Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 16, 1987
August 15, 1987
August 17, 1987
Transcript:
Dad: Tum de ta dee dee do. Boy, this sure beats sitting in an office all day! Hobbes: Is it still raining? Calvin: Of course it's still raining. It's been raining for days. Why should it stop now?! Hobbes: We're going to need a vacation after this vacation. Calvin: I'll say! We can't even keep a fire going. I can't believe Dad went out to catch fish. Hobbes: In this weather? He's a fanatic! Calvin: Either that, or we're all out of packaged food. We'll probably starve to death on this God-forsaken rock. Hobbes: After all that spam, starving doesn't sound so bad. Calvin: If we live to get home, I'm never going to set foot ouside again as long as I live. Dad: What a lucky kid Calvin is? I never got to do this stuff when I was his age! Dad: Hey Calvin! Want to learn how to gut a fish?
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Well, if Calvin’s father would have brought a bundle of charcoal twigs (yes I know what they are really called but people here are too immature) the coals would keep burning after they got rained on and would actually burn HOTTER due to increased surface area (activated carbon though a minute amount would form on the surface after each raindrop)