Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 07, 2011

Eight bucks?!? This strip is oooooold!

@rayannina: Agreed, now it is $8 per hour!!!

On one side, I’m glad Calvin got his come-upance (not sure how it’s spelled). On the other side, I would like to see him put up a “fight”.

Calvin going to bed at 6:30??!! No way!!! Knowing him, he’s probably going to build a rocket launcher under his covers (either that, or watch “Vixens of Virginia” with the volume turned low!)

I love the babysitter battle againist the babysitter and calvin and hobbes.

If I recall correctly, this is the beginning of the evening. By the time it’s done, isn’t she demanding a raise?

Another first this week. If Rosalyn isn’t his arch nemesis, she’s pretty close.

I’m pretty good at babysitting my nephews and nieces. (I am a fifty something male.) Kids know within a few minutes that crying or screaming won’t get them anywhere, so they settle down pretty quick. Funny thing, kids generally like me and are always happy to see me. They need to know their boundaries and once they are established, all is good.

I think this is the first time Calvin & Rosalyn met – her fees got steadily steeper the more times she sat (partly through experience & partly ’cause she knew no-one else would do it!). She eventually got into Calvinball though, so they obviously reahed some sort of truce.

It’s not often you get to see Calvin on his best behaviour.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

Panel 5 I believe. Anything after was an alien changeling.Our Irish babysitter had palms as hard as brick and didn’t mind using them. Thank God the booze kept disappearing and Dad fired her about 6 years late. Wonder if that scotch I hid in the attic is still there.

Fear: The great conductor of life! :)

Yay! Rosalyn’s introduction! To quote Calvin, “This ought to be good!”

a baby sister really not nice…

I do not see Calvin giving up so easy

I wish I had a Rosalyn for my classroom!

Time for behind the scenes rebellion.

ROSALYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@pouncingtiger,If you had read my comment(s) yesterday, you would have known how to spell comeuppance! :o)Generally, ‘discretion is the better part of valor’ for Calvin where Rosalyn is concerned.

I think Calvin is scared of her now!

LOL xxx

Dad and Mom hurry to get out before Calvin and Rosalyn confront each other, and Rosalyn has a chance to change her mind about staying to babysit.

To comma or not to comma, that is the question (in my previous comment).

Maybe it’s six of one and a half dozen of the other.

@A Gentle Collapsing,I thank you kindly…!

And so begins the great Rosalyn saga!

Babysitter watch out, its too early for our little rascal to go to sleep.Cute the way he disarms her.

Phapada : sister?

She gets (and deserves!) her raise(s) over the course of time..she is the only one who can handle Calvin, because he does not give up…he plots…..

@Number Six, …or a half dozen,Where have you NOT heard that before?Shakespeare is fairly often quoted, or paraphrased.

@fran650,It is said that D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a Welsh Protestant minister, preacher and medical doctor, could preach a sermon on a comma. Maybe Number Six could attest to that since he is a British cartoonist.

I half expected Calvin to eat the note.

This strip ran from ’85 to ’95.

Yea, Rosalyn! You go, girl!!!!!!!!!! A smart, mischievous, strong-willed boy like Calvin needs a firm, disciplined hand and you’re absolutely perfect for the job! But after tonight . . . ask for $8.00 an hour from now on because $8.00 total just isn’t anywhere near enough money to take care of a boy like this one!!!!! ;-)

@Number Six,There’s something fishy about that tip. Do I have to keep the change? That poaching comment is ‘egging me on’.You should go upstream and spawn unless you get left at the ‘alter’. Don’t ask for a ‘translation’! BTW, if one is too confident about getting married, is it called an altar ego?

Calvin – you shoulda asked her which number was for pizza delivery and then offered to call so you could both have some. Nothing like subverting your babysitter….

Unskilled under table labor is real cheap right now.

Now babysitters make a living wage.

Good cop bad cop.