Ok, it seems our friend LeadingEdge has been banished by the GoComics deep state. Hopefully, they will see the error of their ways and allow LE to rejoin our community.
I remember getting a ton of kits for WWII airplanes and warships. My attempts usually ended up like Cal’s and I had to have Mom help me finish. I did learn the difference between a Stuka and a Spitfire.
I love modern instruction books 20 pages of warnings and maybe a sentence or two on directions. Or they are written by Chinese with high school English and make no sense.
Oh, man, I’d forgotten the childhood feeling of getting model glue on my fingers. “Like mozzarella cheese” indeed. And it would dry into a crust that wouldn’t wash off and stayed on your fingers for days. Kids today don’t know what they’re missing. Do they even still sell plastic models that people put together and paint as a hobby? I used to build dinosaurs and Star Trek space ships.
Revell was always very good at clearly marking their models with an age minimum to stop this kinda problem. Never saw a model for any kid under 9 unless it was a ‘snap together’ model. .
A great advancement in model kit building was Testor’s introduction of liquid cement.Until you spilled the bottle.Actually, I had a lot more trouble with the decals than the cement.
I remember my friend some years back who bought a bicycle made in China. On the outside of the container, these words of wisdom proclaimed: PLEASE ASSEMBLE BICYCLE BEFORE RIDING.
This really is one of the more beautiful interpretations of their youthful innocence—thinking that the three languages are sequential portions of instruction and not just the same thing. Really one of my favorite CH strips, though there are many.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
So, Calvin did a little redecorating.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
Ok, it seems our friend LeadingEdge has been banished by the GoComics deep state. Hopefully, they will see the error of their ways and allow LE to rejoin our community.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 6 years ago
Well Calvin, maybe if you learned those 3 languages you would understand! Easy!
Sugar Bombs 95 over 6 years ago
Is Hobbes sure they’re not just the same instructions in different languages? That’s how most instruction manuals work, as far as I know.
codycab over 6 years ago
Should have asked your parents, Calvin.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
Calvin, my boy. Not only does mom know the newspaper is not going anywhere, she wants it that way. That’s why it’s there.
lucky444 over 6 years ago
Not in German? You’re lucky Hobbes.
jpayne4040 over 6 years ago
Just don’t touch your face or your hair, Calvin!
JohnFarson19 over 6 years ago
I remember getting a ton of kits for WWII airplanes and warships. My attempts usually ended up like Cal’s and I had to have Mom help me finish. I did learn the difference between a Stuka and a Spitfire.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 6 years ago
I love modern instruction books 20 pages of warnings and maybe a sentence or two on directions. Or they are written by Chinese with high school English and make no sense.
DanFlak over 6 years ago
I’d rather deal with Chinglish than those stupid pictures.
jrankin1959 over 6 years ago
ACME Model Kit Glue: Endorsed by Wyle E. Coyote…
belgarathmth over 6 years ago
Oh, man, I’d forgotten the childhood feeling of getting model glue on my fingers. “Like mozzarella cheese” indeed. And it would dry into a crust that wouldn’t wash off and stayed on your fingers for days. Kids today don’t know what they’re missing. Do they even still sell plastic models that people put together and paint as a hobby? I used to build dinosaurs and Star Trek space ships.
Kilrwat Premium Member over 6 years ago
The worst was getting glue on the fuselage. Never came off and ruined the model!
Amra Leo over 6 years ago
YO, GOCOMICS, BRING BACK LEADING EDGE! HE DOES FAN ART, AND WE LOVE IT!
Gorram maroons…
formathe over 6 years ago
Revell was always very good at clearly marking their models with an age minimum to stop this kinda problem. Never saw a model for any kid under 9 unless it was a ‘snap together’ model. .
neatslob Premium Member over 6 years ago
Time to bring out the anti-aircraft guns.
KEA over 6 years ago
A great advancement in model kit building was Testor’s introduction of liquid cement.Until you spilled the bottle.Actually, I had a lot more trouble with the decals than the cement.
ericbutts74 over 6 years ago
Spiritus instituat: Is it just me, or in the 2nd panel is there a face on the instructions poking its tongue out?!
JonahNathan1 over 6 years ago
hi isaac ur famlit
rentier over 6 years ago
Mom will be happy with this!!
Who, me? over 6 years ago
Yes, worse than mozzarella cheese for sure. That comes off with water.
PaulInMiami over 6 years ago
I remember my friend some years back who bought a bicycle made in China. On the outside of the container, these words of wisdom proclaimed: PLEASE ASSEMBLE BICYCLE BEFORE RIDING.
InquireWithin over 6 years ago
Breathe deep, Calvin. Breathe deep! There, better now? lol
billdaviswords over 6 years ago
That’s not how model glue texture works…
eb110americana over 6 years ago
Calvin’s last line in this strip is one of the most all-time memorable from C&H for me.
Stephen Gilberg over 6 years ago
As a kid, I didn’t realize that the parts in other languages were just translations of the same instructions.
loveabulldesign over 6 years ago
This really is one of the more beautiful interpretations of their youthful innocence—thinking that the three languages are sequential portions of instruction and not just the same thing. Really one of my favorite CH strips, though there are many.
Humerus1 8 months ago
so uh, what’s this uh, new carpet?