Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 31, 2009

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    Dad, you should have never handed a 6 yr. old that bag in the first place…

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    corpuskevin  over 15 years ago

    Oops! More relaxing and less activity for Dad. After all it’s dangerous to walk around in the wildernes when everything is just a blur.

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    cleokaya  over 15 years ago

    The week could improve, or not.

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    pouncingtiger  over 15 years ago

    Murphy’s vacation week

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    ejcapulet  over 15 years ago

    I often think that Calvin’s parents (especially his dad) get what they deserve.

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    green_engineer  over 15 years ago

    Yes he did. That way he can’t see what other trouble Calvin gets up to.

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    Yukoner  over 15 years ago

    Hey Dad,

    One day as I sat sad and weary feeling lonesome and forlorn a little bird came along and said, “Cheer up, things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse.

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    thogorman  over 15 years ago

    Yes, things could be worse - Roslyn could have joined them to babysit with Calvin - and Hobbes!

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    bald  over 15 years ago

    the folks should have taken calvin to the sitter for the week and had a great vacation and calvin could explore a whole new world from her house

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    True, bald, but then that would make sense, wouldn’t it? :)

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    HelenHenley  over 15 years ago

    What’s Hobbes’ take on all this.? Just pleased he did not get dropped in the drink with the perishables.

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    unemandarine  over 15 years ago

    cleokaya said, about 4 hours ago

    The week could improve, or not.

    I think: or not…

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    bmonk  over 15 years ago

    Murphy may have been an optimist, but the results are always funny–especially when they happen to someone else!

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    Are these the brand-new binoculars in the first panel ? Good grief, Calvin, what did you do again with them ?

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    carpetinwater9  over 15 years ago

    Going down hill from here.

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    hlkstr  over 15 years ago

    me thinks that Murphy did come for a visit. and his name is Calvin.

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    rentier  over 15 years ago

    I can understand Daddies sadness!

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    madampresident  over 15 years ago

    I think Dad will change his tune now. My idea of roughing it is staying in a hotel that doesn’t have a restaurant.

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    wicky  over 15 years ago

    I will understand daddies rancor.

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    prasrinivara  over 15 years ago

    For pouncingtiger, only in North America; in Britain, SOD’s vacation week!

    For thogorman, that would only be worse for Calvin and his pet tiger–but for his parents, ideal.

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    kbielefe  over 15 years ago

    Am I the only parent here who would have made my son retrieve it?

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    Unclebup  over 15 years ago

    As mom hands dad some canned slop (3rd panel)… oh yeah - things are getting better already.

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    lewisbower  over 15 years ago

    Cheer up Dad, Calvin could have been twins

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    alondra  over 15 years ago

    Good grief now his glasses are broken. You better turn around and go home right now unless Dad needs the glasses for driving in which case Mom will drive home.

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    Wow, look at that pile of stuff Calvin supposedly dropped—would’ve weighed a ton to a 6 year old.

    Betcha dad actually dropped it (yesterday’s panel 3) and is now getting what he deserves….including broken glasses on a very scenic vacation.

    Cheer up folks—it’s gonna get worse. :D

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    GROG Premium Member over 15 years ago

    It took a long time for someone to say what I was thinking but you finally said it, Macushlalondra

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    runninanreadin  over 15 years ago

    pouncingtiger, I believe there’s a guy in Scotland named McGillicutty who thinks Murphy was an optimist!

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    tgpLMT  over 15 years ago

    Has anyone actually had a vacation where all went well, I thought I did last year …… then I woke up.

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    prasrinivara  over 15 years ago

    You’re right grazer, it was dad who busted his own glasses (we don’t even need to look at yesterday’s strip, today’s panel 1 works just fine).

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    grinstoya  over 15 years ago

    Isn’t camping fun… Calvin just may start enjoying this.

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    Stede_Bonnet  over 15 years ago

    Dad is off the clock with his hot wife (Mom’s got the sexy librarian thing down), he got to take a nice canoe paddle, take a refreshing swim and now he no longer needs to worry about breaking his glasses.

    Geez. Sound like paradise. What’s the guy got to complain about?

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    Comic-Nut  over 15 years ago

    Dad definitely doesn’t look happy in that one panel. It is this and other kinds of events that reinforces my belief that sometimes parents really do need a vacation from their children. Get the grandparents to babysit … or better yet, Rosalyn. hehehehe.

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    Smiley Rmom  over 15 years ago

    They couldn’t afford Rosalyn’s rates for babysitting Calvin for a whole week.

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    AndiJ  over 15 years ago

    I’d get a babysitter if I had a kid like that. :P I don’t think I ever had a vacation that went smoothly. SOMETHING has to go wrong!

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    sjoujke  over 15 years ago

    I think we all know now where Calvin gets his “oops factor” from - his dad.

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    fidget360  over 15 years ago

    This one is mom’s fault. In panle 3 she cursed the whole thing.

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    I hope Daddy will become more grumpy at camping for a month! And Mommy and Calvin might become happy, too!

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    ratlum  over 15 years ago

    Yes I would have made Calvin retrieve it But first I would have tied a rope to him no more oops

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    coffeeturtle  over 15 years ago

    Can Calvin really take all the blame for this series of unfortunate events? :-D

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    4deerinmyyard  over 15 years ago

    The one bag with all the fragile and perishable items in it is the one bag that any rational adult makes sure to schlep ashore himself.

    And you don’t pack all your fragiles and perishables in one bag, in the first place.

    And you pack ‘em so the fragiles don’t break and the perishables don’t get exposed.

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    yyyguy  over 15 years ago

    do those of you who advocate for Calvin doing the retrieval really expect that a 6 year old can dive down 10 feet to do said retrieval? it would take a very athletically gifted 6 year old to even possibly have that ability - and Calvin is not such a child. (remember the baseball play earlier?)

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    phillysteak  over 15 years ago

    if i were calvins dad i would pack up go home relax and be lazy the whole week rather than have more bad things happen

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    grammahotsho  over 15 years ago

    I love these camping trips! Reminds me of the time we went on a hunting trip, drove miles out into the middle of nowhere. The ground was covered with ice crystals and my dad began to set up the tent. He was a mild man but this time he swore. Had forgotten the tent poles. We slept in a lean-to on the tent with the tarp over us. LOL!

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    farmermatt  over 15 years ago

    Dad’s poll numbers ought to shoot way up after this adventure.

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    thewiz123444  over 15 years ago

    why u do not give stuff to him?? I have pushed my bro off the boat once srry

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