Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 27, 2014
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Transcript:
Mom: "Sometimes I feel like our life has gotten too complicated...that we've accumulated more than we really need...that we've accepted too many demands..." Dad: "Well, Thoreau says, "simplify, simplify." Maybe we need to do that" Mom: "But how?" Calvin: "I hate it when they look at me that way"
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