Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 17, 2010

It’s a looooonnnng time……

A REALLY looooonnnnngggg time….!!!

In six weeks he’ll be wanting something else.

That’s the catch, Carmy.

Horrible idea!

OOOOOOH Traaaaagedy!

In that beanie (star and all), he looks like one of the UN delegates in one of Jeff MacNelly’s old parodies of that august body. Specifically, the representative from “The Democratic, Free, Easygoing, Nice People’s Republic of Dungeon.”

The only thing missing is the gag around the delegate’s mouth, which some of Calvin’s acquaintances might like to see added.

Gee, your aging by the nanosecond, Calvin! Better get some hair color for men while you still have your memory.

6 weeks may as well be 6 years.

You’ll sure look good in that beanie Calvin! I’ll bet it will make Spiff fly a little faster too. Although, you’ve been flying faster lately on Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs than he can in his rocket ship with a few extra dilithium crystals!!!

I like the star on the front of it. Calvin IS a star in his own right.

The dejection in the last panel is artistically brilliant.

Greetings to all you C/H fans.

A week without a propeller beanie is like a week without …..?

Annnnyyyyyy daaaaaayyyyyyy nnnnnooooowwww.

Last panel illustration: Straight out of Peanuts.

Look at it this way Calvin, It will be here before you know it and then you can show it to Ros the next time she comes to babysit.

Good Morning Marg!

After reading this comic for a while I just felt obligated to say that.

Six weeks? Heck, in 6 minutes he’ll be wanting something else. Calvin’s attention span is like mine … WAAAY too short.

Tell him his beanie is in the back of the postman’s truck.Calvin, can you spell restraining order?

What, no spam today? It’s all over the Miami Herald website.

Went thru the samething for a Yogi Bear spoon! The wait is a killer! Still have it, too.

Calvin: If it’s worth having, it’s worth waiting for! And if you start eating fast, you can get one for Hobbes too!

He doesn’t care what it looks like, he wants to fly!

G’Morning Mike Firesmith. Your person makes a nice pillow.

And Calvin’s hat fits just right.

i remember when summer vacation seemed that far away. what time is it? 10:13……..10 minutes later….what time is it? 10:14.

That beanie is probably going to spur flying fantasies of hovering far above the planet. Despite that, you are going to look like a dufus.

I remember awaiting things I had ordered that seemed awesome in my mind. When they arrived, I was so disappointed in the actual product. X-ray glasses come to mind.

It’s the Bullwinkle chant that gets you: “Eenie, meanie chili Beanie.” No one can wait through that!

Thank you, Fran and Good morning to you too.

The Loki Mutt isn’t allowed on the sofa but he has found a loophole.

my son was just this way a month ago! he won a laptop,, was told 6-10 business days,, was watching for the mail-lady by day 4 and getting ansty,, by day 6 he was asking the mail-lady where it was,, and he is 18!

One of two things will happen when the beanie finally arrives: 1] Calvin won’t be able to assemble it correctly, or 2] it will fall apart the first time he tries to turn it on.

Calvin is not very smart. Who needs a cheap propeller beanie when you have your own transmogrifier and, as your alter ego Spiff, a fantastic little space ship?

keltii how did your son win a free lap top? the only thing i as an adult ever enter for was a bond from ceral boxes of healthy ceral i was already eatting in mornings. and i got the bond to.

huh?

patiences is not a virtue of Calvin’s. But then it’s not a virtue of verry many kids his age.

By the way on one of the stips the spammer about 8 hours ago got on i flag it bikinin is back. but how is it deleted.

I said it before . But Spiff will be able to use that technology to go to the most wonderful places .

He got alot higher on the Sugar Bombs than he ever will with the Beanie.

The problem is he is setting himself up for disappointment. He’s going to have a picture in his head about how great it is and it won’t match his expectations.

Two of the fruits of the Holy Spirit are patience and longsuffering. Looks like Calvin is getting an early start on those….

That is one sweet beanie! This is going to be worth the wait…

@agpeter, Smilin’ Ed’s Buster Brown Gang was on radio Saturday mornings from 1944-53. It was on TV through the 50s. After Smilin’ Ed died in 1954, Andy Devine took over as host. It was one of my favorite shows with Froggy the Gremlin, Squeaky the Mouse and Midnight the Cat (“Meow”). You remembered the show rather well without recalling the name of it.

LW18 (LADYWOLF) said, “OOOOOOH Traaaaagedy!”

“You’ve gone from me, whoa, whoa, tragedy” “Tragedy” - The Fleetwoods (1961) Did you really know this song or was it a coincidence?

Mike Firesmith good afternoon, great dog!

Jellocake: I’ve got a Yogi Bear that sits on your cereal spoon or hangs on the side of your bowl. Just thought you might want to know.

I’m betting that the wonderful propeller beanie he has built up in his mind won’t be anywhere near what he’s going to end up with when it finally arrives.

:o(

Puddleglum2: Goodness! You’re a veritable encyclopedia of entertainment trivia…I’m just getting to that age where I’m starting to remember the 40’s and 50’s again, but forgot what I ate for breakfast. :^) I know it wasn’t sugar bombs!

Worst things that can happen to Calvin

Wait six weeks.. open box.. break beanie taking it out .. ….AAGGG

Wait six week .. open package .. beanie .. no propeller .. accidentally forgot to pack that part ..return and wait six more weeks ….AAGGG

Wait six weeks .. open box.. find letter .. “Dear Customer due to unexpected demand our supply of propeller beanies has become exhausted, we regret we will be unable to fulfill your order but please find enclosed a coupon for a free box of chocolate sugar bombs..

Sincerity Fred J Bogus Customer service manager” Need I add AAAGGGGGG

By the time it comes, he won’t want it anymore. Yet he’ll already be onto the next Must Have Item.

Time to break out the time machine, Calvin. You knew it would come in handy SOMEtime.

6 weeks is a lifetime in the mind of a 6 year old – cruel & unusual punishment.