Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 26, 2019

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    BE THIS GUY  over 5 years ago

    The philosophy of someone who will be “self-employed.”

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    Sugar Bombs 95  over 5 years ago

    But if you have to make the robot BECAUSE you have to make your bed, then someone IS making you do it (albeit indirectly), and thus that technically IS work, isn’t it?

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 5 years ago

    ah, the robot made up of a Tinker Toy body, a coffee can head, and a voice box cassette recorder

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  over 5 years ago

    Nothing a first-grade computer science class can’t fix.

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    Watcher  over 5 years ago

    Be sure to program free will into the robot so he can rule the world.

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    codycab  over 5 years ago

    You just know the only thing that Calvin is going to make is a HUGE mess.

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    sirbadger  over 5 years ago

    It’s a good learning experience. It should get faster with the next robot. His dad is a patent attorney and might know someone who could help.

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    Concretionist  over 5 years ago

    As a “maker”, I totally understand this impulse. And now that I’m retired, I often build a tool that makes some stupid task even simpler. Because the fun is in the building!

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    Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Oh, oh. I don’t think any robot created by Calvin would follow Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics”.

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    Anathema Premium Member over 5 years ago

    ….and then there are all the expensive parts to make the robot. It might be cheaper to pay for a maid to make the bed.

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    Yontrop  over 5 years ago

    But if Calvin succeeded, he’d only have to build the robot once. (I know that is a really big “if”.)

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    The Reader Premium Member over 5 years ago

    A boy genius, hampered by an unimaginative tiger!

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    Barry1941  over 5 years ago

    It’s only work if somebody make you do it. Words to live by. :)

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    favm  over 5 years ago

    Or a hatstand with a pail.

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    bluram  over 5 years ago

    Calvin’s got a point there, it won’t show if he parts his hair right. Chuckle, chuckle.

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    verticallychallenged Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Calvin, meet Nancy.

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    jpayne4040  over 5 years ago

    LOL! A philosophy echoed by kids everywhere!

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    DanFlak  over 5 years ago

    Nobody is going to invent a bed-making machine if nobody tries.

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    KEA  over 5 years ago

    I had SO many students who approached schoolwork this way. (i.e. finding a complicated labor-intensive way around it rather than just do it.)

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    BiggerNate91  over 5 years ago

    I made a “robot” when I was younger, too. It spiraled into a mini-project in my fifth-grade class.

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    DCBakerEsq  over 5 years ago

    And just think of all the $$$$$!

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    Ray  over 5 years ago

    Ya gotta admire Calvin’s entrepreneurial spirit, even if it’s a half-baked idea.

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    Bruce388  over 5 years ago

    At least the chances of Mom’s car winding up in the ditch across the road are minimal.

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    Mediatech  over 5 years ago

    Calvin will go far in life, to government, prison, or both.

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    zeexenon  over 5 years ago

    Reminds of MY version of the 80 / 20 rule: When programming computers and I used 80% of my energy, I just did the calculation manuslly.

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    AtheisticallyYours1  over 5 years ago

    Too bad there was NEVER a strip that showed Calvin getting spanked because of all the nonsense he tries! Any rational parent would have beat that kid senseless if he tried even HALF of his stuff with them!

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    Cuckooman Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Similar to Dodsworth the cat training a young cat to catch house mice instead of doing it himself…

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    El Cobbo Grande  over 5 years ago

    Wait, my head’s starting to hurt

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