Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 09, 2015
Transcript:
Beni: That's the last snow pile. All the rest have melted. Dill: There's a big dirty snow pile in the grocery store parking lot. Alice: Petey says that one's infested with little trolls called Sootis who carry of unwary shoppers! Alice: And they sometimes carry of GROCERY CARTS! Dill: WHAT? CAN NOTHING BE DONE?
noahproblem over 9 years ago
Alice, you want snow piles? To quote that semi-classic 70’s song, “Please, Come To Boston”…
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Dill, as a semi-pro grocery cart wrangler, may run amok at this portentous allegation by the big brother of his future bride….Beware, the Sootis!
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
I find runaway carts all over the city, and not near any stores…Strange!Most of them are at the bus stops, but they don’t get picked up, no moneys
Strod over 9 years ago
Don’t forget that Dill wants to be a grocery cart herder like one of his brothers when he grows up. For him this is personal.
Stellagal over 9 years ago
Our snow is still fresh and still growing. There are mountains of white snow in the parking lots with no sign of the sooties yet. They won’t show up until mid march over here.
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
I miss my sooty snow mountains in the parking lot at Pick ’n Save, Plymouth, WI.
Perkycat over 9 years ago
Worst part of snow – those big dirty, ugly mountains that last long after all the other snow is gone.
elvin272727 over 9 years ago
I like the way Petey’s mind works.
Peam Premium Member over 9 years ago
Petey just expanding on Charles Dickens’s original ‘A Tale of Two Sootis’.
reynard61 over 9 years ago
“(…L)ittle trolls called Sootis(…)”
I wonder if they’re any relation to these little critters:
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
This is clearly personal for Dill. Hes’ concerned for his brothers, the cart wranglers.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 9 years ago
No nothing that is done, can be undone!