Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 26, 2021

“Sorry, the bar closes at midnight.”

Would you rather have a root beer?…..

“Yeah. Take it or leave it.”

Be thankful mom didn’t spill it into the bed

What were you expecting, Calvin? Tequila? Saké? Bleach?

Perhaps he would have preferred what Rat drinks today in Pearls Before Swine.

No tequila sunrise?

And then, a half hour or so later, there’s this OTHER problem. My mom saw to it that we were hydrated, (mildly) exercised, tooth-brushed and well drained before we were tucked in. The only thing she heard after that was a kid in actual pain (I got earaches in those days, for instance).

Time for a shower!

In you or on you Calvin!

Glug or gulp – make your choice Calvin, pronto!

Just water – mother nature’s choice!

“How would you like it poured down the front of your pyjama pants” ?asked Mum.

Wow!!!!! I could’ve had a v/8

Always a critic…….

What do you imagine midst of night?

Just be glad that you’re not wearing it, Calvin!

Might as well tell him it’s toxic heavy water from Pennsylvania.

She added some vodka so he’d stay asleep.

They should have traded him in for a Harley

“You were expecting a Gin & Tonic?”

Shaken, not stirred.

I can’t relate. My kids were perfect.

I can say that now. Time has blurred my memory.

IKR? Nothing else will do for me except a beside bottle of lime Perrier…

Water …..with a shot of benedril

[SPLOOSH!] ☔

Calvin can sneak downstairs to watch forbidden tv programs but he won’t go downstairs to get himself a glass of water.

“Where’s the ice?”

Calvin, it’s a chemical compound call oxygen di-hydrate. It can cut through rock and under high pressure even steel. Drinking this will give you strength.

It’s vodka, try it you’ll like it, and I’ll get some sleep

a pillow…. just there for a minute or two…

When I was very young we lived in an old building. Probably iron pipes. Maybe even lead? Water in the middle of the night tasted AWFUL.

A six year old can get his own water. I would never have woken my parents up at night.

Kid would not have survived in this household!

What about Hobbes? Maybe he would like plain water.

This reminds me of one of my favorite Dennis the Menace cartoons from when I was a kid. Dennis had gotten his dad to bring him a glass of water and he said “That’s bathroom water. I wanted kitchen water.”

Another reason for the parents to not think of having another sibling.

Did anyone here watch the 1960s Hanna-Barbera show Top Cat? This reminded me of the episode “The Long Hot Winter”, where the gang spends the winter at Officer Dibble’s house. The scene I’m thinking of is the first 1:15 of this video: https://youtu.be/L8g503KhrfM

It is important that children associate satisfying thirst with just plain water. If you have to have a sweet drink every time you are thirsty, the weight piles on pretty quickly. It also adds a lot of unnecessary expense over the years. My second wife had been married to a millionaire but she always ordered plain water at a restaurant. The beverages are the most overpriced items on the menu and can interfere with tasting well-prepared food.

jack and a beer back…

“We’re all out of Moet Chandon.”

Mom needs a lesson in 50’s mothering – give ‘em a good slug of whiskey at bedtime and they’ll sleep the night through.

Mooom… is the first word which comes to mind, be it childhood or otherwise, during times of distress. No wonder mothers are revered.

you needed to specify!

I’m in Canada. Our version of Sesame Street included French. So in the middle of the night I shouted “Eau, Eau” instead of calling for water. My parents came super quick the first time…

I am not rational when I’m sleep-deprived. My first thought was to see how long Calvin could hold his breath under water… Then I would say, “Yes, take it or leave it.” Nowadays, I’d just leave a sippy cup or equivalent by his bed so he could help himself, and not wake me up at all.

If she told him it was water from the cooling system of a nuclear reactor, he’d chug it down in the blink of an eye…