Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 12, 2011

I like that in a person. ;-)

It makes life more intersting!

CALVIN YOU DID TRY

a beautiful day’s ………..Calvin…….. _

LOL! I’ve GOT to try that one on a telemarketer!

Surreal is so much more fun….think of the possibilities!

I quoted that line at work yesterday. How fantastic.

I like the way the telephone jumps off the table.

Just ask his parents if he makes their days a little more surreal.

Salvador Dali would’ve been proud of you, Calvin!

I hope that call wasn’t important to us.

Fun with telemarketers/swindlers!

I really like the one that goes: this is the local jail and I am here for credit card fraud – you want some numbers?

THINK if the feds actually ENFORCED the “DO NOT CALL ACT” there would be NO National debt!

Just my home phone alone would make a big dent!

Aha! Calvin is the culprit that made that word “surreal” so exceedingly overused!

@zerotsm,Wouldn’t you be jumpy if Calvin approached you with ‘phone(y)’ intentions?

@Gretchen’sMom,I had thought Snopes was an urban legend! Actually, I’ve warned numerous times about ‘phony’ or partly ‘fishy’ stories that people swallow ‘hook, line and sinker’. Snopes isn’t infallible, though. They have shown some bias or prejudice at times, but not necessarily ‘in the case of Twinkies’.The article about Twinkies was almost as long as their shelf-life, but it WAS interesting enough to read. However, people who eat Twinkies regularly might end up ‘on the shelf’ longer than the Twinkies.Would anyone care for a deep fat fried twinkie, with ‘a large anchovy’? :o)

“What, no anchovies? I spell my name ‘Danger’”.

Anchovies must have been for Hobbes.

Surrealism at its best! LOL

“Hello, Mr. Shoppe Owner, do you have Prince Albert in a can?”“Why, yes I do!”“Well, in that case, you’d better let him out!”

My hubby did that to a telemarketer and that guy did not listen. They asked for last name hubby said no one by that name lives here.

One I never thought of doing for home improvement places when homeowners are ready for improvements they will contact. Anyway when one calls up just say you rent, that gets rid of them fast.

Someone had a go at animating this strip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUTBpK-Jcks

Third panel improvement:

Oh, I’m sorry, I must have dialed a wrong number. Goodbye.

a simple life for Calvin and a complicated one for the rest :)

Awwwwwwwww!

LOL xxx

My hubby is Calvin, a few years later; maybe that’s why I love this so much.

“I’m looking for a Mr. Closeoff, first name Oliver.”

I like surreal stuff.

Many years ago, I called a friend’s house, and asked one of his brothers to get him to the phone. When he said “Hello?”, I said, “We’re sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service. If you think you received this message in error, please hang up and try your call again.” He almost didn’t know what to say. We used to get prank calls in the olden times before caller ID. One day after 3 in a row, my father answered the next one, “Mt. Pleasant Police Department!” Never got another one.

OK I remember this old joke:Mr Store keeper are your refridgerators running?YesWell you better run after them before they get away

“Do you have Prince Albert in a can? "“Well, then, LET HIM OUT!”

@GretchensMom: Nice!!

Then, of course, there’s this one:“Hello?”“Yes, do you have fourwalls?”“Why no I don’t.”“Well, then how does your house stand up?”

An absolutely brilliant idea. I’m gonna try it sometime. Best phone conversation of this order came from the father of my best friend in High School. He had been pestered repeatedly by a guy who kept dialing the wrong number and getting my friend’s father at 3:00 a.m. no less. Finally the caller, in total frustration yelled in to his phone – “I ain’t got the wrong number, you’ve got the wrong phone”! Priceless….

Prank calls.Ah, the memories….

11 PM: Caller: Can I speak to John?"Guy who picks up phone" There’s no one named John here;you have the wrong number.12 Midnite: Caller: can I speak to John?Guy: Sorry, wrong number; no one here named John1 AM Caller: can I speak to JohnGuy: (Same answer)2 AM: Caller: Hi, this is John. Has anyone called for me?