Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 15, 2013

This cul de sac is much more weirder (in my opinion) than that in “Ed, Edd and Eddy.”

Maybe Dill’s brothers have some use after all. —Although, if the Clipboard Guy comes back with the Law to back him up, things could could get dicey in the cul-de-sac….

I love how the houses are not only the same style, but the exact same colors

Dill’s place is an eye sore to be dealt with. He’s not heard the last of clip board guy, I’m sure.

Home Owners Associations are deal breakers to me when I get into the home owner market again. I rented a home that was in a Home Owners Association and my landlord did not tell me. I left 30 days afterwards since I complied with the move out agreement.

The first thing I told my last Realtor was, " No HOA.".She could not understand my objection. I worked with her anyway.

was his skeleton found?

bunch of nose pickers, amd sexless, and their teeth rattle when thy speak… now I feel better.

To each their own. I like living somewhere with rules that keep the neighborhood looking nice. Of course there’s all sorts of crazy illegal things INSIDE the house, but that’s my business.

isn’t that cherub peeing in the fountain? if i were a squirrel i wouldn’t want to hang around either…

The condo nazis made my aunt remove her purple peonies because they were the wrong colour… never a condo for me, and up the trebuchet!

Fun story in VA – a homeowners’ association complained that somebody had a campaign sign that was a few inches too tall. The homeowners refused to remove it, so the HOA ticketed the homeowners. The homeowners challenged the HOA’s authority to ticket them, and in the resultant trial the HOA’s legal fees were so substantial that they could only pay them by selling the community square to a home builder.

My Mom would have liked one of those cherub fountain birdbaths, squirrels were always raiding her bird feeder.

Yeah it’s a choice. I don’t want anyone regulating what I plant in my yard.There is a neighborhood, very expensive. Overall effect is Tuscan Village. They have to have grapes, olive tree etc. very tight list of plants limited styles and colors on hardscape. What I find smile worthy is all the SUVs parked in driveways. So very un- Tuscan Village.

We thought we paid enough for our neighborhood that we wouldn’t have to deal with trashy neighbors. Then THEY moved in. Cars everywhere, up at all hours and then the toilet on the front lawn(used as a planter). I wanted to plant them under it…..

The word balloon may be partially blocking it, but it looks like no one bothered to build next to Dill’s house. They work fast.

Ahhh, home owner’s association living!

Good for Dill’s brothers!

I love Dill’s innocent look in panel 4. In our area, a veteran living in a condo put up an American flag in his window, as a show of patriotism.

The condo association is suing him for not having white sheer curtains in the window because the flag conflicts with condo rules.

He is fighting them, because it is against the law to prohibit the flying of the flag. what a crazy world. A man’s home is not his castle anymore.

When this first came out I sent it to my Irvine friends – the city they describe as the land of a thousand beiges.