Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 15, 2013
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Transcript:
Man: Ah! You've made your selection? Mom: Well, the top is a little weird. Man: We could wire on a new top quite easily. Mom: You can? Dad: Really? Man: We offer many tasteful cosmetic options on our trees. Mom: Oh! Dad: Is it extra? Alice: EW. Man: We'll do a top replacement and bolt on a few more limbs. A simple procedure. Petey: It'll be like Frankenstein if he was a tree! Alice: It's leaking glue. Mom: It looks so natural. Petey: And when they plug in the tree, it comes to life and seeks revenge, leaving its victims smothered in glue. Alice: Thanks. I was wondering what to dream about tonight.
Linux0s over 10 years ago
The top must have looked really weird before.
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
That’s not what I thought tree surgeons did. I’ll have to ask my cousin, the forester….
Bittermelon of Truth over 10 years ago
“Tasteful cosmetic options”? Look who is a tree surgeon today. I wonder if he has a license to wave that chainsaw around.
GROG Premium Member over 10 years ago
And all I’ve been dreaming of is a white Christmas.
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
and we also give them smaller bottoms…!
Stellagal over 10 years ago
That tree glue Alice found could be botox.
fuzzybritches over 10 years ago
umm, I think I’ll stick with my artificial tree . . .
crlinder over 10 years ago
I’ll bet this is at least partially an homage to an old Monty Python sketch about a pet shop that could surgically build you a modified pet if they didn’t have what you wanted in stock.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Q2HZRjHHQ
gosfreikempe over 10 years ago
The Moon is depicted properly!!! THANK YOU Mr. Thompson! Now, it’s not a big thing, because it’s a cartoon; but I canot remember another cartoon where the moon was drawn at the proper phase for the time of day.
Okay, I’m an amateur astronomer, and I’m easily please. Deal with it. :)