Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 15, 2012

Love her hair, and the exploding socks.

Wonder if his underwear exploded, too…

LOL !!! Love it !!!

Um, if you’re carrying around a bomb, don’t blame someone else if you’re the one to pull the trigger.

Dad Otterloop is like James Bond, only without the cool car …

a dangerous man!! LOL!!! If you want to see a dangerous man, wait until Calvin and Lio get to adulthood. (If they do, that is.)

Alice, I’ve read about Benjamin Franklin, and you’re no Ben Franklin! —But you have discovered the power of electricity! Ouch!

Now the airline bombers have a new strategy to try.

It’s the mild-mannered ones you have to watch for.

She got a real charge out of that.

You need to be isolated from everything else better. The weaker the isolation, the better your chances of being zapped before the charge can really build. I was at a science museum a little while ago where kids were allowed to touch a van de graaff generator, and it was funny watching the really long hair on girl’s heads standing straight up. Afterward, the exhibit guide would safely discharge the static by using a metal rod to ground. Nice-sized spark off the rod, too.

Another repeat, though one of my favorites.

Nice transparent BLAM!

At times, I’ve had so much static electricity of my own I could make my hair follow my comb above my head, without touching it directly. It’s weird to see that!

one good thing being down South – I haven’t run into as much static electricity!

Ouch!

AWESOME! JUST AWESOME!

Ha—love this one.

That was funny.good strip!!

Damn it, is this why I still have to take off my shoes when I fly?

Today’s strip http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2012/01/todays-cul-de-sac-january-15-2012.html

Upstate New York, Winter, All electric house, Nylon carpet, wool socks.With a little shuffling, I could easily throw 2-3" sparks.

votes are in and you got a real winner Rich… LOL funny!!

OWWWW!!! I’m now especially glad we give our rural postal carrier a Christmas gift.

That was SO funny! Thanks for sharing! :)

@richardcthompson

Your work is a joy and I sincerely hope your physical therapy goes well. I enjoy every strip every day. :-)

LOL!! I love Alice.