@Charlie, my favorite camping trip is backpacking with dehydrated food, sterno, and a nylon hammock. The hammock rolls up and fits in your pocket. You hike. When you’re hungry, find a stream, boil water, make stew with dehydrated veggies and meat, when boiled water is cool, put in canteen. Tie hammock between two trees and go to sleep. (There is also a plastic rain sheet to go over hammock in case of rain. Some areas may require mosquito netting.) Repeat until the cares of civilization are washed away, or until you start wishing for a shower.
I too am like Stuart. Hammock sleeping is a great way to enjoy the outdoors. As long as you can keep the kids out of them, or at the least, show them how they were meant to be used.
margueritem about 15 years ago
It doesn’t handle the weight of a tiger too well….
vibjyor about 15 years ago
It certainly is not dad’s hammock now.
ladywolf17 about 15 years ago
Can’t we all just learn to share.
rentier about 15 years ago
Tail is hanging through the net in the third penel!
rentier about 15 years ago
It handles the weight of the tiger, but not with Calvin too!
Y2F about 15 years ago
I think it’s time to consult the Hammock Man.
alondra about 15 years ago
Dad would never believe it’s because Hobbes weighs too much, stuffed animals don’t weigh much at all.
GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago
I don’t think it was the weight that caused the sag…it was the wrestling with Hobbes.
But I think we need to blame Dad for purchasing a low quality hammock. I certainly wouldn’t buy a fish net hammock.
carpetinwater9 about 15 years ago
Dad needs to tighten up the strings.
kab2rb about 15 years ago
C&H looks like they had fun. Dad got left out of the fun with a stretched out hammock.
jelzap about 15 years ago
Time to return it again….you know its a crummy hammock when it cant handle the weight of an imaginary tiger
VampireQueen100 about 15 years ago
What a high quality hammock… (sarcasm intended)
Silverpearl about 15 years ago
Next time get a canvas hammock instead of a net one.
grammahotsho about 15 years ago
If you have a Calvin why would you buy a quality hammock? Do you really think it would last longer????
mroberts88 about 15 years ago
Time for a new hammock already, this time, get a better one, and jelzap, Hobbes is real, hes talking to Calvin in the first 3 panels.
johnnydoc5 about 15 years ago
Charlie, you might have something there, I haven’t seen a hammock in years.
bald about 15 years ago
i was expecting them to be all tangled in the hammock when dad showed up
ratlum about 15 years ago
Imaginary Tiger & Calvin did this ? Dad should have replaced that old thingy a long time ago
lazygrazer about 15 years ago
Hammocks, after centuries of being the brunt of too many bad jokes and funny accidents (see above) were finally outlawed by OSHA in 1987.
stuart about 15 years ago
@Charlie, my favorite camping trip is backpacking with dehydrated food, sterno, and a nylon hammock. The hammock rolls up and fits in your pocket. You hike. When you’re hungry, find a stream, boil water, make stew with dehydrated veggies and meat, when boiled water is cool, put in canteen. Tie hammock between two trees and go to sleep. (There is also a plastic rain sheet to go over hammock in case of rain. Some areas may require mosquito netting.) Repeat until the cares of civilization are washed away, or until you start wishing for a shower.
GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago
Hey, Fred Flintstone had a good quality hammock…but then he needed one with his build.
yankeewhaler about 15 years ago
I like the sway of a hammock, almost like being on a boat.
sjoujke about 15 years ago
Come on - dad’s entitled to a day off after working to support the family.
krusher2 about 15 years ago
Love this one.
The hammock should be able to carry a kid and a stuffed tiger. But it sags which means that much more weight was in it.
Hobbes carries more weight that a little boy’s imagination! Hobbes is real!
Comic-Nut about 15 years ago
I too am like Stuart. Hammock sleeping is a great way to enjoy the outdoors. As long as you can keep the kids out of them, or at the least, show them how they were meant to be used.