Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 20, 2012

Little boys and their “toys.”

Calvin has such an active imagination

How right she is!

mommy knows best – and mommy knows worst!

I wonder which parent Calvin takes after (and if they admit it.)

The word nothing from the mouth of a child should always set alarm bells ringing

This mother has learned that it’s always something and she can’t ignore the “nothings”.

Click here: Peanuts (May 16, 1951)

Who will believe him …?

Two observations: 1) When kid(s) are in another room and there is quiet, something is the matter.

2) When I shower I always stand in the shower for a moment after I turn the water off so the water will drip off me because I hate a wet floor.

Is that a hand saw?Mom had better take that away from him,thats the last thing in the world you want Calvin to have while your having a bath.With the door closed.

She must cut her evening shower just for “nothing”.

Isn’t there a lock on the tool room door?

That kid was switched at birth; somewhere across town are some very happy parents with a very dark secret…

My dad would not have let me even touch a saw at that age.

When my brother was three, he discovered the joys of a screwdriver. Took very screw from the bookshelf. Mom went to pick out a book, and it fell apart!

Ooooooh… Mum looks MAD!

LOL xxx

I don’t like where this is going.

So simple yet so funny.

We didn’t have a shower when I was growing up always took baths until my husband pointed out that very thing. Now if I want to soak in the tub, I take a shower afterwards.

good thing its not a power tool… mom would really be “shocked”

He must have been calling her just to see where she was and if he could get away with whatever. Smart boy. Smarter Mom.

Mom’s just lucky that Calvin’s attempts to get some more “robust” toys—dynamite, flamethrower, and so on—have all been foiled by the local Army Surplus store.

Calvin is a cut above the rest.

Did he cut the water lines?

Well, Mom looks just “lovely” in Panel 4. ☺

If Calvin ever grows up and gets married, his wife is going to learn the same thing….

Mom does not look too thrilled. LOL

@Vonne Anton, you are right. Calvin’s mother did not have time to care about anything but the emergency at hand. Calvin was into something he should not be, knowing she was busy.