Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 18, 2009

Oh no, the car ‘incident’…

Cal, you may have little to complain about but it might be a bit different from your parents point of view.

They’ll see it soon enough, that’s for sure!

Another “car incident”.

Oh, the humanity!

Well, he could claim it was a meteorite!

A piece of debris from the Mars re-entry?

maybe a return expedition to Jupiter (or wherever) is in order???

Yeah, what happened when he shot mom in the forehead?

So that explains their “walk” (read:escape)!!!

“Let’s Face the Music and Dance”, Calvin!

Yet you will find something to complain about, like being grounded to your room.

I just blamed my ’car incident’ on the neighbors BB gun

you just as well go home,you’re going to have to face the music some time,get it over with,dad already has blown a gasket.

The first time I took the family car out by myself I took my girlfriend downtown on a Saturday even though I was specifically told not to go there (this was before we had shopping malls and all the stores were downtown) . On the way back, I pulled out of my parking space and creased the car on a corrugated steel back bumper of the p/u truck in front of me. My father was a man who found it much easier to punish unmercifully than to forgive, so I told him that I was parked at the local super market and someone creased the car while my girlfriend and I were in the store, therefore it was not my fault. My father was skeptical, but I stuck to that story until my father went to his grave and he never did learn the truth. Moral of the story: Don’t go home Calvin. If your father is like mine was you’ll regret it.

With a little luck, maybe his parents won’t even notice the windshield as they drive down the road. ……………………………….

jrbj, my old man went to the grave scratching his head over a few strange coincidences too.

Alright Calvin exactly what happened to the car windshield?

Okay you all know I am a HUGE Calvinist… raising three wonderful boys of my own. But, even I wonder how in the world I could have raised Calvin. At sometime even Mother Teresa would have to break.

learn to be grateful! Thanks giving is coming, huh:?

But Dad, we were just looking at it and it broke>

With a kid like that you eventually get numb from all the things they do or you go completely mad!

It was a creative moment; Some marbles, a can a piece of wood and Calvin…Voila

Ah it’s a beautiful day Calvin, punishment can wait until dark, when going to your bedroom without dinner (broccoli and carrots) is not to bad a punishment.

HAPPY 24th ANNIVERSARY OF CALVIN AND HOBBES!!!!!

When you think, there is peace, somthing cames and ruins it!

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THE CAR INCIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DE ja vu alll over again.

What windshield? (winky winky)

but dad, hobbs did it, you know how he likes to throw stuff…….

jrbj said, about 3 hours ago …My father was skeptical, but I stuck to that story until my father went to his grave and he never did learn the truth. —————- A life lived without honor is among the saddest of stories. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Be brave Calvin! Everybody makes mistakes but the brave use those opportunities to learn courage!

When my kids were growing up, I had a rule: If you break my car, there will be no car. We lived in BKN NY & I could get to work by subway. My wife was the one who wanted to go for a drive on the weekends. The kids became very careful drivers.

The third panel, climbing over obstacles and leaping into the unknown without fear, is what life is all about. So beautifully illustrated here.

Oooh, the car incident!

At least this time they don’t need to pretend that they can find the car before imagining that it might be possible to fix…

The sooner he gets home, the less likely that they’ll get in the car to go look for him. That should give him some time to come up with a good story.

Dad its like this Something shiny like a gum wrapper or broken glass concentrated the suns rays and broke the windshield right before my eyes

I’m interested in what happened.

Avoiding the consequences of one’s actions is a spineless pursuit.

Did we see this coming?

Did you know that if you use your BB gun to shoot the middle of the rear window of a parked car on a really hot day that the glass will literally explode? I didn’t either.

Keep going, Calvin! :-) I would like a backyard like yours, though. ;-)

I see there are a great many of you here at this fine comic that have ruined your dad’s car or parts of it. Then even lied about it. No wonder we all like Calvin & Hobbes so much. He is living the childhood we all lived and grew out of.

wisdom coming out of contrition..

Don’t go home before night fall cal.. Then they will be worried for you and forget all about the windshield.