Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 06, 2013
September 05, 2013
September 07, 2013
Transcript:
Alice: Ew. Petey: That is a petrified elf. Petey: It's so self conscious about its status as a kitsch object that its immobilized by embarrassment. Alice: Ew. Mom: A lawn gnome! That's what I've been looking for!
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As tacky as the lawn gnome is, the vase is far worse. I have a planter left behind by a previous tenant which looks like that. I have trained ivy to grow over it.
einarbt over 11 years ago
Second that, ew.
margueritem over 11 years ago
Will it give Alice nightmares?
abbatis over 11 years ago
Ew!
cdward over 11 years ago
I love Petey’s vocabulary. What other 8-year-old knows what kitsch is? And Alice has a pretty good handle on “Ew.”
Stellagal over 11 years ago
My mom has about thirty lawn gnomes around her yard.
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
I have one of those, and all the dogs in my neighborhood go out of their way to water it. .. ew!
uniquename over 11 years ago
It will attack Buni.
GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago
I don’t know about that. Every yard is complete without one.
pumaman over 11 years ago
I have two small gnomes, one of each sex, in my back yard behind the fence so they can’t escape.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Petey is wise, or at any rate smarmy, beyond his years. But I fear for Madeline’s uneven taste! Ew!
ChessPirate over 11 years ago
I’ll bet that Lawn Gnome has dreams of traveling the world, seeing exotic places and having his picture taken.
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
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rkozakand over 11 years ago
As tacky as the lawn gnome is, the vase is far worse. I have a planter left behind by a previous tenant which looks like that. I have trained ivy to grow over it.