Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 26, 2009
Transcript:
Dill: My brother got a job at the grocery store as a cartherd! Alice: Yeah? I wish Petey'd get a job like that. Dill: Every day he searches the parking lot for stray carts and gathers them into a long line. It is an awesome responsibility. Alice: Petey would probably pinch his finger and have to go to the grocery store nurse.
margueritem almost 16 years ago
LOL! I’m sure that he would.
rayannina almost 16 years ago
A cartherd – I always wondered what those poor shnooks were called.
maxstone1 almost 16 years ago
actually we’re called stockmen..and there are nights I wish I just had to only gather the carts up. Overnights are a pain…
ADYBOY almost 16 years ago
In England they’re just known as part of the car park crew…I like cartherder better !
bald almost 16 years ago
must be a real pain to be a cartherd when it is snowing
rookie26201 almost 16 years ago
They look like superheros in the 3rd panel.
pibfan868 almost 16 years ago
Anyone seen the grocery nurse? someone’s been pinching the Easter buns and they need some comforting!
Karl Hiller almost 16 years ago
What’s that symbol on Dill’s shirt?
Sugie63 almost 16 years ago
First congrats on your nomination. If you’re a cartherder does that mean when the wind is blowing and the carts are all over the parking lot it’s a stampede?:D
jestrfyl almost 16 years ago
I always thought they were more like Conductors of the Cart-train. Our local folks use an electric powered cart to push the line of strays, and they direct the lead cart across the lot and into the store. It looks like more fun than it probably is - but ain’t that true for most jobs.
bald almost 16 years ago
wuz two: that was back when a dime could get a lot more than today too
lazygrazer almost 16 years ago
Always makes me wonder when I see a shopping cart blocks, or even miles, away from it’s place of origin.
Wonder if those cartherders get paid milage. I also think they should have cart dogs to help them herd them carts.
COWBOY7 almost 16 years ago
Are the cartherders part of a “cartel”?
richardcthompson Premium Member almost 16 years ago
I reserve the right to use these jokes in a future strip, you know.
COWBOY7 almost 16 years ago
Richard, that’s why they are called funnies.
John Glynn creator almost 16 years ago
The lovable Dill now has his own Facebook page! Join him and start reaping the rewards of his friendship!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dill/58619104543?ref=nf
crankydog over 15 years ago
Cul de Sac is my new favorite strip, right up alongside Calvin and Hobbes. Thanks for your brilliance.