Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 28, 2024

“Don’t even try it!”

Yeah, Calvin needs to stop being lazy and make his own bed!

Your mom won’t ‘grant’ you 3 wishes…..

Didn’t get the $50, but she gave me 50 reasons to make my bed myself.

As it happens the “Grant” is on the $50 bill.

Come on kid. Make your own bed is builds character ya knows.

The answer was ‘no’, Hobbes..

When you are the cover story of Popular Mechanics, you won’t be able to find it in all the mess.

Almost worked, tell there’s a bed tax that must be levied….aaand a resort fee.

The BediMaker…..

At least Calvin is more clever than Curtis when it comes to bumming money off parents!

Fifty dollars to build a robot that will make your bed would be a bargain! I’m wondering just what it is that Calvin could purchase for $50.00 that would enable him to create such a robot?

In life there be good times and there be bed times Calvin. You is has to prepares for both ya knows.

man, I loved reading Popular Mechanics!

I wonder if Calvin ended up inventing the robot vacuum cleaners.

(Popular Mechanics) Wanna see our pictures on the cover… (Mechanics) Wanna buy five copies for our mothers (yeah)… (Mechanics) Wanna see my smilin’ face…On the cover of the Popular Mechanics. Apologies to Dr. Hook

Is Popular Mechanics even a thing anymore? Personally, I was more interested in Popular Electronics.

Mom: HOW DARE YOU TRY TO EXTORT YOUR OWN MOTHER?! I’VE CARRIED YOUR UNGRATEFUL BUTT FOR NINE MONTHS! NINE! NIGHTMARISH! MONTHS!! IF YOU’RE NOT BACK IN YOUR ROOM BY THE TIME I COUNT TO TEN, YOU’RE SLEEPING IN THE CRAWL SPACE ABOVE THE GARAGE UNTIL YOU ARE 18!!!

…….and it will make a good story!!!!

Sure hope this isn’t a baby trump in the making.

$50 to build a robot? Someone needs to examine Calvin’s schematics very carefully. Plus, he was talking about a fossil fuel combustion engine driven bot. LOL…

My wife and I never get out of bed at the same time. We also never go to bed at the same time. I usually go to bed first, so I make the bed before I get in it.

that’s a no… :j

Mom: LOL

Calvin’s opening question is not remotely suspicious, is it?

Also, I remember the first time I saw this comic in the paper, thinking that he was asking for a fifty dollar bill by the name of the man who appears on it.

With comforters, I don’t worry about that anymore

That is the problem. My political opponents don’t want to spend any money on education.

I take it she said “NO!” in a loud and clear voice.

Like I said yesterday, grant request denied.

I should say he would say a few things…

“Wait til she sees us on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She’ll be sorry.”

When this was written, $50 was a lot of money!

maybe he is too cool to make his bed