Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 20, 2013
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June 21, 2013
Transcript:
Dad: Alice. Shhhh. Mom: Alice, you have to sit still! We can't hear Petey. Alice: Im itchy! Mom: Okay let's go outside. Alice: No! I want to stay and hear the music! Petey: Never have the haunting strains of "Fidgety Digits" run out with such lyric power! I have the whole audience in the palm of my hand!
Linux0s over 11 years ago
Drowned out by the haunting strains of “Fidgety Sister”.
Randy B Premium Member over 11 years ago
Competing entertainments.
unnormal over 11 years ago
Hang in, there, Petey . . . maintain that line of thought and you’ll do just fine!
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
I just swooned
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Petey (rustle rustle) is in the groove, thanks be! Of course, the audience’s eyes (rustle rustle) are all elsewhere (rustle rustle)!
gosfreikempe over 11 years ago
Alice’s mother shouldn’t have bought such a fancy dress. Especially not one made of artificial fabric that is so uncomfortable and noisy when it moves.
ChessPirate over 11 years ago
Oot! (rustle)Eep! (rustle, rustle)Nyyyaaakk! (RUSTLE!)
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago
Petey looks so at ease in the last panel. I love it!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago
Just keep your eyes shut, Petey, and you’ll do fine.
lecrenb over 11 years ago
Alice even managed to wake up Grandma!
angusdad over 11 years ago
Petey is in the zone
Stellagal over 11 years ago
Alice’s earlier prediction has come true, nobody is paying attention to Petey.
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
Superb.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 11 years ago
“Fidgety digits” is apt
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
she gnaws the scenery while the chintz gnaws her little bottom
reynard61 over 11 years ago
Sounds like Alice is rustling Petey’s moment in the spotlight…
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago
I remember this from before, as I see it, but I can’t remember the outcome.
RICHARD, IF YOU SEE THIS, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU SIR!
vldazzle over 11 years ago
@Dry, Yes they are. I’m sure he appreciates that so many of us are enjoying his strips even the second time around.
@ Trusty, some woolens can easily cause such an itch and thankfully Petey is unaware that his audience is completely distracted by Alice’s noisy movements in her dress (although that suggests a nylon or acetate taffeta).
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 11 years ago
YES DAZZ, I AM SURE HE DOES! :-)