Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 25, 2009

I’d give ‘em a 30% discount…

I think it is from the glassoid period.

Don’ you just hate it when mom spoils the fun.

Hey Margueritem I see you changed avatars again. This one is so much better than that last one. I’ll give you two thumbs up.

To the one who is called musicnut. I’m a little bit curious kind of, and want to know what kind of music do you enjoy.

ladywolf17: I had to change it, it was scaring people…

Just call it the “Piltdown man” and you’ll make big bucks.

When I was a kid, I dug up a set of sterling silverware. I thought I had found a pirate’s hidden treasure. My mom was furious as it turned out to be her expensive flatware that my brother had mischievously buried in the back yard. So much for a little kid’s imagination.

eBay + fraud + letter of authenticity = $$$$

So much for fame and fortune. Looks like Hobbes will have to wait a little while longer for babes.

Oh well, some babes flaunt all over those ‘experimental artists’ as well. Slight change of plans, same result.

A discounted dino?

No skeleton, but funny trash - modern art!

@marg, yeh 30% sounds about right. @wndrwrthg, how about meltdown man?

Time to start a new dig.

Sell it for 9 billion dollars at museum for modern art!

Is that a piece of chain in there? Could be the Missing Link.

Maybe Calvin and Hobbes have unearthed the ultra rare Trashasaurus Rex ?!?!?

Spot-on LX013–or how about directly to the middleman (National Endowment of Arts) for $9.5 B?

Babes, fame, power and Porsches down the drain. I know the feeling.

Margueritem what did it look like

Ray C: Ha Ha, not that funny

@ Ray C

Is that a piece of chain in there? Could be the Missing Link.

Okay, that one hurt my pun control center.

Calvin you should try the Guggenheim Museum, they usually show very bold pieces, at least in Bilbao they do…

A scream! So Mom did burst his bubble after all. It just had to happen. She’d never play along.

I wonder what kind of price Calvin actually expects to get now. Hobbes can now forget about the babes. That discovery won’t impress them much - if at all.

oh Mom! give us a break!

Bummer, there goes the Porsche. Maybe a running condition Yugo, if there is such a thing.

LadyWolf,

I listen to everything I come across, because all music can elicit an emotional response which must be felt and experienced. Having said that, I do not particularly enjoy most opera (don’t like people yelling at me), classic country & western (don’t care for the nasal singing style), or rap (again, the yelling and violent negative message). I particually like 40’s big bands, 60’s - 80’s rock, delta blues, most jazz, most classical music, and world music. Currently going through my celtic collection. What are your preferences?

One dude’s trash is another dude’s treasure.

musicnut1986, you must have some collection. I’ve got some vinyl that spans the 60’s to early 90’s and some CD’s as well, but nothing like what I think you’ve got. Agree with most of your tastes though classical is not me - though I like some of it. I’m currently listening to a Glenn Miller CD for the drive at 5.

I wish to point out that my earlier post was in respone to a direct question and not a hijack attempt.

BC13, I’ve been collecting music for about 30 years. I’ve got approx 1500 LPs and 2500 CDs. I had about 800 mp3 downloads before my hard drive failed on my old computer so I lost them. Most of those were pretty obscure pieces that I’ll probably never be able to find on vinyl or plastic. (Remember kids, BACKUP your computers)!

Oh I still think Calvin’s thing is just an abstract sculpture for one cent, not million dollars.

musicnut1986, I agree about the need to back up your computer. Especially files you don’t want to lose. I know a guy who has lots of genealogy data, and he keeps five sets of backups. In three different states.

We laugh, but he has yet to lose any substantial amount of data.

musicnut1986, I was just curious. You are the serious collector, no doubt. My collection is about a fifth of yours, but with similar tastes it would appear. I’ve all but stopped collecting, unless for replacement. Thanks.

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Wildmustang1262, I wouldn’t call it art - though for some reason Calvin thinks he can still sell it. as such. His feet haven’t landed on solid ground yet after his talk with Mom. He’ll have to find out the hard way.

I still think he should sell it to the museum of modern art

that would be pop music for me.

I’m not hijacking, I just like to get to know some of you is all..

ladywolf, That’s where I started, except it was rock rather then pop. I was given my first two LPs when I was in Middle School, In-A-Godda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly and Led Zepplin II. Just enjoy listening to what you like.

Now, will (can) Calvin get anything for his discovery?

the construction of the artifacts is priceless mom should be very proud of our little genius

to Musicnut and others:

Think I started my music collection in mid-teens around 1964 with The Animals’ Greatest Hits. Parents gave me Beatles ‘65 album that Christmas, as best I remember.

Unable to count my albums (yes, I still have a working record turntable) and CDs, but have a huge amount of blues, rock, classical and jazz available at any time.

Definitely shades of Piltdown Man.

calvin should take his find to a flea market, people will buy anything at those

You know now that I think about it, with the economy in such a bad state I don’t even think that a 30 % discount would even be offered to Calvin.

The Porsche will come true!

Back when I was Calvin’s age, we would have gotten a dime for the bottle, then gone to DQ for a small ice cream cone. I guess that makes *me* a dinosaur. Anyone else here remember the DQ 5¢ kiddie cone in the 60s?

When I was small, 5 cents got you an ice cream cone - one ball. For 6 cents, you could get a Mello-roll. This was a cylinder of ice cream - had more ice cream than a ball - and you got to watch the man behind the counter as he carefully unrolled the cardboard that was wrapped around the cylinder, then removed it, and then removed the cardboard circles at each end of the cylinder. The ice cream definitely tasted better than a regular ice cream cone, but at least part of that was getting to watch the performance!

I still remember watching in breathless fascination!

This was in the ‘50’s.

Hey Guy’s Tomorrow is going to be a new day. Let’s start a new adventure. Ok ? Let’s Go.

Still, very creative.

MODERN ART! MODERN ART!

We used to go to the Y in the 60’s in 8th grade on Saturdays for girls basketball…and then walk to a DQ nearby. My mom had 6 kids so inevitably I had empty pockets…but a friend who’s parents had a store always gave her some change…and she always generously bought me a burger for about 35 cents I think. Mmmm…just a little burger with catsup and pickles. Saturday heaven. How do I choose and avatar??

I appologize for that having nothing to do with Calvin. I got lost in the DQ daydream i guess. i was a small town kid from a creative family though…and spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get rich on some idea or another. So I can identify with Cal’s hopes. Reality can set in hard as you get older. But…I’m still daydreaming!

Calvin could give it for ‘Art from Waste’ workshops… he’s put it together quite well!

I had to buy a new stylus for the turntable. took 3 months to order 1 and cost an arm and a leg. Have since gone over to the dark side and bought an I pod that holds 30000 songs. - Only got 24000 songs to go!

Oh and I have had to buy an external hard drive now to store the files as a back-up and nowhere near as much fun as searching dirty second hand record shops.

What are the odds of all that trash showing up at one particular spot? Calvin’s family must live on a landfill.

Ah yes, the infamous Piltdownasaurus. Calvin’s a genius.

When my children were small, we had so few money and we collected the empty bottles and from the returnmoney we bought icecream or something to drink for our children!

Could probably get fifty bucks on ebay

If all else fails, the Museum of Modern Art might take it.