Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 08, 2014
May 07, 2014
May 09, 2014
Transcript:
Alice: So Dill told his brother? Who works at the grocery store? About the the grocery cart in the culvert? And Dill's brother pulled the cart out of the culvert? Alice: And then he pushed the cart? Back to the store and his boss? Shook his had? And said he's Employee of the Month? And Dill got a coupon? Alice: For a free doughnut? And then? Petey: To answer all your questions-DO I CARE? Mom: PETEY!
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member over 10 years ago
Reading this strip is deja vu for me! I seem to recall a lot of conversations that ran exactly this way. Thats what I get for having a boy then a girl 3 years later. Too far apart!
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
No doubt the off-stage voice in panel 3 was Madeline’s. But Alice’s sing-songy statements-in-the-form-of-questions could annoy even a less neurotic boy than Petey, so I sympathize with him….
pumaman over 10 years ago
Uptalking. It’s everywhere nowadays.
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
when I did that every one left the taable, even before I got to the middle of it, and the list of things to come, and who was what actor and the leading lady and the name of the cat and dog, O’ it was shot in Nebraska at tulip time after the first snow, Man the wind did blow that day…
Perkycat over 10 years ago
It’s all in the details?
Stellagal over 10 years ago
So, Petey? You don’t want your desert? Oh, by the way? Eat your veggies?
Kip W over 10 years ago
Could you state that as a question.