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?
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!
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!
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
The philosophy of someone who will be “self-employed.”
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?
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
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 5 years ago
Nothing a first-grade computer science class can’t fix.
Watcher over 5 years ago
Be sure to program free will into the robot so he can rule the world.
codycab over 5 years ago
You just know the only thing that Calvin is going to make is a HUGE mess.
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.
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!
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”.
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.
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”.)
The Reader Premium Member over 5 years ago
A boy genius, hampered by an unimaginative tiger!
Barry1941 over 5 years ago
It’s only work if somebody make you do it. Words to live by. :)
favm over 5 years ago
Or a hatstand with a pail.
bluram over 5 years ago
Calvin’s got a point there, it won’t show if he parts his hair right. Chuckle, chuckle.
verticallychallenged Premium Member over 5 years ago
Calvin, meet Nancy.
jpayne4040 over 5 years ago
LOL! A philosophy echoed by kids everywhere!
DanFlak over 5 years ago
Nobody is going to invent a bed-making machine if nobody tries.
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.)
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.
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
And just think of all the $$$$$!
Ray over 5 years ago
Ya gotta admire Calvin’s entrepreneurial spirit, even if it’s a half-baked idea.
Bruce388 over 5 years ago
At least the chances of Mom’s car winding up in the ditch across the road are minimal.
Mediatech over 5 years ago
Calvin will go far in life, to government, prison, or both.
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.
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!
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…
El Cobbo Grande over 5 years ago
Wait, my head’s starting to hurt