Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 27, 2017

Ernesto is not real, Petey

If you’ve ever wondered about him, on the day this Thursday Cul de Sac originally ran 5 years ago, Richard posted a lengthy blog entry:

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2012/04/ernesto.html

explaining Ernesto.

Way to stand up for yourself, Petey! Stick to your guns!

That depends, Ernesto. Are those adults blonde?

I know one answer! Three: one who changes the bulb, one that says he would have done it differently and the third says it is the wrong color.

Adults? One. Next question.

Children can’t wait to become adults. And adults wish they could go back to being children.

Ernesto, the title of your august publication should be: “OH! Grow UP!”. Much more dynamic.

So it’s a comic book, written for children who want to skip childhood and go straight to adulthood, but adults like that consider comic books to be just for children and look down on the whole genre. Does anyone else see a problem with Ernesto’s logic?

Ernesto, imaginary or real, is like a bad headache that just will not go away.

Pick at your lunch as best you can, Petey….