Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 27, 2023

You have to do the sales pitch before you deliver the “product.”

Calvin’s refreshing water balloons! Buy one today!

You’d be farther ahead working on your impulse control.

Mom has no sense of humor

He’s lucky to still be alive!

Totally unappreciated.

That’s the thing about getting your face wet; it’s refreshing yet annoying to have tiny water droplets all over your face!

You should know by now, Calvin, to always have an escape route handy.

You’d do well, Calvin, to work on your discretion instead.

Always an excuse……

hahahaha the simple life.. no screens just pranks

It was a pretty good shot though…

Lots of work, Calvin.

Calvin’s so-called “salesmanship” just got him into a lot of trouble

Interesting that Calvin says “think about it”…If he had done that, he wouldn’t have got himself in trouble…

Ah, the thinking of many: the problem is always the marketing, not the actual product.

Now you know why some kids end up drowning in bathtubs..

Calvin needs to find a new target!

What you need to work is in your running!

Was shingling our roof, a while back, on a hot summer day. Hot sun on our backs and hot asphalt shingles in our faces. The wife decided to cool me down with a blast from below with a garden hose. Almost fell off the staging with the shock and surprise of it, but, after some sputtering, it did feel good.

Calvin looks as happy as his mom in the last panel.

That pout is such a classic lol

Screaming funny. Good one!

He took his shot.

LMAO! Hysterical

After the fact, it’s “damage control.”

considering the heat today, he might get away with it.

I really worry about Calvin ‘having all of his marble’ ! ! ! Because what he did to his Mom never even came anywhere near entering my brain. Plus, it was even farther away from thinking it about it ! ! ! ! !

Thought and deed are often simultaneous with Calvin.

Calvin in the last panel looks like he needs a laxative >:(

Good arm,,,,

In sales, timing is everything. Cal blew it.

Mom should have blasted him with the hose and started a big fun water fight.

Mom doesn’t like surprises, like unexpected bills

So many plans look good on paper…

For some reason the concept of spraying things in the atmosphere to reflect sunlight is coming to mind…

Calvin better stay with water ballooning Susie. "Mom Pranks’ are off limits…

Way back in 1940 my father bought a water pistol for me. You dipped it in a pail of water & pulled back a long metal rod to load it. My first target was Mom kneeling over working in her garden. A squirt on her butt was not appreciated. Didn’t get the water pistol back for a month.

My first year in college I lived in a 5 story dorm. Bagging, AKA water balloon bombing, was a popular pastime.

Hmm, a refreshment bomb … you probably could sell it, if you added a touch of mint to the water. :)

but it was worth it, right?

I like how masculine the Mom often looks after a water balloon attack.

I’m only comfortable getting wet if I’m not in normal clothes.

Mom, that was just a cute trick on you. Why blame Calvin when any six year old will pass that kind of trick as mischief.

Look at that balloon fly! Just minding her own business, gardening, and… SPLOOSH. Love it lol

Try that with me and you would be something like $10,000 in the hole due to some very expensive electronics on my head that help me hear.

Calvin plays on the cutting edge of his mother’s mental health.

At the least, he needs to learn how to…target…his audience.

Next time Calvin should hit her with a rotten tomato.

Panel 2. The most victorious face in the history of the world.

Panel 2 is worth a prize.

I love all the different eye emotions!

Apparently not refreshing.