Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 16, 2010

Time doth fly…

I’d hate to tell him, but it’s later than he thinks.

Summer vacation are fine!

You’re wasting what little time you have left, Calvin!

G’Morning, Grog, Mike, Marg & Fran!

GM everyone

poor Calvin, Think time flys now, wait to you get old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calvin’s right, you know…

Can the beanie-box work as a time machine? He can go back in time.

Time flies fast when you’re having fun.

I know how Calvin feels, two more weeks before they close the beach for the winter. It’ll be a sad, sad day!

Oh My Gosh!!! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

Ahh.. Time flies !!! The worst kind of flies.. don’t we all hate them !

Like the frog said “Time’s fun when your having flies!”

I live where school starts in mid August and so the A/C bills are hugh but up north they start after Labor Day - which one is weirder? Run North Calvin, it will last longer!

What is lower than whale feces … s p a m m e r s!

This reminds me of my favourite saying:

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana!

(ducks for cover)

ses1066, live in the South for the end of school in May, then quickly move to the North for the start of school in September!

Time does not go too fast. It goes at exactly the speed I intend it. not a minute faster or slower. So there.

Now, if everyone would just quit trying to make me do more and more in that time, it would be much easier.

cryptomaniac said, “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana!” That one took a long time to get to India. The arrow must have flown into headwinds along the way, or it crossed the oceans on a banana boat. “Day-o! Day-ay-ay-o!” Maybe you were just waiting for the best time to use it here. The play-on-words does have ‘appeal’! I had to ‘slip’ that one in there.

I know, Calvin…we start school tomorrow! Oh, Puddleglum2, how you make my day!

Arty G said, As the frog said, “Time’s fun when you’re having flies!” That’s a clever ‘scramble’ of words from the original. It didn’t lay an ‘egg’! The frog turned into a prince!

GreenJade said, “Ah… time flies !!! The worst kind of flies… don’t we all hate them!” Yes, and “The wicked flee…” The worst kind of flea… we hate them too, even on our dogs and cats! Is that where they flee “when no man pursues”?

Linda Arney, You just made my day-o too! I hope the two posts following your comment add to your day!

SWEETBILL said, about 7 hours ago

GM everyone poor Calvin, Think time flys now, wait to you get old!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like a roll of toilet paper, The closer you get to the end of it, the faster it goes.

Will running actually slow the passage of time?

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

CALVIN We currently have an overstock of 10,000,000 balloons which you could use to throw a birthday party for Susie or as water balloons. Imagine how time will slow as you blow up all those balloons for your little girlfriend, or how time will stop as you impatiently wait behind the tree with a dripping water balloon for that six year old vixen to leave the safety of her castle. For no extra charge, we will include instructions for enhancing the fun with pickle juice and perfume. Surprise your Mom! Make friends. Increase your popularity. Act now before summer is gone.

I used to start lamenting the loss of summer vacation weeks on the second day out of school. I have always seen the glass as half empty.

Calvin, As Space Man,Spiff, you could hitch a ride on a light beam. Time would slow down the closer you got to the speed of light. You could find a point where you would never have to go back to school. Of course, there wouldn’t be a whole heck of a lot to do while riding a light beam, in a vacuum, in outer space.

Actually, we are experiencing a simple space-time continuum glitch. Soon, everything will be like it should be….relax, don’t worry…..just forget about that big asteroid that’s….oh, I wasn’t supposed to mention that…..

Calvin most adults feel that way even on weekends.

make sure no one tells him its already augest , or he might realy freak out lol

Grog said, “Will running actually slow the passage of time?” It will for the Lone Ranger’s horse, Silver!… “a fiery horse with the speed of light”! As twypsi said, “Time would slow down the closer you got to the speed of light.”

“Time is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end you get the faster it goes” : )

or “Time is the fire we all burn” : )

Actually, TIME DON’T CHANGE, PEOPLE DO!

has anyone else been having problems signing on here??? I haven’t been able to sign on for almost a week :( Puddleglum2… you are faster on the draw then I am! :D

A flea and a fly in a flue, “Let us flee!”, said the fly. “Let us fly!”, said the flea. So they flew thru a flaw in the flue.

Poor kid’s gonna be an old man by next week…

after today’s flyghty comments, i’m running with calvin

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I’d like to do Is to save every day Till Eternity passes away Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I’d save every day like a treasure and then Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do Once you find them I’ve looked around enough to know That you’re the one I want to go Through time with

This is how I feel all summer, too, Calvin!

I am a teacher, and although the parents usually love the end of summer, the students & teachers want to stretch out every minute they can. =)

Coffee-Turtle: A real touch of the heart. Thank you.

I hate school…

A six year old with a wristwatch - now that ‘s interesting. This summer has gone flying by for this 66 year old - far too quickly for my comfort. “God has put eternity into the heart of man…” - tough to read that on your watch….

**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**

Being late today seems wildly appropriate.

I am 76 years old Calvin is right why is summer so short?

@ ratlum

Go South when Summer and Fall is over, then go back North in the Spring :-)

I really wish I could but thats not the way the cookie crumbled,not complaining,just wishing.

Too bad Mrs. Wormwood didn’t teach him that it’s AUGUST already!

Where I live, School starts Wednesday.

Well Calvin, I commiserate with you ol’ buddy! We just started back today and even though I love school, it is a cold slap in the face that first day!!!!!

I was sorta like this Aug1.

I love any of the strips with Calvin daydreaming in school. As a teacher, I ask them to write these down, and they begin to think maybe composition class isn’t so bad. By the way, I really enjoy the comments on this strip. Beats most of the others I browse. You are all like family, and ain’t it great!!!!!

Yeah, summer sure doesn’t last long! But winter drags on and on and on and ….. Well you get the picture! Oh to be Calvin’s age again!

“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.”

But he gets to be 6 forever. What is he worrying about?

I always liked the beginning of July. Since school got out the end of June, summer vacation was just starting! And two months look so much longer at the beginning looking forward than at the end looking backward.

Bargrove said, 1 day ago

Coffee-Turtle: A real touch of the heart. Thank you.

You’re welcome! :-)

(and thanks to Jim Croce!)

Just wait until you get my age (78), Calvin! I was a teenager last week. Time marches on until we meet our maker!