.

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    vldazzle  over 14 years ago

    We took the kids to tablecloth restaurants once in a while (and required them to behave) but with 4 kids in 5 years we mostly went out when my parents paid and I always did the “baby bounce” on my lap (keep the baby quiet, with constant motion). I did many meals -even the main family holidays an I enjoyed being the one who did “gourmet” cooking - even back in the 60s ;-)

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 14 years ago

    I think the wine idea is a good one, but seriously, kids can be taught to behave in public places. That’s what parenting is for. That could be quite a stretch for Calvin, but it might be worth a try.

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    zerotsm  over 14 years ago

    In today’s economy, I rarely eat out, and when I do it’s at a buffet style restaurant. At a buffet, you don’t have to wait for your food and you can see exactly what it is before you get it. You have as little or as much as you like.

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    Gretchen's Mom  over 14 years ago

    I try to avoid buffets at ALL costs. It’s just too easy to over-eat at one because you feel like you have to in order to get your moneys-worth when the meal can be $10.00 or more per person … otherwise, you feel like you’re being cheated if you don’t!

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    comixmaster1000  over 13 years ago

    Take that kid home, I’m up for an adult dinner…

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    Grapey  over 1 year ago

    fast food. that looks like a fancy pancy resturant

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