Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 05, 2013

Sunglasses, please!

Question: do Peter Otterloop, Sr. AND Jr. know how to tie a necktie? I’d be surprised if they were only clip-ons.

Batteries not included.

He’s lucky it isn’t animated.

Arrrgh! It’s…it’s….it’s alive! So green, so green….

“It’s not easy being green…”

I somehow feel like the colorist didn’t really read this strip, because this green is positively tame.

All I could think of was how almost everyone wears something green for St. Patrick’s day.

: D Here ya go, Petey – try this:And some shoelaces to complete the ensemble, perhaps?

Try to look at it this way, Petey. If dancing Alice doesn’t distract the audience, that tie sure will!

Maybe Richard wanted the tie to be pale green to show just how sensitive the Otterloop men are. Or maybe sly humor on the part of the colorist? Or he/she ran out of eye-pounding green?

Standard scanners and 4 color presses can’t do fluorescent or reflective colors.

I’ll look like Kermit playing an oboe!

When hubby retired he put all but five neckties on the clothes line, sprayed them with lighter fluid, and burned the lot. When my sister died he took a tie to the funeral parlor, hoping somebody would tie it for him. The mortician said he would, but hubby had to lay down first. My nephew did it.

cool tie for wiping spinach out of the corners of your mouth

I still have all my ties even though I don’t wear them any more. When I retire I’ll keep my black one for funerals and a green one for St. Patrick’s Day. All but 1 white dress shirt will go too.