Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 28, 2010
Transcript:
Petey: There! I've finished my science project diorama - "Life Cycle of an Earthworm!" Alice: Ooh! Petey: The baby earthworm busts out of its shell, hungry for dirt! Uh-oh! It's being chased by hook-wielding fishermen and worm-starved robins! It escapes to Australia, where worms can grow 20 feet long! It attacks the Sydney Opera House, hungry for tenors! Alice: That's great! I love your work! Petey: I do my best thinking inside the box.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Brilliant!
MisterFweem over 14 years ago
I always love a story involving tenors being eaten by giant worms (sniff)…
Hugh B. Hayve over 14 years ago
I guess that means my trip to Australia won’t be happening now….
cdward over 14 years ago
For all you kids who dissected earthworms in school - watch out for this guy!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Think of what Petey could do if he could think out side of the box.
pibfan868 over 14 years ago
Petey has more imagination than we knew–Alice definitely comes by it from family!
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
Great imagination. Reminds me of the time I was three and rode a deer. For some reason no one believed me……
cleokaya over 14 years ago
The Phantom Worm Of The Opera.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
the worm has definitely turned
GeeDee Premium Member over 14 years ago
So that’s what happened to Pavaratti.
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
I have a new respect for worms now….and Petey too.
luezer over 14 years ago
How did it get across the ocean without being swallowed by Godzilla or something?
deadheadzan over 14 years ago
Petey is a talent to be admired.
BenPanced over 14 years ago
The fifth panel alone is fantastic! “Help LA LA LA!” Hee…
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat Pavarotti and your lean Sid Vicious is but variable service - two dishes, but to one table. That’s the end.
Ysasmendi over 14 years ago
Australia can be dangerous if you are a tenor…
comics4brown over 14 years ago
I agree with Grog — heaven help us if Petey thinks outside the box if this is what he comes up with “inside the box”!
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
shytimes2, I never even buy Easter candy until the Monday after, when it gets put in the half-price bins.
This buzz is off the Valentine’s candy I bought on February 15.
Downundergirl over 14 years ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZig6EL5B6A
It’s true Petey! Giant Earthworms in Australia! Luzer - Godzilla is no match for the Giant Gippsland Worm!
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Out—out are the lights—out all! And over each quivering form The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.
Whom does the worm conquer? Why, Godzilla, of course…
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
They got some weird animals down in Australia, and the ones you haven’t heard of are just as bizarre as the ones you have.
The deadliest spider, the deadliest jellyfish… Of the 10 deadliest snakes in the world, something like 7 of them are native to Australia, including (I think) the top 3.
vldazzle over 14 years ago
OK to buy discount candy (if that’s what pleases) but ai have grandkids visiting and have picked some (slightly less unhealthy snacks) to get them to have better choices- even within the stuff they may pick. I won’t get specific here, but they’ve already made a few good choices. And they only arrived today for THIS visit. Christmas week was out of my control, so I shopped today for stuff that was within their desires, but fit a “somewhat healthy” choice.
CateBilling over 13 years ago
Very cool! Earthworms (Megascolides australis or Giant Gippsland Eartworm), found in Victoria, take over New South Wales and eat “the tissue box”! Can they eat the “coat hanger” too?
DTJB almost 11 years ago
Those are crows you goof.
robert423elliott almost 3 years ago
You must not be familiar with Robin Black Breasts! lol