Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 30, 2009

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    cleokaya  over 15 years ago

    There is no relaxing with Calvin.

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    So far, not so good…

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    jjnaabcaj  over 15 years ago

    wow… pathetic.

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    And finally, Mom speaks.

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    Skyhawk_maintainer  over 15 years ago

    How long ago did Calvin break his binoculars?

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    ben_david  over 15 years ago

    You go camping to get away from it all. …… But you bring it all with you.

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    David Hamilton  over 15 years ago

    Dad should have known better after the binocular affair. Oh, and poor seagulls.

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    grinstoya  over 15 years ago

    Hey… on the bright side… it’s clean clear water.

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    kpeiyin  over 15 years ago

    CALVINNNNNNNN….!!!

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    corpuskevin  over 15 years ago

    Dad should know not to hand anything important to a six year old. I think he is to be held responsible for Calvin’s irresponsibility. Which in the case of a kid, is probably no more than a lack of coordination.

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    Ivy0730Lcsq  over 15 years ago

    DAHamilton said, 10 minutes ago Oh, and poor seagulls.

    You meant Calvin tastes aweful? LOL

    Next year, Dad should bring a water-proof one!

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    Opus Croakus  over 15 years ago

    Didn’t Calvin JUST break Dad’s binoculars? He should know to keep Calvin away from electronics.

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    Reggie98  over 15 years ago

    Hehe! Now we’ll find out what character this builds!

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    hlkstr  over 15 years ago

    1st the binoculars now the camera. there is a pattern forming.

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    tirnaaisling  over 15 years ago

    Blaming the poor kid for your own mistake, typical! It’s obvious from the evidence that you let go too soon :)

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    robbieboy  over 15 years ago

    ..a few hours in the sun and the camera will be as new..

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    prasrinivara  over 15 years ago

    But the film will not, robbieboy (remember that Calvin’s dad does not use digital).

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    robbieboy  over 15 years ago

    ..the film will do fine.. worse about the camera.. :) i wonder what the other “everything” is.. :D

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    Unclebup  over 15 years ago

    …”I can see the camera and everything.” I wonder what the everything is - what else si down there? Time to go exploring the depths!

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    COWBOY7  over 15 years ago

    So far that’s the best part of the vacation for Calvin. He actually seems happier!

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    Ldywldkat  over 15 years ago

    Just wondering… why you would go anywhere to relax and take your kid or kids with you….

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    humormehere  over 15 years ago

    unrealistic…You hand a kid something, you try to take it away just a bit to see if they really have it. ONLY THEN do you reliquish control of it.

    THEN he drops it…

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    Silverpearl  over 15 years ago

    Ten feet deep between the canoe and the shore? Shove Calvin in quick!!

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    Too close to the binocular fiasco. Somebody needs to have a talk with dad, mom.

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    madampresident  over 15 years ago

    If dad had been smart and knowing Calvin as he does, Dad should have bought a camera that can survive in water. As much as it is a vacation, remember from the beginning that Calvin looks on it as punishment. Leaving him home with his TV, computer games, and all, would have been just fine with Calvin. Ten feet deep is the estimate of a six year old. It’s probably not that deep at all

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    jeffiekins  over 15 years ago

    BTW, just for accuracy and completeness: most (non-digital) cameras will dry out just fine after being submerged briefly in clear, clean water. Same with film: it’s developed in water-based chemicals, after all. Even finished photos, if laid flat to dry, don’t suffer from exposure to clean water. (Spent a lot of time in darkrooms during my misspent youth.)

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    alondra  over 15 years ago

    This may be Calvin’s revenge for being taken camping against his will. The binoculars thing was an accident, I don’t think this was.

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    Stede_Bonnet  over 15 years ago

    What is this “film” of which many speak? I googled it and it appears to be some antiquated form of image technology. Is it like cave painting? Come on somebody… regale us with tales of the “old days”! Vinyl, 8-track tapes, beta-max, dial phones, lead-based paints and gasoline (yum!)

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    lewisbower  over 15 years ago

    I can’t believe such a smart kid as Calvin could have such a stupid father. Binoculars, camera, Where did they park the car?

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    mwachowski  over 15 years ago

    That wouldn’t happen in a resort

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    sjoujke  over 15 years ago

    I think the “oops” pretty much covers it!

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    grammahotsho  over 15 years ago

    Dad came for the swimming, didn’t he? Now he gets to add diving to the agenda!

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    mjw22307  over 15 years ago

    The “oops” is Calvins revenge for making him go camping

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    josh_bisbee  over 15 years ago

    Wait until you see what happens tomorrow. That’s even better.

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    zipdryve  over 15 years ago

    Why would you ever hand an expensive camera to an 8 year old over the side of a boat? I would’ve been mad at myself for being that unwise.

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    Mark Berte Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Stede_Bonnet: no regaling here, all technology has expiration dates, we just don’t know what those dates are. I saw a recent news article that asserted that iPods are now outdated……I’m sure all of your beloved current technology will soon be the subject of your own regaling tales….

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    alan.gurka  over 15 years ago

    First the binoculars, now the camera. This kid is too expensive to keep around. Put him up for adoption and keep the tiger!

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    Calvin dropped the camera in the water on purpose so he wants to go home anyway.

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    runninanreadin  over 15 years ago

    I think Dave Barry said it best:

    “Camping: nature’s way of promoting the motel industry.”
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    Comic-Nut  over 15 years ago

    Me thinks Bill was looking to rehash something from the binoculars saga, plus really show what Calvin’s father, like a lot of father’s of that era, were like. Count on Mom to step in, as usual. I remember these same kind of episodes when I was Calvin’s age. ROLFMAO

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    coffeeturtle  over 15 years ago

    he’s only six and you should have remembered the binoculars, dad. ;-)

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    Stede_Bonnet  over 15 years ago

    mfcoace said, about 2 hours ago

    no regaling here, all technology has expiration dates, we just don’t know what those dates are. I saw a recent news article that asserted that iPods are now outdated……I’m sure all of your beloved current technology will soon be the subject of your own regaling tales….

    Moore’s Law in action… everything is obsolete in 24 months (or increasingly less). Explains a lot about our “disposable” culture. Why learn about anything when it will all be out of date in a matter of months? Better to just sit and wait for the marketing gurus to instruct us where to next spend our consumer dollars. Buy! Buy! Buy!

    (I’m investing in landfill reclamation technology…)

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    3hourtour Premium Member over 15 years ago

    …I hate to repeat myself…but…wait!That’s OK,here…

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    ratlum  over 15 years ago

    Dad should worry us , He dose not seem to learn very fast

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    phillysteak  over 15 years ago

    yeah when you try to relax there is always something happening but when you want something to happen nothing ever does

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    busted288  over 15 years ago

    Finally a calvin fix! I miss him from the comics. I’ve bought all the Calvin and Hobbes books and collections but I sure miss opening the newspaper to eht comics then reading him there!

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    Only ten feet ?? Due to the diffraction of light in water, it might be a lot deeper !!

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    4deerinmyyard  over 15 years ago

    Humormehere: You sound very much like The Voice of Experience.

    Busted288: Welcome to our merry flock of loons.

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    redsheri  over 15 years ago

    I’ve read this storyline a 1000 times in the books! Wait until everybody sees what get broken tomorrow! lol! :-)

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    artybee  over 15 years ago

    Camera soaked? Just remove the film cassette, pull all the film out, let it dry, then rewind it into the cassette. There! Good as new!

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    unemandarine  over 15 years ago

    Ooooops is right!

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    rhutch436  over 15 years ago

    Pops shoulda known by now to make sure the camera was an underwater model!

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    carpetinwater9  over 15 years ago

    It’s OK water is at shore 3” deep water proof cam.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Dad is dumber than dirt!! Last year’s vacation was a disaster (same place, it rained all week), the binocular incident, now hand the kid an expensive camera. He’s only 6 years old!!!!! Get a brain dad!!

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    teaguemj  over 15 years ago

    well, next year, he can bring a waterproof disposable. But when this was first drawn, those didn’t even exist!

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    thogorman  over 15 years ago

    What will their plans be for their vacation next year? My suggestion is to let Calvin stay at home - with Roslyn!

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    josh_bisbee  over 15 years ago

    Roslyn can barely handle Calvin for a night. There’s no way she’ll agree to a whole week.

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    Dino-1  over 15 years ago

    Thanks for all the nice things everyone said when I talked about my Dad when we’d go to camp with my Mom. My Dad was a real character. I remember when I was 9 we all drove to Florida. We went on the glass bottom boat tour they had back then. Dad was leaning over the boat trying to get a shots of birds, crocodiles and alligators, drops the camera in the water! He had all the lenses and meters and such with it. He took a course at the college to learn how it all worked for this trip especially. Without missing a beat Dad dives in the water to rescue his camera. Mom was very accepting of his action but I thought he’d get eaten. The tour guide guy’s losing it and calls security to take some kind of action against my father for disrupting nature or something? Up comes Dad with the camera and everybody goes nuts applauding and taking pictures of him. That was his 10 minutes of fame! I remember he got special cleaner stuff at the camera shop and used my Mom’s hairdryer with the bonnet to dry it out the rest of the way.

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