Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 16, 2014

nope. just can’t tie ’em down.

Oh, whew. I was afraid miss Bliss will marry and disappear from comics.

I guess – 1) It’s just one of those things we girls can never understand, & B) They don’t call him “Fretwork” for nothing.

if petey and dill both know it, it must be true!

I’m glad Alice has stopped jumping up and down.

Hey, Dill even knows and he’s Alice’s age.

No use freting over it… Alice!

To quote another banjo man, “Ramblin’ ramblin’ ramblin’ ramblin’ ram-am-am-am-am . . .blen!”

Dill is just repeating Petey. He may not understand it, but whatever it is, it must be true.

Alice: Gimme some rope, I’ll tie him down!

“A wandering minstrel I – A thing of shreds and patches . . .” Gilbert, The Mikado

I have learned something important today.

gentleman [jen-tl-muh n], noun: someone who knows how to play the banjo, but does not

“Keep getting engaged then breaking it off.”Wish I’d thought of that years ago.

Today was born one of the great sayings of all comic time! You can’t tie down a Banjo Man!

OK, because this strip is in reruns, so they saying would actually have been introduced in this strip’s first run – when ever that was.

Miss Bliss, don’t tie down that Banjo Man! Things do not end well whenever you… what? Miss Bliss? You say don’t worry? You mean… you know what you’re doing???

Whoaa! This engagement is a SHAM! Shield the kids’ eyes! Don’t let ‘em hear what Petey has to say. There’s some grown-up stuff going on between the panels.

i’m a banjo man, and i’m tied down, and teaching my daugters banjo.

@drickardbest. quote. ever!!

Glad Dill was around to explain it.