Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012
May 19, 2012
Transcript:
Alice: Daddy, change the radio station! News is boring! Dad: News isn't boring, Alice! It's what's happening, right now, in the real world! It's important! Though sometimes it helps if it's read by a baby duck - "Hewo, flkth! Here'th tha newths! Kwwwak wak wak wakkity kwakky wak wuk wuk!" Alice: He did the news, the weather, traffic reports, a stock market update and took listeners' calls about a sewer moratorium. I almost screamed. Beni: Next time, flag down a police car.
margueritem almost 12 years ago
I feel your pain, little Alice.
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
Oh, Alice! Aren’t wacky parents trying to be funny just the most embarrassing thing?!
pbarnrob almost 12 years ago
He may have a real future in broadcasting, if the other thing doesn’t pan out…
GROG Premium Member almost 12 years ago
And the news just doesn’t get any better than that.
T_Lexi almost 12 years ago
I love both pairs of eyes bugging out in panel 2 – Dad’s with exertion, and Alice’s with shock and awe! : )
silatix almost 12 years ago
i love how them playing at the end is like a therapy session
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
I wonder if “sewer moratorium” is a malapropism.
kens almost 12 years ago
Alice, if you think this is bad, wait until you’re 12!
bomav57 almost 12 years ago
Alice really has it going on with the double skunk eye this week.
cleokaya almost 12 years ago
Trapped in a little car with a dad who has quacked up. EEK!
Popeyesforearm almost 12 years ago
what a revoltin’ developement
Gokie5 almost 12 years ago
Once I was picking up medical records and took along my three-year-old granddaughter, E. In one of the waiting rooms I heard an older man with a bad speech impediment – sounded as though he was speaking incoherently with a prosthetic voice-box. I thought this would be a teaching moment for E. Turned out he was speaking in Donald-duck-ese for her benefit.
exeyevee Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Alice in the second panel reminds me of that old Richard Scarry children’s book where Goldbug was hiding somewhere on every page.
Gilda Blackmore almost 12 years ago
My children preferred a Daffy version to a Daddy one.
lou_lou almost 12 years ago
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24688.Cars_and_Trucks_and_Things_That_Go
Awesome.
Scorchwave almost 10 years ago
Her eyes in panel 2!!! Love it.