Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 27, 2012
November 26, 2012
November 28, 2012
Transcript:
Miss Bliss: I think this class still does not know the purpose of the talking stick. Miss Bliss: The talking stick is about deference, respect and taking turns, the keys to civilized discourse. Beni: Look! I made my own talking stick! Dill: Me, too, out of a popsicle stick! Nara: Mine has a ribbon! Alice: Mine has a ribbon and glitter! So my talking stick is the loudest!
margueritem over 11 years ago
Alice, it certainly is.
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
third kid: the teacher’s Talking Stick also has a ribbon
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Slowly, slowly, the preschoolers will educate poor benighted Miss Bliss….
x_Tech over 11 years ago
I put glitter on my tee ball bat…Now you all must listen.
GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago
It’s a talking stick worthy of her booming voice.
Linux0s over 11 years ago
I think Alice made a yelling stick.
rolleg over 11 years ago
Perhaps it’s only me, but I liked the strip more when it appeared in black and white.
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
had a grade school coach, who had a talking stick, and would show it to me….Hmmm.
mcizzle527 over 11 years ago
when you start talking to a group of 4 year olds about ‘deference’, i think you need a new career path
Gilbert over 11 years ago
Miss Bliss’ talking stick is still the largest. Does that make it the most powerful?
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago
Alice’s talking stick is the loudest. So is Alice! :-D
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
I see now why my school didn’t have one.
ellisaana Premium Member over 11 years ago
Love the picture of Kevin’s bucket head in the first frame. Didn’t he make his own stick?
ellisaana Premium Member over 11 years ago
On the other hand, maybe he didn’t need to. He sort of looks like a pencil.
Srover over 11 years ago
I think we all learned a lesson today, though not a good one.
brick10 over 11 years ago
No, what Congress needs is a “talking to!”
reynard61 over 11 years ago
Theoretically the filibuster is Congress’s “talking stick”. Under the pre-1993 rules a congresscritter or Senator could get up in front of their respective body and talk as long as they felt was necessary in order to stall a bill and make the case for why a bill shouldn’t be voted on. (Or, if the bill was going to be voted on anyway, why it shouldn’t be passed.)
But the rules were changed so that a) a simple “cloture vote” (vote as to whether or not a filibuster will actually take place) could be invoked and b) a 60 vote super-majority was needed to overrule the cloture. Which brings us to our current mess in which a Republican minority can hold bills, appointments and, in fact, pretty much ALL of the Nation’s business hostage if the Democratic majority can’t muster the necessary votes to overrule the cloture.
(Hopefully the Senate will change the rules next term so that a “standing filibuster” [a filibuster where a member actually has to argue their case on the floor rather than simply invoking cloture] will be required. Then we’ll see if some of these idiots can actually make the case for their shenanigans or, at the very least, we’ll get an entertaining dog-and-pony show…)