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Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
— Calvin and Hobbes • 1985
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is Calvin's whole philosophy in a sentence: time off only counts if you use it badly, on purpose, with great commitment. Watterson's strip was always on the side of the kid with a cardboard box and a free afternoon, and the line is quoted by anyone defending a lazy Saturday, a pointless road trip or a game with made-up rules. Online reposts often change the wording.
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In context
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Calvin says this in Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, where the weekend is sacred: the fan wiki describes Saturday as his favourite day, starting around six with sugar cereal and cartoons until noon, which he sometimes admits is a waste of time, before his parents send him outside. The strip carrying this line appeared in the Hartford Courant's comics page on 7 May 1995, the earliest dated citation found. Calvin states it as a rule of life rather than a complaint.
Sources (2)
- The quote 'Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless', Barry PopikHartford Courant comics page, 7 May 1995Reference checked
- Calvin's Saturday routine, Calvin and Hobbes WikiSaturdayReference checked
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