these days, Calvin would be seeking to sell it on the internet, knowing that there would be somebody out there stupid enough to believe him and buy it!
“Its the product that THEY don’t want you to be able to buy!” (where “THEY” is the opposing demographic of your target sales audience) You’ll sell gallons of the stuff if you run with that strategy.
This week’s reprints remind me of a Sunday strip near the end of “The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book”. This represents a typical summer’s day as based strongly on Bill Watterson’s childhood memories. One panel has Calvin and Hobbes playing in an inflatable pool as on Monday, another has them digging a hole as Calvin was doing yesterday and another has them trying to sell a drink similar to the one Calvin created today. The one in the Sunday strip is advertised as “Suicide Drink” and Calvin is only charging 75 cents rather than a dollar.
Sounds like the Mineral Miracle Solution that’s all the fad now – the stuff that becomes bleach when you drink it. Unlike the soap pods, Adults are promoting this nasty stuff!
There is an eating disorder called “Pica” (pyka) in which people eat dirt. Often, that is because they are deficient in some mineral contained in dirt. Turns out, eating dirt is not that bad a thing. Even the billions of organisms in a teaspoon of dirt can be good for you. I’m not trying to be funny here.
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
Calvin has to work on his business model.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
I’m not going to pay you a dollar to not drink that stuff myself, Calvin, but rather I’d pay you ten dollars to see YOU drink it all.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover about 5 years ago
Already has the look of a true businessman.
retrocool about 5 years ago
where’s Susie ? heh heh
codycab about 5 years ago
Calvin could sell insurance with that smile.
whahoppened about 5 years ago
Organic?
Randallw about 5 years ago
Lemonade?….where’s my sample of Amoebic dysentery?
enigmamz about 5 years ago
That should keep the County Health Inspector away, but opens himself up for a RICO indictment for extortion.
weatherford.joe Premium Member about 5 years ago
Maybe if he ran it through the blender first, he would fool them.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 5 years ago
Hey, if people won’t pay you to hang out with them, make them pay to get you to leave.
Sisu60 about 5 years ago
Take it to “Shark Tank”, package it right profits right around the corner. Who remembers Asparagus Water Whole Foods was selling a few years ago?
Watcher about 5 years ago
And discount it for those who have 5 or more enemies they want to get rid of slowly.
Barry1941 about 5 years ago
Sounds like some the green sludge they try to pass off as “healthy” nowadays.
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
Okay, I’m not drinking. Now give me my dollar, kid!
emmankalayo about 5 years ago
lmao. so this is the “source of idea” for that game “girl” bath water..
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 5 years ago
The fallacy here is thinking anyone in the neighborhood would even walk close enough to Calvin’s house to see the sign.
JudyHendrickson about 5 years ago
calvin, take the first drink!!!
jagedlo about 5 years ago
these days, Calvin would be seeking to sell it on the internet, knowing that there would be somebody out there stupid enough to believe him and buy it!
Hungry_Ghost about 5 years ago
“Its the product that THEY don’t want you to be able to buy!” (where “THEY” is the opposing demographic of your target sales audience) You’ll sell gallons of the stuff if you run with that strategy.
katzenbooks45 about 5 years ago
Non-GMO, and no artificial coloring or additives.
gantech about 5 years ago
Sad part is, he might actually get some takers.
“People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals, and you know it!” ~ Men in Black
KEA about 5 years ago
Give it a fancy foreign sounding name and charge a premium – idiots will line up to buy.
kathleenhicks62 about 5 years ago
Anything for a buck?
Earnestly Frank about 5 years ago
I wouldn’t pay more than fifty cents not to drink it.
BiggerNate91 about 5 years ago
So how do you plan on stopping the people that will just walk by, Calvin?
hariseldon59 about 5 years ago
Reminds me of an old SNL fake commercial from the ‘70s for a product called ’Swill’, promoted as mineral water, but containing all sorts of garbage.
It’s also reminiscent of a soft drink called ‘Slurm’ from Futurama, which it turned out was made from the secretion of an alien slug.
Calvinist1966 about 5 years ago
This week’s reprints remind me of a Sunday strip near the end of “The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book”. This represents a typical summer’s day as based strongly on Bill Watterson’s childhood memories. One panel has Calvin and Hobbes playing in an inflatable pool as on Monday, another has them digging a hole as Calvin was doing yesterday and another has them trying to sell a drink similar to the one Calvin created today. The one in the Sunday strip is advertised as “Suicide Drink” and Calvin is only charging 75 cents rather than a dollar.
ForrestOverin about 5 years ago
Calvin would fit right in with the current administration.
Snoots about 5 years ago
To quote his parents, “There’s something seriously wrong with that kid.”
ron about 5 years ago
Sounds like the Mineral Miracle Solution that’s all the fad now – the stuff that becomes bleach when you drink it. Unlike the soap pods, Adults are promoting this nasty stuff!
Scoutmaster77 about 5 years ago
An interesting business model.
Stephen Gilberg about 5 years ago
Calvin must have delusions of grandeur if he thinks he could force-feed most people.
Ray*C about 5 years ago
There is an eating disorder called “Pica” (pyka) in which people eat dirt. Often, that is because they are deficient in some mineral contained in dirt. Turns out, eating dirt is not that bad a thing. Even the billions of organisms in a teaspoon of dirt can be good for you. I’m not trying to be funny here.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
Now that is the mind set we don’t want to have flourish like in the 19th century.
Concretionist about 5 years ago
I’ve seen a “Pay me to stop playing” sign, but that’s different somehow.