Calvin is an actual Boy Scout in some of the earlier strips, but Watterson abandoned this when he realised that Calvin wasn’t the sort of boy who would willingly join such an association, as he much prefers his own company (and that of Hobbes).
duct tape to the rescue for me last week!! the float ball rod in my commode snapped last week while i was trying to bend it a little (running toilet). duct tape took care of it.
that was the exact contents of my TA50 bag in the army, except I had 2 rocks and a map of all the gasthaus’s in a 20k perimeter around Giessen Germany.
In the movie, “Second Hand Lions,” “the kid” was planning to run away and had a sort-of map of Montana—an area code map of the U.S. torn out of a telephone book, which included Area Code 409. When asked by his great-uncles, played by Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, where he was headed, the kid Walter, played by Haley Joel Osmet, pointed out the top of the map and said he thought he would go to Montana.
We here in Montana concur with Calvin, Hobbes and Walter that our “Last Best Place,” a come-lately motto and description of the Big Sky Country or Treasure State, is a worthy kind of heaven, a place much to be wished for but hard to obtain, a place that’s at the end of the rainbow, much to be desired. It would be interesting to know what else Watterson thinks about MT. In this strip, he MIGHT also be saying that Montana is just another place among Calvin’s nonsensical survival collection. Maps of Montana are free for the asking.
Don’t downplay Montana. My sister used to live north of Eureka, Montana, first house across the border so most of their business was done in Montana. (You haven’t lived until driving the Going to Sun Highway!)
BE THIS GUY about 12 years ago
Just in case you have to jump out of a plane near Billings.
pouncingtiger about 12 years ago
Billings is a town in Montana.
rentier about 12 years ago
Come on! A good start!
RetroJenny about 12 years ago
This sounds like a kit MacGyver would carry with him.
margueritem about 12 years ago
I so agree!
Sciatic about 12 years ago
One of the rare times that Hobbes is sincere in the last panel
Linux0s about 12 years ago
That ought to cover just about everything.
LingeeWhiz about 12 years ago
I’ve got duct tape on a wart right now. They say if I leave it on, it starves it of oxygen and no more wart.
killacowinWA about 12 years ago
“Our teeth and ambitions are bared, BE PREPAAAAAAAARED!
in.amongst about 12 years ago
uh-oh, he forgot the transmogrifier.
Phapada about 12 years ago
so will going to Thailand C&H?
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
I hope that rock is the “Rock of Ages”!
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
“Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile!”
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
Calvin can catch “Pennies From Heaven” in his umbrella, if he has any ‘cents’!
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
A wrench can be handy for a nut like Calvin!
lisajwalton about 12 years ago
LMAO….you beat me to it! Can’t go wrong with duct tape!
thirdguy about 12 years ago
Billings Montana, was named after a guy from Vermont.
38lowell about 12 years ago
So young to be a Boy Scout!
Midgrid about 12 years ago
Calvin is an actual Boy Scout in some of the earlier strips, but Watterson abandoned this when he realised that Calvin wasn’t the sort of boy who would willingly join such an association, as he much prefers his own company (and that of Hobbes).
geraldthekoala about 12 years ago
calvin calvin calvin
hazardboy about 12 years ago
“They”, are such geniuses, to think of all things.
Number Three about 12 years ago
Love Hobbes’ sarcasm!
But who wouldn’t take comic books?
I know I would.
xxx
aimlesscruzr about 12 years ago
He forgot the towel.
Aaberon about 12 years ago
HA!!
CHAZ.SHIELDS about 12 years ago
Calvin lives in Montana? Is it big enough and empty enough to hold him?
Phapada about 12 years ago
righttt
yimhere about 12 years ago
Brilliant planning….. especially the umbrella – he may need it in a few years when his company goes bankrupt.
mimmiesan about 12 years ago
remember? duct tape and WD40 is all you need.if it moves and shouldn’t, use duct tape.if it should move and doesn’t, use WD40.
thirdguy about 12 years ago
If it talks and shouldn’t, use duct tape!If it squeaks and shouldn’t, use WD40!
lookwhatbobfound about 12 years ago
duct tape to the rescue for me last week!! the float ball rod in my commode snapped last week while i was trying to bend it a little (running toilet). duct tape took care of it.
Hoodude about 12 years ago
Just survive..I will find you
guswild about 12 years ago
He said he had an eraser but didn’t say he had a pencil
MontanaLady about 12 years ago
I’m not too sure if Montana is ready for Calvin!
We’ll take Hobbes, though. :)))
Popeyesforearm about 12 years ago
that was the exact contents of my TA50 bag in the army, except I had 2 rocks and a map of all the gasthaus’s in a 20k perimeter around Giessen Germany.
battycomic Premium Member about 12 years ago
What Calvin says about the umbrella in the last panel made me think of Inspector Gadget.
cosman about 12 years ago
I keep thinking about the toilet paper.. if the world ever goes to toilet, the person who stockpiled all the paper would be king.
holmswedeholm about 12 years ago
In the movie, “Second Hand Lions,” “the kid” was planning to run away and had a sort-of map of Montana—an area code map of the U.S. torn out of a telephone book, which included Area Code 409. When asked by his great-uncles, played by Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, where he was headed, the kid Walter, played by Haley Joel Osmet, pointed out the top of the map and said he thought he would go to Montana.
We here in Montana concur with Calvin, Hobbes and Walter that our “Last Best Place,” a come-lately motto and description of the Big Sky Country or Treasure State, is a worthy kind of heaven, a place much to be wished for but hard to obtain, a place that’s at the end of the rainbow, much to be desired. It would be interesting to know what else Watterson thinks about MT. In this strip, he MIGHT also be saying that Montana is just another place among Calvin’s nonsensical survival collection. Maps of Montana are free for the asking.
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
Map of Montana? He doesn’t even live in Montana! Maybe that’s what he plans to use for toilet paper….(just kidding!)
PoodleGroomer about 12 years ago
Montana and North Dakota are great places to live.Nobody with a cardboard sign is thinking about heading north now.-40 keeps the riffraff out.
holmswedeholm about 12 years ago
OOPS…I mistyped that area code for Montana above. Should be 406. Sorry!
ratlum about 12 years ago
A flash lite for looking under the bed.Monsters look for people that are away from home,by themselves .
calvinsfriend110 about 12 years ago
So why isn’t he in Boy Scouts?
tuslog64 about 12 years ago
Don’t downplay Montana. My sister used to live north of Eureka, Montana, first house across the border so most of their business was done in Montana. (You haven’t lived until driving the Going to Sun Highway!)
tuslog64 about 12 years ago
Why an umbrella when earlier refusing to even use one in the rain, then I realized that was in an earlier Shirley and Son strip.
JP Steve Premium Member about 12 years ago
When this strip was drawn a kid with a backpack was weird enough for Calvin. Now it’s normal!
Rickapolis about 12 years ago
Now if he had a book on bugs in Montana, that would be something.
brick10 about 12 years ago
Can I borrow that map of Montana? I want to visit Jack.
cookies333 about 12 years ago
I agree!
cookies333 about 12 years ago
He forgot the candy bars!
Oh, and by the way I won’t be commenting tomorrow. As I am going on an overnight camping trip with my school. : )
TheSkulker about 12 years ago
NO DUCT TAPE!!??? DOOMED!
I had to LMAO when I watched the astronaut Don Pettit duct tape the joint cover between the ISS and the Falcon 9 last May.King_Shark over 11 years ago
The towel? You’ll never get past the Vogons without a towel.
Foreshadow over 3 years ago
wish i could carry that much stuff around