Luckily, I don’t get sick often, so I never had this problem during summer vacation. Unfortunately, that meant I didn’t miss school much. That didn’t stop me from faking an “upset stomach” from time to time >: )
Look far in to the future, Calvin, and you’ll see that temperatures will be taken instantly without being touched and get you dumped somewhere worse than your mom’s couch.
In the 1950s parents encouraged their kids to play with an infected kid, so that they would catch the infection and “get it over with”. My little sister caught mumps. The doctor said that I would get it either for my birthday or the school holidays. I didn’t think much of either option, so I decided I wouldn’t get it at all. Although I was with my sister constantly, reading stories to her and doing jig-saw puzzles, I never caught mumps – ever.
One time, during the school year, I gave it the usual three minutes and saw that it was reading 98.8. So I put it under the hot water in the bathroom. Blew the top out of it. Woops. Got the lectureand had to go to school.
Forgive my ignorance but is there a term for someone who refuses to realize that there absolutely are methods to determine your health? Sure, mom still is a little old school the the mercury thermometer, but it works!
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
There’s a way it can register faster but you probably won’t like it, Calvin.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 4 years ago
Ah, we’re at the start of the Snow Goons collection.
Space_Owl on GoComics over 4 years ago
Luckily, I don’t get sick often, so I never had this problem during summer vacation. Unfortunately, that meant I didn’t miss school much. That didn’t stop me from faking an “upset stomach” from time to time >: )
jmworacle over 4 years ago
Clever way to shut him up….
enigmamz over 4 years ago
Oh, no! Calvin has the ’rona!!!!!!!!!!!
codycab over 4 years ago
Should’ve stopped doing your usual gross stuff, Calvin.
amethyst52 Premium Member over 4 years ago
One year at the beginning of summer vacation my 3 sisters got the measles and I didn’t! I never got them.
Baarorso over 4 years ago
At least with this you’re excused from chores, Calvin.;-D
M2MM over 4 years ago
Sneaky mom, that’s one way to hush him up, and keep him in one place. :P
BigDaveGlass over 4 years ago
Well done Mom…
BigDaveGlass over 4 years ago
This will turn up the heat when he realizes…
Aussie Down Under over 4 years ago
Good one mum. Calvin rests & so does mum. It’s a win-win situation.
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
No time now for a heated debate, Calvin!
crabbyred over 4 years ago
Lookin’ for some peace and quiet!
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
It’s as good of a gag as tape—-and it’s perfectly legal!
ForrestOverin over 4 years ago
“…and I’ll check on you in the middle of August!”
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 4 years ago
Mom just performed a Sheldon ectomy…of sorts…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpRga2II67c
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
It could be worse kid. You could be sick AND have a rectal thermometer. Gad, I’m glad they aren’t using those at the airport.
MichaelHelwig over 4 years ago
Nice and quiet? Hahahahahaha.
well-i-never over 4 years ago
Dang! She’s good!
rshive over 4 years ago
Did you remember to shake it down, Mom?
flagmichael over 4 years ago
For some reason I don’t remember this one at all. It’s a hoot!
outgolfing over 4 years ago
Mama’s a smart one!
comixbomix over 4 years ago
Yep – that’s a genuine therMOMeter…
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
Just be glad she is using the “oral” thermometer…
tauyen over 4 years ago
Sounds like ‘mom’ is an HMO
marilynnbyerly over 4 years ago
Look far in to the future, Calvin, and you’ll see that temperatures will be taken instantly without being touched and get you dumped somewhere worse than your mom’s couch.
DanWolfie over 4 years ago
Really, those older thermometers took two hours to register? Maybe I’m so used to electronic thermometers I forgot what it was like…
kab2rb over 4 years ago
Mom now gets peace while Calvin is missery.
Fontessa over 4 years ago
I always wonder what the adult Calvin would be doing with his life.
willie_mctell over 4 years ago
Gonna buy me a mercury (thermometer.)
Andrew Sleeth over 4 years ago
Not every infectious agent manifests itself in an elevated temperature; the common cold rarely if ever does.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
Better use a rectal thermometer on him.
puffyshirt over 4 years ago
Calvin’s mom and Hobbes share the same smile
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 4 years ago
You have to give Mom credit for finding a good way to get some quiet out of Calvin. Wonder if other parents have tried this.
rebelstrike0 over 4 years ago
Pretty good one, for a woman who does not know her own damn name!
paullp Premium Member over 4 years ago
This should be included in the “fibs our parents told us” series that the folks over at Baldo like to run from time to time.
Phanakapan over 4 years ago
In the 1950s parents encouraged their kids to play with an infected kid, so that they would catch the infection and “get it over with”. My little sister caught mumps. The doctor said that I would get it either for my birthday or the school holidays. I didn’t think much of either option, so I decided I wouldn’t get it at all. Although I was with my sister constantly, reading stories to her and doing jig-saw puzzles, I never caught mumps – ever.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
One time, during the school year, I gave it the usual three minutes and saw that it was reading 98.8. So I put it under the hot water in the bathroom. Blew the top out of it. Woops. Got the lecture and had to go to school.
Lightpainter over 4 years ago
Great expression on Calvin in panel four!
Red33410 over 4 years ago
Forgive my ignorance but is there a term for someone who refuses to realize that there absolutely are methods to determine your health? Sure, mom still is a little old school the the mercury thermometer, but it works!