Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 17, 2015
Transcript:
Alice: I'm so bored my head's going to pop clean off. Petey: I'm not bored. Alice: How can you not be bored? You've been staring at the same page for a week! Petey: I'm just now starting to grasp it's nuances. Alice: NUANCES? EW! BLEH! Petey: Your problem is you've got a nanosecond attention span. Alice: NUANCES? UGH! ECH! PTOOEY! Petey: You don't know hot to delve into the infinite possibilities of minutia. Alice: NUANCES- Hey! Will there be nuances if I try to ride Dill's kiddie car on the big rock wall? Petey: Plenty. Alice: YAY! My life has meaning again! Petey: Go get 'em Tiger.
Linux0s over 9 years ago
By nuances if you mean crying and bleeding then yes.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
Alice has absolutely NO IDEA what the word nuance means.
cdward over 9 years ago
I think she meant “new ouches.”
neatslob Premium Member over 9 years ago
Nuances = Consequences, at least in this case.
Perkycat over 9 years ago
Life’s too short. I don’t have time to delve into the infinite possibilities of minutia – as interesting as that might be.
route66paul over 9 years ago
He has a great future…1. in the ministry2. as a yoga teacher3. pushing a shopping cart around and collecting cans
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
I’ve noticed in my family that the more certifiable a person’s depression is (see: Dysthymia), the more likely that person is to suffer boredom.
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
Let’s hope that Petey will someday find a woman like Cleopatra:“Maecenas: Now Antony Must leave her utterly.
Enobarbus: Never, he will not: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies. . . .
Antony And Cleopatra Act 2, scene 2, 232–237
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
If Alice rides Dill’s kiddie car on the Big Rock Wall, she may fall and break something. Is that nuanced enough a warning?
Mr. Nailer Bondy over 2 years ago
ya, she might break Dill’s kiddie car