Just be glad you get your sleep time now. It’s more difficult as you get older. When you end up working 2 or 3 jobs just to get by (like I do), sleep is impossible.
0430 here and the reason I am awake and enjoying all the comments. That’s because sleep eludes, irritating and self-defeating. But reading all the comments gets laughs and relaxation. Thanks to all.
This reminds me of my childhood… when it stayed light outside until at least 8:30 p.m., all of our friends were still outside, playing, but we had to go to bed by about that time, and being able to see daylight above the shades did not inspire warm, fuzzy feelings.
I remember being made to go to bed in the summer while it was still light out. I remember being very frustrated by this because I wasn’t tired! I also remember suddenly waking up and realizing it was morning :D
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Make sure to also get Mom & Dad up when it’s dark.
codycab over 1 year ago
That could actually happen when and if Calvin makes it to high school.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 1 year ago
Good thing Calvin doesn’t live in Alaska.
SHIVA over 1 year ago
He’s going to be an early riser when he gets a 9 to 5 job, if anyone hires him, that is!!!
The dude from FL Premium Member over 1 year ago
When I was young, where we lived sometimes it didn’t get dark until 9 pm or later
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Early to bed and early to rise will make you Hale and healthy, fella. All parents try that for the kids but rarely succeed.
rshive over 1 year ago
Then you’ll see Dad going to work, Calvin.
minty_Joe over 1 year ago
Give it a rest, Calvin. (Hahaha!)
Just be glad you get your sleep time now. It’s more difficult as you get older. When you end up working 2 or 3 jobs just to get by (like I do), sleep is impossible.
sandpiper over 1 year ago
0430 here and the reason I am awake and enjoying all the comments. That’s because sleep eludes, irritating and self-defeating. But reading all the comments gets laughs and relaxation. Thanks to all.
Purple People Eater over 1 year ago
Calvin should try living in Iceland. It doesn’t get dark at all for over two months each year.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
The sinister look of Calvin in panel two…
VegaAlopex over 1 year ago
Wait until those days past middle age when waking up in the middle of the night and not getting back to sleep happens.
SquidGamerGal over 1 year ago
Actually, you DO get up when it’s still dark. It’s called school morning!
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
Kinda defeats the whole purpose of sleeping in, Calvin.
hfelder7219 over 1 year ago
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a poem about that.
Just-me over 1 year ago
I used to be able to stay up all night. Working swing shift and graveyard shifts helped. Nowadays, I just want to be able sleep all night.
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
But… Will you? ☺
KEA over 1 year ago
I had this problem when I was a kid and we visited Grandma in Saskatoon… sun didn’t go down until after 10pm …it was fully light at my bedtime.
The Doctor over 1 year ago
Crawl in their bed and use up all the blanket.
mindjob over 1 year ago
He might as well do something useful, like learn how to make coffee
Jogger2 over 1 year ago
Mom and Dad should be thankful the family doesn’t live in Alaska.
jmac60 over 1 year ago
Sounds fair
g04922 over 1 year ago
Yeah… you show them, Calvin ! Note that Hobbes has nothing to say ;-)
French Persons Premium Member over 1 year ago
I don’t get it. Neither does Hobbes, apparently.
wiley207 over 1 year ago
Good idea, Calvin! Of course, kids need more sleep than adults. And it’s not like it’s still fully light out.
BiggerNate91 over 1 year ago
Wow, what incredible logic Calvin has.
MichiganMitten over 1 year ago
Ben Franklin approves. At least potentially.
Miss Buttinsky Premium Member over 1 year ago
Hobbes looks so comfy in the last panel.
StarBeak over 1 year ago
“Time for the 4 AM loud TV show watching hour”
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
My sister mentioned the chap of getting her son’s to bed early especially in the summer. Though they are all older than Calvin is meant to be.
ArcticFox Premium Member over 1 year ago
Try doing that north of 60N.
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 1 year ago
In winter I get up at night / And dress by yellow candle-light. / In summer, quite the other way, / I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see / The birds still hopping on the tree, / Or hear the grown-up people’s feet / Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you, / When all the sky is clear and blue, / And I should like so much to play, / To have to go to bed by day?
—Robert Louis Stevenson
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
When I was his age, I was an early riser before dawn. Saturday nights I would stay up till dawn.
tinstar over 1 year ago
This reminds me of my childhood… when it stayed light outside until at least 8:30 p.m., all of our friends were still outside, playing, but we had to go to bed by about that time, and being able to see daylight above the shades did not inspire warm, fuzzy feelings.
HodgeElmwood over 1 year ago
I remember being made to go to bed in the summer while it was still light out. I remember being very frustrated by this because I wasn’t tired! I also remember suddenly waking up and realizing it was morning :D
ssejhill over 1 year ago
Calvin would only do this during the summer. He would never get up early for school.