Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 07, 2021

I would recommend replacing TP with a bidet but that would be an opportunity for Calvin to create new disaster.

Dad! We are short on toilet paper!

You better know how to swim, Calvin.

Calvin must think that toilet paper grows on trees. It sort of does.

A year ago, he would have been screamed at for wasting TP.

wow, no wonder why you gringos run to buy TP before any disaster is about to happen…..

uh-oh… Hope Calvin does not get thrown in the throne.

I think EVERY kid does this at least once. Ours did

I notice that the roll is coming off the top, as it should be. Good for Mom.

Why didn’t I ever think of that?

So HE’S the one responsible for the toilet paper shortage!?!

He wouldn’t be doing it in this day and age.

I kinda wanna try that ;P

“Dear, the kitchen sink is overflowing.”

Well, Calvin’s got it down: cats do like to play with toilet roll!

I remember once when our oldest was a toddler. She was being quieter than usual, so my husband & I went to check her out. She was in the bathroom. We had just put a fresh roll of TP up – Scotts, 1,000 sheets – and she had unrolled the entire thing! Our bathroom is very small, so she was literally waist-deep in TP! We scolded her, and she ran to the living room, crying. Our back door is right next to the bathroom. We stepped outside…and laughed ourselves silly!!!

They know that if Calvin is laughing and having a good time, he’s up to no good!

That’s more fun than exploding potatoes in the microwave.

kids will be kids, GOD bless them.

If you squash a toilet paper roll, so the tube is distorted, it won’t spin. This discourages cats and kids.

A fine lesson in physics and mechanical engineering, down the drain.

Such a classic! Calvin being destructive in the bathroom is always funny!

There was an email and an attached video clip going around a few years ago. The story was, a young couple was concerned about the huge water bill they were getting each month, despite the fact that they were being fairly frugal in their water usage. They called a plumber, who found absolutely no sign of leakage anywhere. They tried everything they could think of, but nothing seemed to help. They were totally stumped.

Then one day, when the guy was home sick, he heard water running. He went to the downstairs bathroom, where he found (at this point the reader is instructed to open the video file)…

Their cat was flushing the toilet by batting the handle. He’d sit on the rim and watch the water go round and round, and then he’d flush it again.

And again , and again, and again…..

It’s amazing how many times a year they have to get the septic system cleaned.

I love “I don’t want to know…Let’s go check.”

Interesting sound effect. A “whizz” going into the toilet.

There goes TP.

We had bought a new house from a nationwide builder in year 2000, and I suspected that the toilet drain was clogged with some type of construction debris. Called the builder, they sent a plumber who used the Calvin method to show that it worked, rather than remove the toilet and spend a few dollars on a new wax ring to do an actual inspection. I couldn’t recall the plumbers name before today. I think it was Calvin.

Well, they recently advertised a brand of toilet where the little kid could NOT get it clogged up no matter what he put in it. Wonder how many kids saw that and tried it at home?

A story I heard a few years ago, the people couldn’t figure out why their water bill was suddenly ridiculously high. Turned out their cat had figured out how to use the flush on the downstairs toilet and was flushing repeatedly while they were away.

Yea. Mom and Dad go check before there’s a big problem.

When my little sister was a toddler, she and the dog would disappear to the bathroom. He would rip the toilet paper off of the roll and she would stuff it into the toilet!

and how many people tried that to see if it worked?

Love panels 2&3. You could even say they’re hilarious.

So this is what people are doing with all that toilet paper during pandemic lockdown.

Once in a while all of us should experience this sheer excitement.

I can’t believe I did the same thing!

Pretty tame