When my younger brother was about Wallace’s age, any random comment […or bit of TV dialog …or advertising signage …or whatever] could cue up an imagined conversation in which he’d do all the “voices” involved.
Once, that was spurred by a sign inside a dockside sporting goods shop. Bait from such vendors (particularly minnows and shrimp) was offered as “live” (which was more expensive) and “dead” (the cheaper option).
The Cue: A posted price list offering LIVE and DEAD BAIT.
My brother started his Recitation:
I need fifty cents worth of dead bait, please.
Sorry, kid, I’m sold out of dead.
But you still have live?
Yep.
Well, then… kill some.
That’s as far as he got. We had to step outside so I could recover from a sudden fit of laughter.
Concluding Unscientific Postscript: Were he present, Sterling would be happy to find a hat in panel one. There are hats in all three panels today.
Of course Merlin would deny something like that if he had opened a little bait shop … and beware Wallace it is dangerous messing in the affairs of wizards …
LastRoseofSummer Premium Member about 3 years ago
Sure…..
Laurie Sefton Premium Member about 3 years ago
Poseidon then?
Ida No about 3 years ago
That’s what the REAL Merlin would say, Marlin…
jimmjonzz Premium Member about 3 years ago
Wallace spinning yarn from a random thread.
When my younger brother was about Wallace’s age, any random comment […or bit of TV dialog …or advertising signage …or whatever] could cue up an imagined conversation in which he’d do all the “voices” involved.
Once, that was spurred by a sign inside a dockside sporting goods shop. Bait from such vendors (particularly minnows and shrimp) was offered as “live” (which was more expensive) and “dead” (the cheaper option).
The Cue: A posted price list offering LIVE and DEAD BAIT.
My brother started his Recitation:
I need fifty cents worth of dead bait, please.
Sorry, kid, I’m sold out of dead.
But you still have live?
Yep.
Well, then… kill some.
That’s as far as he got. We had to step outside so I could recover from a sudden fit of laughter.
Concluding Unscientific Postscript: Were he present, Sterling would be happy to find a hat in panel one. There are hats in all three panels today.
crookedwolf Premium Member about 3 years ago
On the plus side, eels are on sale!
posse1 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Oh buddy, you just missed an opportunity to join in on a Wallace imagination journey! A sprinkle of glitter or a slight of hand once & a while…
jschumaker about 3 years ago
I anticipate another call to the McClellan house. “Wallace, Mr. Perkins called today and said you claimed he was Merlin the magician”.
morningglory73 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Wonderful imagination.
Mighty Phavahg about 3 years ago
Ooooooo! If he denies it, it must be true!!!
AnthonyVelasco about 3 years ago
Meanwhile Mario is in a cell, preparing for his public execution
Tentoes about 3 years ago
Just call him Emrys!
FunnyMinnion about 3 years ago
That depends who’s asking
hfelder7219 about 3 years ago
No, that’s Ted Cruz in a few years!
WCraft Premium Member about 3 years ago
If I was – don’t you think I’ve had made you kids vanish by now?!
scyphi26 about 3 years ago
I mean, I would think that someone of Merlin’s reputation would have better things to do than run a bait shop…
raybarb44 about 3 years ago
That’s JUST what you would expect him to say……
angelolady Premium Member about 3 years ago
I like the little crab.
Bradley Walker about 3 years ago
Sorry, Gandalf.
(Well, nobody knows who Getafix is…)
Thinkingblade about 3 years ago
Of course Merlin would deny something like that if he had opened a little bait shop … and beware Wallace it is dangerous messing in the affairs of wizards …
CharlesTarrant about 3 years ago
“I’m not Merlin, I’m Gandalf!”
JH&Cats about 3 years ago
Magnificent action shot center page—“Westward, ho!”
GKBOWOOD Premium Member about 3 years ago
Crab hat!!
GKBOWOOD Premium Member about 3 years ago
Thank you!
The one and only Eldest Arc (now at peace) over 1 year ago
Yes you are