Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 27, 2015
Transcript:
Calvin: "Ever notice how people always try to do two things at once?" Calvin: "They talk on the phone while they drive, they watch tv while they eat, they listen to music while they work..." Calvin: "People never focus on any one thing to enjoy or do it well" Hobbes: "You're breaking my concentration" Calvin: "WE focus on doing nothing at all!"
BE THIS GUY about 9 years ago
To focus on doing nothing is a wonderful luxury.
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?
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.
orinoco womble about 9 years ago
Drive now, talk later.
phylum about 9 years ago
heh heh heh….mrs wormwood lurks…..just around the corner….
Kind&Kinder about 9 years ago
…and they’ve gotten to expert level in that field!
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!
Egrayjames about 9 years ago
Trying to relax…. Learned a long time ago to relax, no “trying” necessary. Defeats the purpose.
GROG Premium Member about 9 years ago
Sounds pretty boring to me.
uniquename about 9 years ago
Awesome!
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.)
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!
Puddleglum2 about 9 years ago
Focusing “on doing nothing at all” is still doing something.
josh_bisbee about 9 years ago
I feel like this at work a lot.
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
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.
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.
Susie Derkins :D about 9 years ago
Sitting in a tree while talking. Makes perfect sense.
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.