Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 05, 2019

Why didn’t he call Hobbes?

use your fingers Calvin

I always thought it was either #1 or #2.

1 question down, 99 more to go. Better hurry, Calvin.

Calvin, have your dad invest in a couple of beepers and you can beep him for an answer.

Someone is in need of an extended time out. I don’t mean Hobbs.

42, that’s the answer to everything…

Can’t trust dad to give a straight answer to anything, Calvin!

Love Dad’s expressions in each panel…changes from indifference to anger to concern. Bill Watterson is a genius !

Didn’t you want Calvin to always come to you if he needed help, Dad?

The age at which you might finish being grounded.

it’s the hours you’ll be working at the local gas station/store.

6th panel: (Dad hangs up) 7th panel: Calvin: NOOOOO

Or just use the calculator Calvin…

I’m surprised that Calvin knows his dad’s work phone number. The principal, yes. But Calvin?

The original ‘dial a friend’. Though, from some of his answers in the past, I am not sure Dad is the right one to go to on this.

Eleventy seven

Wait until cell phones and you can text Dad! Will Dad be surprised!

I wonder if my 6-year-old would know what a payphone is or know how to use it. He certainly wouldn’t have any change in his pocket.

Accomplished philosopher, inventor, shrewd observer of society, skilled paleontologist … now if he could just master introductory arithmetic.

Easier way: Hey Siri! What is 11 + 7….oh wait, no smart phones then!

I like the “other version” of this particular strip better.

Which I will not describes because spoilers.

Don’t forget to carry the 1.

The answer is 23 Calvin. That’s right, 23. Because it’s Tuesday, that’s why.

Why do I get the feeling there are going to be a lot of calls before the day is out?

Knowing Miss Wormwood, it’s a surprise that she let him go to the bathroom without answering the question first.

Eleventy-seven

Hobbs doesn’t answer the phone.

If you need help with multiplication, call Mr. Bun.

Really old cartoon: man sitting using a slide rule and says “Let’s see; 2 times 2 is… 3.987348… oh, heck, let’s just call it 4.”

I vaguely remember an Abbot and Costello routine that was something like Costello proving to Abbot that 7X15 was 42…

My parents would be the last ones I would call. I would instead lightly tap the person beside me and turn my page slightly with a quiz-look on my face. Good thing I sat in the middle of the classroom. In the front you were in the eye of the teacher, in the back you were in the eye of the assistant, but in the middle you were safe.

The answer is eleventy-seven. As anybody knows who was paying attention.

18

No, the answer is Bolivia

HAHAHAHAHA I love calvin so dum!!!

dad: 117

Bruh, who hasnt tried this before

21

18, calvin.