Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 17, 2014

Ernesto! Stop that!Can i, too, check out a copy of The Big Pop-up Book of GIANT Squids?

Where can I get that squid book?

Ṱ̱̘͞o͈̼͇͇̲̺ ̬̜͞í̦̪͔n̗̭̤͓̼v̳͇̳͉̪o̥͟k̵̞͈̬̖̹ȩ͖ͅ ̗̻͇̮̞͈̗t̘̻̬̕h̫͎͖͍͠e̡̪̮̞ ͙h̠̫̟iv҉̻̼̥͖e͎-̬̻̻m̭̖͙i̻̰̘̲̥̻̜n̠̯̮͍̣͡ͅd̸͉̲ ̣͎̻̥̣̗̹r̬̺̫̤̞͚e̺̻̹͢p͕̙͕̬̜r̴̜̩e̲͘s҉͕̰̳̠̳͎̝e͏n̟̹͓̞͈͕͢ti͚̻̹̪̰̮̼n̴̫̗g̱͡ ͖̱͎ch͇̟͙á̜͈̙͔͙̺̥o̠͠s̩̤͎̮.̙͕̹̞͈̰̘͙̘͢͞Iṋ̤͖̙̱̩̰v̳̩ͅͅͅo̤̥̺̯̖̜k͍͍̹͎̯̳i͔̮͎̙̲̳ͅn͍͠g̛͎̤̙̭̠̱͇ t͚͟h̭͝e̪̹͖͉͍̤̙ ̤̖̳͢f̰͢ę̝e̵̠̞͍͉l̛i͏̤͚̭ͅǹ̯g̗̝̯ ͓̼͔̖o͇̰͢f̪͖̮͍̻͇̱ ̪cha͔̱̻̣͓̳o̤͚̠͚͓s̢̖̳.̛̥͓̫͈̞̺̩͚͠W̦̠̲͕̙͍ị̠̮t͙̲͠h ͍͎̳̳̙o͙̙̩̘̯u̺̮̼̥ͅt̟ ̯̮̹̖͓͎̠́o̴̭̦̰r͎͙͓̲̟͇̀d̟̱̞̖͎̫ęŕ͙̝.̸̝͔̙̗̫̞̞Th̞̜̖͍ḛ͕̭͔͉͢ ̻Ne̲̗̬ͅzp̻̻e̬̤̯ͅr̳͞ͅͅd̝̱͕͎̪̦͎i͓̻͕̪̲͓ą̘̦n̘̣̘͙̳̗̠ ̧͚̲̙̼͔̠h͙̲͈̪i͢v҉̻ȩ̻-̟̝͎̞m̤i̻͚̜̬͚̩͙n̗͖̩͎̹̘d ̤͕̞̩̜͠o̲̱̗̼f ̩̦̲̗͕͙̥c̭h̰̣̖a̲o͠s.̩͔̮̞̗͡ͅ ̖͖͓͍̱̼Z̖̗̳̺a̷͈l̠̝̣̼̦͠ͅg̩̳̯o̢.͕͉̪͉͉͈H̹͎̳e͖͓ w̡̗͕h̶̖͓o͚͓ ͔̟̼͈W̞̥̠̬͞a̠̭̣̖̖̫͡i̼̩͎̞͘ͅt̴̖̟̳̥s͙ ͞B̲e̠̜̭̺̱̝h͔͖i͓̗̮n͈̗͖̹d̺̦̘̦͎̞̥͠ ̼T̤̝͢h͈͓͘e̦͔̗͖̜͟ ̩̗͓͉̙͜W̩̥̹̞̰͟a̡͚͇l̡͍̪̻l͓̞̱͕̦ͅ.҉͚̞͉̠̫̘̫͚̮̼͞Z͏̭͓͕̭̣A͇͖͡L͙̼̺̲̲͉͍͝G̬͍̜̣̘ͅO͞!̢͕̰̬̤̙̗͇

I feel the pain…was 6’ and a 114, a walking sheet of paper, if you were across the street, you didn’t see me.

Next time somebody asks me about Tolkien (which I haven’t actually read), I should respond like Petey does here…see what sort of reaction that generates.

Of course, the fact that I haven’t read Tolkien is usually enough to generate a notable reaction…

“Do you like Kipling?” “I don’t know, I’ve never kippled!”

Someone’s been Tolkien too much.

Somebody needs to take Ernesto down a peg or two. I hate the way he talks down to Petey. Let’s get Alice on his case.

When I was in junior high, even the stonies, who didn’t normally read, were reading Tolkien.

The correct answer is “i’ve never Tolkeled.”

The “Big Pop-up book of Giant Squids”. Just brilliant. Naturally Alice would want it.