Cardboard boxes Calvin duplicating himself, as seen on the cover of Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"Over the years Calvin has had several adventures involving corrugated cardboard boxes which he adapts for many different uses. Some of his many uses of cardboard boxes include: Transmogrifier flying time machine Duplicator "Atomic Cerebral Enhance-O-Tron" emergency G.R.O.S.S. meeting "box of secrecy" Building the Transmogrifier is accomplished by turning a cardboard box upside-down, attaching an arrow to the side and writing a list of choices on the box. (To turn into an animal not stated on the box, the name of the animal is written on the remaining space.) Upon turning the arrow to a particular choice and pushing a button, the transmogrifier instantaneously rearranges the subject's "chemical configuration" (accompanied by a loud zap). The Duplicator was also made from a cardboard box, except this time it was turned on its side. The "zap" heard after a person was successfully transmogrified was replaced with a "boink," coining the title of one of the collections after Hobbes remarks, "Scientific progress goes 'boink'?" Calvin intended to clone himself and let the clone do his work for him. However, the clone, being just like Calvin, refuses to do any work. In a future strip Calvin solves this problem by adding an Ethicator to the Duplicator, thus copying only Calvin's good side. "That Ethicator must have done some deep digging," says Hobbes. (Calvin, oblivious, replies, "Talk about someone easy to exploit!") The Time Machine was made from the same box, this time right-side up. Passengers climb into the open top, and must be wearing protective goggles while in time-warp. Calvin first intends to travel to the future and obtain future technology that he could use to become rich in the present time. Unfortunately, he turns the time machine the wrong way and ends up in prehistoric times. Later Calvin learns from this mistake and returns to the time period to take photos of the dinosaurs. In another instance, Calvin goes to the near future to retrieve his supposedly-finished homework. It is, however, unfinished, because his future self (two hours into the future) "went into the future to get it." Calvin responds "Yeah! Here I am! Where is it?" The 6:30 Hobbes then says to the 8:30 Hobbes, "I knew this would never work," the response being, "Right as always Hobbes." Calvin forbids using the toilet while in "hyperspace." The Atomic Cerebral Enhance-O-Tron (or quite simply, a thinking cap) was created from the same cardboard box, turned open-side-down, but with three strings attached to it. The three strings were used for input, output, and a grounding string that functioned like a lightning rod for brainstorms so Calvin could keep his ideas grounded in reality. Hobbes comments that it was probably too late for that. The strings are tied to a metal colander, which served as the thinking cap. When used, the wearer of the thinking cap would receive a boost in intelligence, resulting in the head swelling. The intelligence boost, however, is temporary. When it wears off, the subject's head reverts to its normal size. Calvin created it in order to be able to come up with a topic for his homework. The box was used only once as an emergency G.R.O.S.S. meeting "box of secrecy", and that was when Calvin's mother had allowed Susie Derkins to come to Calvin's house after school one day. Calvin of course was not too happy about this, and so called an emergency meeting of G.R.O.S.S.. Evidentially unable to access his treehouse, which is the usual meeting place for the Get Rid Of Slimy girlS club, Calvin and Hobbes held a meeting in the cardboard box. Hobbes voiced the opinion that the box needed air holes. Calvin's reply was "Too risky. The box of secrecy must remain secure."

anything you want them to be!

for a kid.. it can be anything... something to put things into for an adult...

Cardboard Boxes are the thing that checks come to you in, from the bank. Also, groceries can be delievered in a cardboard box. Shorts that men wear could bare the brand name of Cardboard Box(ers). And a frigid woman might be referred as such. Baby chickens could live in a cardboard box, at least for a while. A cardboard box might be a shield to protect a little boy from a sword swinging dragon. A cardboard box can be just about anything you want it to be. *SMILES*