I remember this happening in our family. One year, dad had to tie a string to near the top of the tree and to something over to the side to get the tree straight up and down… ☺
Was doing that this year and after it was decorated it stood for about an hour, then the darn thing fell and broke numerous balls, spilling a pool of water…..bought a mucho dollaro artificial tree, first one ever….it looks like the real thing…it’s beautiful. Yet, it’ll never be like the real thing…
Petey’s reaction in the last corner of the last panel is spot-on. Parents attempting to make a silk purse out of thet sow’s ear-tree are pretty sad to watch. Alice is unusually reflective….
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
the Otterloops’ Christmas sure is going to be swell
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 3 years ago
Non-Euclidian?
But I would swear that I heard it say, “Gee, I’m a tree!”
mabrndt Premium Member over 3 years ago
Once again, a little over 10 years ago, Richard posted a blog entry regarding this, and the prior 8 strips:
http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/12/todays-cul-de-sac-december-10-through.html
The included Sunday ran out of sequence here:
https://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/2020/11/29?comments=visible
gbars70 over 3 years ago
Petey’s having none of it…
dwane.scoty1 over 3 years ago
“But, it’s still leaning a little. Hold it upright, Peter, until we load up the decorations on 1 side, then we’ll take from there!”
artsyguy65 over 3 years ago
Could be Escherian space?
DaveG1960 over 3 years ago
They’re making a treemendous effort…
M2MM over 3 years ago
It also requires Peter Sr. to hold it straight or it sags. We had a tree like that last year. LOL
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member over 3 years ago
a Lovecraftian tree? “The Tinsel Out of Time”! Beware of Shub-"Nog"erath!
ChessPirate over 3 years ago
I remember this happening in our family. One year, dad had to tie a string to near the top of the tree and to something over to the side to get the tree straight up and down… ☺
chidecki Premium Member over 3 years ago
Was doing that this year and after it was decorated it stood for about an hour, then the darn thing fell and broke numerous balls, spilling a pool of water…..bought a mucho dollaro artificial tree, first one ever….it looks like the real thing…it’s beautiful. Yet, it’ll never be like the real thing…
kartis over 3 years ago
Looks tree-dimensional to me.
jonesbeltone over 3 years ago
Only Petey understands.
stamps over 3 years ago
Perhaps they should be using polar coordinates.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Petey’s reaction in the last corner of the last panel is spot-on. Parents attempting to make a silk purse out of thet sow’s ear-tree are pretty sad to watch. Alice is unusually reflective….