I hope that it is only the fantasy car that is nuclear powered and not the missiles. However, as it is another of Calvin’s unobtainable fantasies, it does not matter.
There used to be a regular commentator on this site called connie_shearer. We used to reply to one another regularly and disagreed over many things but we both enjoyed this strip.
There have been no comments from connie_shearer for about three months now. They seem to have finished shortly after the time machine story arc. I hope that connie_shearer is still well and still enjoying this excellent comic strip.
My wife has a valid complaint about me: I am very difficult to buy gifts for. When she asks me what I want, I tell her, “I don’t need anything.” Then she says, “I didn’t ask you what you need; I asked you what you WANT.”
It usually winds up being socks or underwear.
My life must really be blessed when the closest thing to a need that I have is socks or underwear.
I like to quote an expression that I read somewhere, “True wealth is not measured by how much you have, but by how much you don’t need.”
The sad reality is that, while nuclear power sounds exotic, all that is ever done with it is using the heat it gives off. Mostly to boil water on earth, in space there are some thermo electric generators operating.There ARE long standing proposals to use small nuclear explosions to propel a rocket forward. It has not yet happened.
Ford had a design for an actual nuclear-powered car called the Nucleon. Needless to say, it didn’t have a lot of seating room since the driver and passengers had to kept at a certain distance from the reactor. Ford never turned that design into a real thing.
A simple kid with grand visions that are simple on the surface yet complex beneath. This need s to be greatly encouraged in our young people. (Where do people this “Calvin is insane stuff??” Must have been in the house too long during 2020/21/22.)
BE THIS GUY about 2 years ago
Complicated men are happy with a pair of socks.
dadthedawg Premium Member about 2 years ago
A little more than a simpleton…..
codycab about 2 years ago
No Calvin. You’re a complicated kid with an insane mind.
GreasyOldTam about 2 years ago
Sounds pretty simple to me. What complicated about heat seeking missiles?
Robin Harwood about 2 years ago
I’d like one of those as well.
bigcatrik about 2 years ago
I like to say that my needs are few, but specific.
rshive about 2 years ago
Those complex tastes get you every time.
sandpiper about 2 years ago
When we take time for self-examination, most of us fit that profile.
BigDaveGlass about 2 years ago
…. Simple man with a homicidal tendency……….
Calvinist1966 about 2 years ago
I hope that it is only the fantasy car that is nuclear powered and not the missiles. However, as it is another of Calvin’s unobtainable fantasies, it does not matter.
Susan00100 about 2 years ago
Calvin IS simple, otherwise he would have built such a vehicle himself—out of a cardboard box!!
MayCauseBurns about 2 years ago
I am blessed with simple tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Calvinist1966 about 2 years ago
There used to be a regular commentator on this site called connie_shearer. We used to reply to one another regularly and disagreed over many things but we both enjoyed this strip.
There have been no comments from connie_shearer for about three months now. They seem to have finished shortly after the time machine story arc. I hope that connie_shearer is still well and still enjoying this excellent comic strip.
chuckcork1 about 2 years ago
Missiles with both laser guidance and heat seeking? A bit of overkill there.
As for Nuclear Cars, never got off the drawing board thank goodness.
russef about 2 years ago
For a second it sounded like the judge talkin to Roy.
jmworacle about 2 years ago
Calvin’s a complicated boy and no one understands but his tiger Hobbs.*
*With apologies to the late Isac Hayes.
Chris about 2 years ago
sounds about right.
Zebrastripes about 2 years ago
Calvin’s a simple boy who thinks he’s a simple man with complex tastes…a boy can dream, can’t he?
jagedlo about 2 years ago
Simple? Since when?
dflak about 2 years ago
My wife has a valid complaint about me: I am very difficult to buy gifts for. When she asks me what I want, I tell her, “I don’t need anything.” Then she says, “I didn’t ask you what you need; I asked you what you WANT.”
It usually winds up being socks or underwear.
My life must really be blessed when the closest thing to a need that I have is socks or underwear.
I like to quote an expression that I read somewhere, “True wealth is not measured by how much you have, but by how much you don’t need.”
mfrasca about 2 years ago
And be a simple kind of man
Oh be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh won’t you do this for me son if you can
- Van Zant / Rossington
Guayo1 about 2 years ago
You nail it Calvin, that’s what we are.
A Hip loving Canadian... about 2 years ago
Time to cue the song ‘Simple Man’ by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
https://youtu.be/yCQHCYnUNRc
goboboyd about 2 years ago
It’s simple. Ideas are easy. Execution is hard.
kab2rb about 2 years ago
No Calvin, you are over acted brain trying to destroy.
IshkaBibel1 about 2 years ago
The sad reality is that, while nuclear power sounds exotic, all that is ever done with it is using the heat it gives off. Mostly to boil water on earth, in space there are some thermo electric generators operating.There ARE long standing proposals to use small nuclear explosions to propel a rocket forward. It has not yet happened.
mckeonfuneralhomebx about 2 years ago
Make sure it has the 1.21 gigawatts for re entry back into your own time!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Every tyrant is simple. Give them what they want, when they want it, and all is well.
g04922 about 2 years ago
Glad to see Hobbes is back on a regular basis. He keeps Calvin in line. Well, he does try.
g04922 about 2 years ago
Still love the tiger striped t-shirt that Calvin wears.
Calvins Brother about 2 years ago
I too am a simple man. I just want a drone I can fly in, or a yo-yo.
pixiekitten Premium Member about 2 years ago
Mood though
KEA about 2 years ago
in other words, a greedy idiot. join the crowd.
VickiP123 about 2 years ago
then go somewhere else
kathleenhicks62 about 2 years ago
I am like Calvin live the simple life-complicated.
Redd Panda about 2 years ago
’’coolguy’’ seems confused .. no one says he needs to be here … just bugger off.
Neat '33 about 2 years ago
Don’t understand how this person’s “handle” is allowed with the “F” word and other silly things are squelched ?
Earnestly Frank about 2 years ago
I had one of those cars last year, but it turned out to be a lemon.
Andrew Bosch Premium Member about 2 years ago
Ford had a design for an actual nuclear-powered car called the Nucleon. Needless to say, it didn’t have a lot of seating room since the driver and passengers had to kept at a certain distance from the reactor. Ford never turned that design into a real thing.
Stephen Gilberg about 2 years ago
Funny how Hobbes doesn’t question the “man” part.
hagarthehorrible about 2 years ago
Calvin you are a novice. How come all of us here are hooked on you for years.
larryzolcienski about 2 years ago
Then stop reading it. Not that complicated.
Ammo hates the comment policy Premium Member about 2 years ago
#metoo big C.
Bilan about 2 years ago
Calvin is a simple person, like most boys his age. He wants everything.
wiley207 about 2 years ago
Simple man? He’s not even a man!
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 years ago
Actually you’re a six year old who doesn’t know what he wants from life yet.
edeloriea14 about 2 years ago
Calvin’s not even a man; just a bratty little boy.
William Stoneham Premium Member about 2 years ago
A young Elon Musk?
John Jorgensen about 2 years ago
I could go for a nuclear powered car myself.
Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Tastes that come with not-so-predictable twists!
MattDingleberry about 2 years ago
“laser guided” and “heat seeking” seems to be redundant…
nathan.sheriff3 about 2 years ago
A simple kid with grand visions that are simple on the surface yet complex beneath. This need s to be greatly encouraged in our young people. (Where do people this “Calvin is insane stuff??” Must have been in the house too long during 2020/21/22.)