Oh the hours of boredom (well, it seemed like hours) I spent shopping with my mother. If only I’d had Calvin’s imagination… I might have been left at home.
The obvious answer to the problem is to leave
Calvin [or any ill behaved kid] at home. Don’t you just love it when a mom will bring an ill behaved child to the store with her and then let it run loose and ignore what its doing.
Why didn’t Mom know that Calvin CAN create havoc ANYWHERE? Calvin should be canned!
Calvin didn’t get a cookie with his fake dynamite recently. He certainly has blown it now.
Yes, a time out is highly recommended until Calvin learns…
Oh the hours of boredom (well, it seemed like hours) I spent shopping with my mother. If only I’d had Calvin’s imagination… I might have been left at home.
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I hated going grocery shopping with my mom too. She wouldn’t buy anything I asked for and she’d get on me for dragging my feet.
As for leaving Calvin at home, we’ve already seen what kind of trouble he can get into when he’s left unattended. I guess since she’s not rich and can’t afford to hire Roselyn to come babysit for him every time she needs to go to the store, the only other answer is to lock him in a cage til she gets back.
Well, really, some of the most annoying students I’ve had, made great adults later. It is a shame that what makes really bright sucessful adults, often makes children the most troublesome. I tried to make allowances for that when teaching! :)
If I tried acting like that in the store duing my youth, my Mom would deliver a good swift kick to my rear-end. I think Calvin needs that more than a time out to snap him out of that T-Rex immitation
I’d hate to think of what would have happened to me if I had pulled something like this when I was a kid. I bet I still wouldn’t be able to sit comfortabley, I would have gotten such a whoopin’ !!
i well remember what happened when i played around in the grocery store, oh the pain
now some stores have incorporated child care services for people who have children, even though my youngest is 22 there are times i’d like to leave hm there
There was a turning point in the Calvin strip when his behavior went from cute hi-jinks to just being a brat. I stopped reading the original run at that point. I think we’re close.
I wouldn’t object to an appropriate spanking for Calvin.That’s how he might get CANNED.
BTW, did you notice how the can of tuna was opened yesterday? He must have used one of those old-fashioned can openers.It’s a wonder Calvin didn’t cut and slice his fingers.
”It would seem to a human that forelimbs are so useful, that only when you got to the size of a tyrannosaur and you could frighten everybody with a growl could you get rid of [forearms],” he said.
”But this common sense type of thinking almost never works with evolution,” Sereno said. In the tyrannosaurs, for instance, “long, heavy forelimbs are a significant burden and would seriously curtail agility in the hunt.”
I submit that it’s the evolutionist who’s lacking common sense here (as is true so often; his straw man arguments never cease to amaze and amuse me). Humans are designed (sic) differently because they have different needs. Calvin notwithstanding, they don’t go running around like Raptorex and T. rex do after prey, nor do they capture their food in the same way. We need long forearms. They don’t. That’s “common sense”.
A monster in the store and in real life, heh, when I used to work for Homebase I used to tell naughty kids that we had a cage out the back for naughty kids, many a grateful parent were glad when that (apparent) threat calmed the situation down ;)
I find those car games they have in the store solved the problems in the grocery store for my son. We had these box ones that folded out and had magnetic pieces to play on the board. We had checkers, tic-tac-toe, and the favorite was shoots and ladders. Later we got him a had held computer game that taught numbers, shapes, and letter problems. The favorite game was hangman. Once when I was reading the cold medicine he was taking the shampoo bottles down in Rite Aid and arranging them in groups by matching colors. I thought it was cute but the girl in the store almost had a stroke! I was calm about it and I turned it into a seek’n’find lesson on shape and where on the shelves the matching bottles were as we put them away. The calm method works much better because if you yell and carry on they’ll do that or worse when they get bored in a store because they know it bothers you!
margueritem almost 15 years ago
Time for the T-Rex to take a time out….
Yukoner almost 15 years ago
Cookies bedarned, he’s going to get cooked.
vibjyor almost 15 years ago
Cookies are the right dessert after the butcher meal. Way to go, Calvin !
sjoujke almost 15 years ago
Of course you can’t take him anywhere. You should know that by now mom.
Ivy0730Lcsq almost 15 years ago
I looove Kraft Chips Ahoy! cookies! Yuuummy!
rayannina almost 15 years ago
Now the Tyrannosaurus wants to be grounded until he’s 34 …
carmy almost 15 years ago
…Tyrannosaurus alert, clean up on aisles 1 thru 24. Thank you for shopping at our store, have a good one!
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
Going out of business sale at Sam’s Supermarket this Friday, Saturday & Sunday only!
zero almost 15 years ago
A muppet-that’s not a cookie monster. ^That’s a Cookie Monster…
hagarthehorrible almost 15 years ago
Good for the butcher. Every dog has his day.
robinafox almost 15 years ago
Oh the hours of boredom (well, it seemed like hours) I spent shopping with my mother. If only I’d had Calvin’s imagination… I might have been left at home.
wicky almost 15 years ago
Dx, full bed restraints.
Ronshua almost 15 years ago
A WISE shopper will always eat and fodder all rogue or rabid children before entering any supermarket !
unemandarine almost 15 years ago
I remember those days going shoppong with my mom… Once I ended needing stitches because my brother was following me everywhere grrr!
-Saint- almost 15 years ago
What if she let Calvin push the cart?: “Oh, no there’s a giant bulldozer loose in the store…!”
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
Once he hit his stride, BW drew some really fantastic dinosaurs. Here’s one.
jrbj almost 15 years ago
The obvious answer to the problem is to leave Calvin [or any ill behaved kid] at home. Don’t you just love it when a mom will bring an ill behaved child to the store with her and then let it run loose and ignore what its doing.
rshive almost 15 years ago
T-Rex Calvin is a little lucky he wsn’t hurt in a canned food avalanche.
Plods with ...™ almost 15 years ago
All unattended children should be given a double latte and a puppy on the way out the door
Puddleglum2 almost 15 years ago
Why didn’t Mom know that Calvin CAN create havoc ANYWHERE? Calvin should be canned! Calvin didn’t get a cookie with his fake dynamite recently. He certainly has blown it now. Yes, a time out is highly recommended until Calvin learns…
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
Is it Calvin’s fault or his upbringing? A good swat on the…….
Puddleglum2 almost 15 years ago
It’s probably Calvin’s fault AND his upbringing!
justjam38 almost 15 years ago
yeah, mom definately fits in with MANY parents today, rug rats everywhere. They’re as bad a all those ankle biters.
alondra almost 15 years ago
RobinaFox said,
Oh the hours of boredom (well, it seemed like hours) I spent shopping with my mother. If only I’d had Calvin’s imagination… I might have been left at home.
~~~
I hated going grocery shopping with my mom too. She wouldn’t buy anything I asked for and she’d get on me for dragging my feet.
As for leaving Calvin at home, we’ve already seen what kind of trouble he can get into when he’s left unattended. I guess since she’s not rich and can’t afford to hire Roselyn to come babysit for him every time she needs to go to the store, the only other answer is to lock him in a cage til she gets back.
lightartsteacher almost 15 years ago
Well, really, some of the most annoying students I’ve had, made great adults later. It is a shame that what makes really bright sucessful adults, often makes children the most troublesome. I tried to make allowances for that when teaching! :)
primacyofreason almost 15 years ago
So true, lightartsteacher.
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
If I tried acting like that in the store duing my youth, my Mom would deliver a good swift kick to my rear-end. I think Calvin needs that more than a time out to snap him out of that T-Rex immitation
cleokaya almost 15 years ago
Calvin in a supermarket = Doctor Toon nightmare.
GeneGene almost 15 years ago
I’d hate to think of what would have happened to me if I had pulled something like this when I was a kid. I bet I still wouldn’t be able to sit comfortabley, I would have gotten such a whoopin’ !!
bald almost 15 years ago
i well remember what happened when i played around in the grocery store, oh the pain
now some stores have incorporated child care services for people who have children, even though my youngest is 22 there are times i’d like to leave hm there
JanLC almost 15 years ago
There was a turning point in the Calvin strip when his behavior went from cute hi-jinks to just being a brat. I stopped reading the original run at that point. I think we’re close.
Destiny23 almost 15 years ago
I don’t know why he’d want cookies for dessert. A baker usually follows a butcher…
Puddleglum2 almost 15 years ago
I wouldn’t object to an appropriate spanking for Calvin.That’s how he might get CANNED. BTW, did you notice how the can of tuna was opened yesterday? He must have used one of those old-fashioned can openers.It’s a wonder Calvin didn’t cut and slice his fingers.
tonytiger29 almost 15 years ago
Just wait til his mom gets him out in the jurassic park-ing lot…
mroberts88 almost 15 years ago
How does mom not know this yet?
bmonk almost 15 years ago
It’s interesting that they just recently discovered a human-size T. rex relative. About 150 pounds!
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
Very cool, bmonk! From the article:
”It would seem to a human that forelimbs are so useful, that only when you got to the size of a tyrannosaur and you could frighten everybody with a growl could you get rid of [forearms],” he said.
”But this common sense type of thinking almost never works with evolution,” Sereno said. In the tyrannosaurs, for instance, “long, heavy forelimbs are a significant burden and would seriously curtail agility in the hunt.”
I submit that it’s the evolutionist who’s lacking common sense here (as is true so often; his straw man arguments never cease to amaze and amuse me). Humans are designed (sic) differently because they have different needs. Calvin notwithstanding, they don’t go running around like Raptorex and T. rex do after prey, nor do they capture their food in the same way. We need long forearms. They don’t. That’s “common sense”.
lazygrazer almost 15 years ago
The beast ate the butcher—haha, I love Calvin’s catastrophic justice.
rentier almost 15 years ago
Calvin greedy!
sierraseven almost 15 years ago
Certainly some humorless posts here today. It’s a comic strip, folks.
incognito almost 15 years ago
A monster in the store and in real life, heh, when I used to work for Homebase I used to tell naughty kids that we had a cage out the back for naughty kids, many a grateful parent were glad when that (apparent) threat calmed the situation down ;)
ratlum almost 15 years ago
This is dangerous behavior Moms do break down and whip the devil out of little boys
loner13 almost 15 years ago
cleanup on aisle… . ah what the heck, cleanup on the whole store “we are currently closed for t rex tranquilization
Dino-1 almost 15 years ago
I find those car games they have in the store solved the problems in the grocery store for my son. We had these box ones that folded out and had magnetic pieces to play on the board. We had checkers, tic-tac-toe, and the favorite was shoots and ladders. Later we got him a had held computer game that taught numbers, shapes, and letter problems. The favorite game was hangman. Once when I was reading the cold medicine he was taking the shampoo bottles down in Rite Aid and arranging them in groups by matching colors. I thought it was cute but the girl in the store almost had a stroke! I was calm about it and I turned it into a seek’n’find lesson on shape and where on the shelves the matching bottles were as we put them away. The calm method works much better because if you yell and carry on they’ll do that or worse when they get bored in a store because they know it bothers you!