Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 18, 2009

Yeah, that’s the story, Alice, his Dad wimped out…

Icarus of Greek Mythology? That’s interesting.

No, no. Icarus flew too high, Alice. Dad’s just trying to help.

She’ll just have to keep swinging Dad-a-less.

He he Nice one Jo Jo! :)) Mxx

No-one ever pushed me on the swing – I had to reach escape velocity all on my own… (Luckily my swing was tied to a high tree branch – way more fun than those silly little swing sets!)

I could swing for hours looking at the big fluffy clouds and finding the shapes hidden within.

I remember those stomach churning thrills fondly.

Alice wants to do a 360 on the swing.

This reminds me of when I was a kid and the goal was to swing so high that when you jumped out of the swing you’d land like a mile away…. well that’s what we thought when we were like maybe 7… And my grandkids love to swing, but still need to be pushed so Alice’s Dad, we’ve all been there!

Where is Geek’s Neck? Sounds like an East Coast town.

Beware Alice - there’s a demon out there. He lives at the fringe of the “Swing Wall” - the barrier that no swing can cross… Yeager and the Sonic Wall was nothing, the Swing Wall… (shudder)…

Alice needs to hook up with Calvin. Can you imagine how crazy their offspring would be?

I was tall enough, when I was four, to push myself. Poor Alice… How about getting Petey and driving HIM crazy now?