Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 29, 2009

“Helpful encouragement”… LOL. I wonder what “hand signals” his dad uses to encourage others in traffic~~~

Wonderful stuff.

Once you’re old enough, the humor in the yodeling duck comes ‘round again.

Is that what his Mom calls it?

Is it possible for Cul de Sac to get any more wonderful?

SJ, I don’t think so–it’s one of my all-time favorites!

Never to young to learn “how to encourage other drivers to drive correctly”. Only the hand signals & choice of words change as you get older.

When I was driving my daughter home from the hospital after she was born, some jerk did something stupid that caused me to say something encouraging. My wife said, “Well, there goes THIS kid’s innocence.”

Not sure which is worse….Road Rage or Yodeling Ducks.

oh yes when my youngest was 5 he spent the afternoon “helping” our neighbor build something in their back yard and came home with a whole new vocabulary, i am sure those encouraging words were pretty much the same

Ah, my mom used to like “helpful encouragement” too!

Cul de Sac is fast becoming the new Calvin & Hobbes for me - and that’s high praise indeed.

I agree with you. It has it’s own independent magic from other comics that I’ve loved, but that same glorious feeling.

I love Alice’s eyes where she’s staring through the window like she needs help.

Help me mommy!. Wuck, Wuck, Wuck, Wuck.

Now I can just picture MY kids when they were little - Do you know what Dad did TODAY? Sort of humbling….

That’s not fair; I’m sure he’ll know all the words by the time he’s 15.

LOL! Helpful encouragement. I bet he gives them lovely names too….. just like I can do.

great comic!