Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 07, 2020

Being your own sound effects comes in handy.

Surprised that wagon didn’t break.

and what sort of noise makers would a wagon have (aside from squeaky, un-oiled wheels and handle)?

My kid had reasonably quiet “vehicles” until I stopped maintaining them somewhere around middle school. After that it took a LONG time before he figured out why they kept not working well. Despite being told what to do using small words. He’s still (age > 40) not very good at maintenance, though he does now at least realize it should be done.

Whos looking at comics during quarantine???

Fortunately, Calvin doesn’t text while steering his wagon. That would be dangerous.

I’ve always wondered since I was a kid why parents buy their kids toys that they know make a lot of racket—and then complain when the kid plays with it and makes a lot of noise! If you don’t want to hear the whistle every few minutes, don’t buy your kid a whistle!

I wanna see how tall they are after that ride!

Thank Heaven for stuffed tigers!

Whee… aaaw!

That wagon’ gonna rattle now…

None of your other noisy toys can give you this much of a thrill, Calvin!

The silence of bicycling until you clipped the baseball cards to it so they would be partially within the spokes, and then you could “sputter” down the road and the other 8-10 year olds would know that you were cool too.

Oh, how much those destroyed cards would be worth today!

Somehow, I like the sound of this!

Spring loaded screen door on the porch. Can still hear it to this day, 50 years on.

my sister in law explained when they had children ,as babies they got toys that made noises, until the children started to make noise.

To think the parents could have bought a puppy like the dad wanted…

I have two sons.

The eldest’s approach is, “I wonder what would happen if I do this?”

THe younger one: “I think I’ll do this and see what happens.”

Studying the ballistics of airborne wagons is something that both of them would like. The first would send down an empty wagon, take data and extrapolate the result. The second would just jump in.

In spite of that they younger one only had one broken bone that required medical attention. However, I think he has more stitches than a baseball.

They would’ve nailed this event at the Great Stanky Creek OutdoorFest.

They make a lot of noise until that sudden stop, right at the end.

I wonder how many wagons he goes through a year.

I didn’t have Calvin made for a Future Harley Guy. ;-)

Wait a minute…they are using the same last panel over and over! That now makes 8 hubcaps which have flown off of that wagon! (Anyone?)

YOU do.

A testament to wagon manufacturing quality.

Wagons should come equipped with shock absorbers. And brakes.

D’ya suppose…. in reality they just went off a curb?

The physics of the wheel orientation and the rickety buggy has a different story/sound to tell.

Six year old boys always make a lot of racket.

Calvin’s going to be so much fun when he gets a car :)