Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 17, 2014
Transcript:
Ernesto: Ah, Peter! Checking out some summer reading? Petey: Hi, um, Ernesto. Yeah, I've got this book- Ernesto: Let's see. "Dirk Dragonslapper Volume 1: The Trolls Revolt." Petey: It's about a boy who rides around on a dragon- Ernesto: Yes, I reviewed it on my blog... Petey: You have a blog? Ernesto: Yes. I found the book derivative and thin, like watered down Tolkien. You do like Tolkien? Petey: I've never been tolking. Ernesto: LOL! The always quotable Peter! May I use that? Petey: Yeah, okay. Ernesto: Goodbye! Enjoy your little book! Mom: Let's check out. Petey, where's your book? Petey: I put it back. It's derivative, watered down Tolking. Mom: Okay, Petey. Alice: I'm getting the BIG POP UP BOOK OF GIANT SQUIDS! SEE? Petey: GAAAH!
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Ernesto! Stop that!Can i, too, check out a copy of The Big Pop-up Book of GIANT Squids?
Ratbrat over 9 years ago
Where can I get that squid book?
aarondennis over 9 years ago
Ṱ̱̘͞o͈̼͇͇̲̺ ̬̜͞í̦̪͔n̗̭̤͓̼v̳͇̳͉̪o̥͟k̵̞͈̬̖̹ȩ͖ͅ ̗̻͇̮̞͈̗t̘̻̬̕h̫͎͖͍͠e̡̪̮̞ ͙h̠̫̟iv҉̻̼̥͖e͎-̬̻̻m̭̖͙i̻̰̘̲̥̻̜n̠̯̮͍̣͡ͅd̸͉̲ ̣͎̻̥̣̗̹r̬̺̫̤̞͚e̺̻̹͢p͕̙͕̬̜r̴̜̩e̲͘s҉͕̰̳̠̳͎̝e͏n̟̹͓̞͈͕͢ti͚̻̹̪̰̮̼n̴̫̗g̱͡ ͖̱͎ch͇̟͙á̜͈̙͔͙̺̥o̠͠s̩̤͎̮.̙͕̹̞͈̰̘͙̘͢͞Iṋ̤͖̙̱̩̰v̳̩ͅͅͅo̤̥̺̯̖̜k͍͍̹͎̯̳i͔̮͎̙̲̳ͅn͍͠g̛͎̤̙̭̠̱͇ t͚͟h̭͝e̪̹͖͉͍̤̙ ̤̖̳͢f̰͢ę̝e̵̠̞͍͉l̛i͏̤͚̭ͅǹ̯g̗̝̯ ͓̼͔̖o͇̰͢f̪͖̮͍̻͇̱ ̪cha͔̱̻̣͓̳o̤͚̠͚͓s̢̖̳.̛̥͓̫͈̞̺̩͚͠W̦̠̲͕̙͍ị̠̮t͙̲͠h ͍͎̳̳̙o͙̙̩̘̯u̺̮̼̥ͅt̟ ̯̮̹̖͓͎̠́o̴̭̦̰r͎͙͓̲̟͇̀d̟̱̞̖͎̫ęŕ͙̝.̸̝͔̙̗̫̞̞Th̞̜̖͍ḛ͕̭͔͉͢ ̻Ne̲̗̬ͅzp̻̻e̬̤̯ͅr̳͞ͅͅd̝̱͕͎̪̦͎i͓̻͕̪̲͓ą̘̦n̘̣̘͙̳̗̠ ̧͚̲̙̼͔̠h͙̲͈̪i͢v҉̻ȩ̻-̟̝͎̞m̤i̻͚̜̬͚̩͙n̗͖̩͎̹̘d ̤͕̞̩̜͠o̲̱̗̼f ̩̦̲̗͕͙̥c̭h̰̣̖a̲o͠s.̩͔̮̞̗͡ͅ ̖͖͓͍̱̼Z̖̗̳̺a̷͈l̠̝̣̼̦͠ͅg̩̳̯o̢.͕͉̪͉͉͈H̹͎̳e͖͓ w̡̗͕h̶̖͓o͚͓ ͔̟̼͈W̞̥̠̬͞a̠̭̣̖̖̫͡i̼̩͎̞͘ͅt̴̖̟̳̥s͙ ͞B̲e̠̜̭̺̱̝h͔͖i͓̗̮n͈̗͖̹d̺̦̘̦͎̞̥͠ ̼T̤̝͢h͈͓͘e̦͔̗͖̜͟ ̩̗͓͉̙͜W̩̥̹̞̰͟a̡͚͇l̡͍̪̻l͓̞̱͕̦ͅ.҉͚̞͉̠̫̘̫͚̮̼͞Z͏̭͓͕̭̣A͇͖͡L͙̼̺̲̲͉͍͝G̬͍̜̣̘ͅO͞!̢͕̰̬̤̙̗͇
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
I feel the pain…was 6’ and a 114, a walking sheet of paper, if you were across the street, you didn’t see me.
scyphi26 over 9 years ago
Next time somebody asks me about Tolkien (which I haven’t actually read), I should respond like Petey does here…see what sort of reaction that generates.
Of course, the fact that I haven’t read Tolkien is usually enough to generate a notable reaction…
steverinoCT over 9 years ago
“Do you like Kipling?” “I don’t know, I’ve never kippled!”
GROG Premium Member over 9 years ago
Someone’s been Tolkien too much.
MysteryCat over 9 years ago
Somebody needs to take Ernesto down a peg or two. I hate the way he talks down to Petey. Let’s get Alice on his case.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
When I was in junior high, even the stonies, who didn’t normally read, were reading Tolkien.
Malcolm Hall over 9 years ago
The correct answer is “i’ve never Tolkeled.”
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
The “Big Pop-up book of Giant Squids”. Just brilliant. Naturally Alice would want it.