Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 20, 2015

Sounds to me like reason enough to run around chaotically and scream in panic!

To run around chaotically … it’s a gas!

Because Uh-oh!

WARNING, WARNING … With my arms flopping back and forth erratically in the air! and the top of my head flashing little lights of course!

When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.Robert Heinlein – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

Well, the first time I ever saw a CdS comic with the uh-oh baby was as I was getting prepared for Hurricane Isaac. I posted it on facebook:

Isaac tore off a large part of my roof, such that the storm poured in and totally ruined a portion of my house.

Alice, you are correct, the uh-oh baby IS a portent of doom!!

Almost, Beni, almost.

I try to explain the Uh-Oh Baby to non readers and they just don’t get how terrifying it is! Oh, the nightmares won’t stop!

I have no idea how old I was when I first heard the word ‘portent’, what age I was when I learned its meaning or the age I was the first time I ever used it in a sentence if, indeed, I ever have used it in a sentence. But one thing I do know. None of those things happened when I was four years old, fourteen years old or even twenty four years old. I may not have used it in my whole 76 years I’ve been on this earth. I’m not sure!