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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yow4zip Premium Member over 12 years ago
The answer to Dad’s question is no.
bmonk over 12 years ago
I was on a canoe trip once that was far too much like this. Even if we could keep a fire going.
LieutenantCommanderData over 10 years ago
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)
weatherford.joe Premium Member over 8 years ago
The question here is without the ability to start a fire, how does Dad expect to cook the fish?
Q.D.McGraw over 4 years ago
One of the few if not the only storylines that ran through the weekend.
Pets of the comics over 3 years ago
…I bet he won’t
SIDDHARTHAKANCHI8D over 3 years ago
i like this . it is one of the best strip ever in calvin and hobbes
FluffyTHM over 2 years ago
I remember playing in the sand and swimming on rainy days like this while at a campsite with a lake. Also sitting in a tent reading Calvin and Hobbes or Discworld books. Aside from mosquitos i don’t ever remember disliking camping regardless of weather.
leopardglily about 2 years ago
Love the lightning bolt in the second panel!