Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 02, 2014
September 01, 2014
September 03, 2014
Transcript:
Hobbes: "How are we going to invent a robot? We don't know anything about machines" Calvin: "Maybe YOU don't" Calvin: "It's easy. There are just four simple machines to alter force: the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane and, um the internal combustion engine" Calvin: "Take my word for it, I'm an expert at inventions" Hobbes: "So where do we start?" Calvin: "We ask mom for a research grant"
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ORMouseworks about 10 years ago
Now all you have to do Calvin is to convince Mom that her financial gift (!) will not be detrimental in the short run and disastrous in the long run… ;)
awgiedawgie Premium Member about 10 years ago
Pretty impressive, in light of his scholastic behaviour, that Calvin actually knows even three of the simple machines, especially considering he’s only in first grade.
Aussie Down Under about 10 years ago
I think she is going to say no.
orinoco womble about 10 years ago
Mom will want to see some results first, Junior.
This was way before Kickstarter.
katzenbooks45 about 10 years ago
At least he’s not making potato salad.
bignatefan about 10 years ago
She’s going to tell him to make the bed first.
missingblindspot about 10 years ago
I have never before met an expert in inventions. Do they exist?
bluram about 10 years ago
Like that’s going to happen. I think not.
jrankin1959 about 10 years ago
Like Junior Bear (Stan Freberg) in Chuck Jones’ “A Bear for Punishment:” “I am a GOOD speller! C-A-T, dog! D-O-G… Rhode Island!”
Hobbes Premium Member about 10 years ago
It’s good that Calvin understands simple machines. He will need a lot of leverage with his Mom, who may not be inclined to support him.
Hobbes also has some experience with leverage. Here is a very early Calvin and Hobbes strip:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (February 6, 1986)Click here: Peanuts (April 26, 1959)ladykat about 10 years ago
Calvin’s mom will tell him to go back and clean his room.
nosirrom about 10 years ago
Calvin, stay away from that wheelbarrow! You know you don’t know anything about complicated machinery!
Poollady about 10 years ago
Mom’ll just say : Clean your room yourself!
rentier about 10 years ago
Yes, a grant for research, please!!
pshapley Premium Member about 10 years ago
So Calvin "screw"ed up the list of simple machines.
neverenoughgold about 10 years ago
Wasn’t Calvin named after a thermometer; or, was it the other way around?.Oh, wait! That’s Kelvin; or, did he make refrigerators?
Aaron Saltzer about 10 years ago
Yeah. We’ll see how far that goes…
Hobbes Premium Member about 10 years ago
@neverenoughgold: Calvin named after a thermometer? Well, come to think of it, Hobbes is quite tall but Calvin is only fair-in-height.
JoePhan about 10 years ago
Actually, there are six. Along with the three that Calvin correctly named, there are the wheel and axle, the screw and the wedge.
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
Apparently, my comment was considered offensive by some or someone and removed.
Susie Derkins D: about 10 years ago
Like asking her is ever going to work.
Rrhain about 10 years ago
But a pulley is a lever: A circular lever. There are only two simple machines: The lever and the inclined plane. Pulleys and wheels are circular levers. A screw is a helical inclined plane and a wedge is a reversal of the inclined plane (the plane moves along the object, pushing it rather than the object moving along the plane.)