Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 27, 2019

It’s going to take you all day to fill out the grant application.

how many years’ experience do you have, calvin, at being an inventor? surely less than six years

I like his imagination

It’s always about the money for Calvin!

We can all guess what mom is going to say.

Calvin, perhaps you can earn the money by making your bed.

never earned money for making my bed or cleaning my own room!!

Bill wouldn’t let him say “screw”. Ah, remember the 80s…..??

I hope Grant is good at research then….

Incline my plane? I’m gonna have to think that one over.

Pretty good understanding of mechanics for a six year old.

Attaboy Calvin! Science cannot be bought – but one sure can pay for it.

And of course Mom will grant it. Dream on, Calvin.

I watched the Red Bull soap box cart from Brazilon tv last night. I know how to spend a bank holiday, and there was a team dressed as Calvin and Hobbes. Their car was the little red cart and they did very well.

At 6, my kids could name and identify the simple machines, but only knew “they made you stronger” or “traded distance for strength”

Good luck with that, Calvin; hope it works out for you!

Well that’s pretty much exactly how the government grant process works, so he has that nailed. (Why that’s how the government grant process works, or why there is a government grant process, is a separate issue).

Mom will make it a conditional grant. B+’s on your report card, sitting still for a photo taken by your Dad and eating all your meals without critiquing them. And then the no will come because she knows you.

excellent explanation of Calvin’s choices at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_machine

Remember to include cookies with your grant.

Hey Calvin, just make the bed.

According to Science Trek, the six basic simple machines are the lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, pulley and screw.

Or, all we need is some cardboard boxes, and a permanent marker.

Only one of these two has any common sense and he’s not live! ;o)

He’s starting out right, I’ll give him that…

Mostly now at 6 they have a handful of participation ribbons.

Hey mom, could I get a liter of gasoline for my internal combustion engine?

I was kinda like Calvin, I knew this stuff so I figured, why do I need school??

Oh, man, makes me think about vectors and I’m breaking out in hives.

The only machine I own is my coffee grinder.

A bed making robot would be more like a pulley system built into the headboard or something, but when you’re 6 every robot needs to have a head and body like from the movies.

Calvin seems to be allergic to school, but he knows a lot of things.

Isn’t Calvin’s dad a patent lawyer? I guess that’s where Calvin got his knowledge of machines.

Just ask around a college campus. First comes some half-baked idea, then comes the long beer-fueled brainstorming session (often conflated w/ step 1)… but nothing further will happen unless there’s a grant involved.

For a little boy, Calvin sure is very intelligent!

For a six year old knowing qbout research grant seems exceptional knowledge and technical expertise. Way to go Calvin! The next step is patent.

Internal combustion engine? That’s hardly a “simple” machine.