Calvin and Hobbes Bridge Capacity - by Bill Watterson for November 26, 1986

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    MonkeeMobile  over 14 years ago

    My dad used to do this when I was little. When I was five my mom, dad, and I were at a buffet, and I looked up and asked why they had a light over each table. He simply replied that they made the food go bad more quickly, so people had to go and get more. I said ‘oh!’ and Mom just gave him an evil glance. Ironically my dad’s name was Calvin

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    hlagallah  about 14 years ago

    They use physics. I was taking a physics class in High School when this was first published. I decided to figure the answer and guess what it was a question on the test.

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    EastEmi  almost 14 years ago

    MonkeeMobile LOL. Thank you for your perfect story :-D

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    ilovemypapillon  over 13 years ago

    My dad also does this. The only problem is that its hard to tell whether he is serious or not.

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    yow4zip Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    But Dads always know everything. Right?!

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    bmonk  almost 13 years ago

    This is as good as Dad’s explanation of the B&W world while he was growing up.

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    !!IceFire!!  almost 12 years ago

    Dad knows it all … !!!

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    WilliamBill  almost 12 years ago

    Dad’s look: “Huh!? What!?” Great.

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    KrishnaNiranjan  over 4 years ago

    ive seen this strip somewhere else before

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    GeorgeSteele1  over 3 years ago

    What, and miss watching all those bridges collapse?

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    kip.ingram  about 2 years ago

    My second wife and I used to drive frequently with our daughters between Houston and Austin to see / pick up / drop off my older daughters. About halfway along the trip there’s a large electrical power generator station, with big towers that stick up into the air and pour out steam. I used to tell the daughters when they were little that that was where they made clouds. When they were really little they bought it, and were just fascinated. :-) :-)

    We laugh about it now every time we drive by – it’s a fond memory for everyone.

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    franiidellaglio  11 months ago

    Why is this one named? all the others don’t have names that i know of…

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    noissimbus  10 months ago

    I guess the more common question from a 6-year old would be, “what’s a load limit, dad?”.

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    76noos  5 months ago

    Hey, that’s ingenious!! As long as you have the budget to do it, it should be fine!!

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