Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 27, 2015

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    BE THIS GUY  about 9 years ago

    To focus on doing nothing is a wonderful luxury.

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    Durandal_1707  about 9 years ago

    They talk on their phone while they drive? Were cell phones already a thing back when this was made?

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    Farside99  about 9 years ago

    But they were huge. I had to help put a cell phone in a briefcase with a battery that would give it a 4 hour charge time (not talk time — that was much less). With an antenna built into the lining of the briefcase. It weighed about 20 pounds.

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    orinoco womble  about 9 years ago

    Drive now, talk later.

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    phylum  about 9 years ago

    heh heh heh….mrs wormwood lurks…..just around the corner….

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    Kind&Kinder  about 9 years ago

    …and they’ve gotten to expert level in that field!

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    Ray49FL  about 9 years ago

    May 5, 2012I don’t want to play I just want to bang on the drum all day I don’t want to work I want to bang on the drum all day I …. Iiiiiiiiiiii don’t wanna work, just wanna bang all the drums all day!I don’t want to play I just want to bang on the drum all day I don’t want to work I want to bang on the drum all day I …. Iiiiiiiiiiii don’t wanna work, just wanna bang all the drums all day!

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    Egrayjames  about 9 years ago

    Trying to relax…. Learned a long time ago to relax, no “trying” necessary. Defeats the purpose.

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    GROG Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Sounds pretty boring to me.

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    uniquename  about 9 years ago

    Awesome!

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    bmonk  about 9 years ago

    We think we need to be busy to get everything done, so we multi-task, lose the enjoyment of being focused and present to what we are doing, don’t do things as well as we might because of our self-distraction, and end up busier than ever. And we allow interruptions to further distract and busify us.

    Calvin is wise, wise beyond his years—at least in this regard. (Even if we count the 25+ years since this was published.)

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    Puddleglum2  about 9 years ago

    @Egrayj,You make a good point!On what was Hobbes concentrating, …“trying” to go to sleep? That’s even harder than “trying” to relax!

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    Puddleglum2  about 9 years ago

    Focusing “on doing nothing at all” is still doing something.

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    josh_bisbee  about 9 years ago

    I feel like this at work a lot.

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    Number Three  about 9 years ago

    I used to listen to music while I was doing assignments in college (earphones plugged in of course)It made me work faster.xxx

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    Hobbes Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Today’s Calvin and Hobbes is from 1995. Here is a Nokia 232 cell phone from 1994:I’m posting later and less frequently these days, due to changes in my work schedule and “work/life balance” during the summer.

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    chovil  about 9 years ago

    Focusing on doing nothing at all, is called meditation in the east. Beginners focus on their breathing, and only that. It’s very difficult to do that, even for 20 minutes. Highly respected and highly practiced in some religious faiths, like Buddhism.

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    Susie Derkins :D  about 9 years ago

    Sitting in a tree while talking. Makes perfect sense.

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    Hobbes Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Thanks, Nun’Ya Bidness and NightGaunt49. I appreciate your frequent comments that help to set a positive tone for this site.

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