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Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 21, 2010
Transcript:
Mom: Alice, this is silly! You can't be bored already! Alice: Grunt. Mom: Don't you know, summer is a time of magical, carefree adventure? Chasing fireflies, swimming at the pool, eating ice cream, the long, lazy days sliding by in a seemingly endless procession! Now get out there and play! Alice: Grunt. Alice: But did she once mention the words "heat" or "humidity"? No. Beni: Stop talking. You're making the air move.
margueritem over 14 years ago
The air moving is a good thing, BeniâŠ
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
Those two are so funny.
cleokaya over 14 years ago
On those extra hot days I played in the basement. I was never at a loss for fun activities. I still am not.
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
And itâs not even the âdog days of summerâ yet!
justmeta Premium Member over 14 years ago
I remember âmeltingâ into the cement.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
I never complained about it. I was off playing baseball somewhere.
WaitingMan over 14 years ago
I HATE SUMMER!!!!
celeconecca over 14 years ago
Alice must live in SC! ;-}
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Alice, remember 20 degree days? Remember snow suits you couldnât move in? Remember walking like a penguin and falling anyway? Remember not being able to wait till school got out? Now GET THE HECK OUT BEFORE I CRAM YOU IN THE FREEZER AND MAKE CUL DE SACICLES! Thank you.
pibfan868 over 14 years ago
Alice, moving to OH finally almost cured me of the âsummertime bluesââmaybe you can petition Mom!
bald over 14 years ago
cleokaya; when it was extra hot and humid, i used to roller skate in the basementâŠ.
bunches of fun
Destiny23 over 14 years ago
I can remember as a kid feeling cold in the winter, coming in with numb fingers and toes and nose. But I donât remember ever feeling hot in the summer. Kids arenât supposed to feel the heat! (I wouldnât have stayed in the house anyway â it was hotter inside than outside under the trees.)
cleokaya over 14 years ago
Doc, life is short, play naked.
habamom over 14 years ago
Destiny, sometimes I think air conditioning ruins outdoor playâŠ
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
LOL!âHer âgruntâ position says it all.
trock7 over 14 years ago
I feel her pain. In AZ, itâs rarely humid (except during monsoon), but often ridiculously hot in June, And you donât want the air to move.
vldazzle over 14 years ago
Yes, I love AZ and the pool water gets SOO nice and warm when the daytime highs go over 100. I love doing laps at dusk. During the day Iâd rather read, sew or watch TV indoors (except a little in the morning). Today I managed to get through one chapter after I pulled a few weeds in my garden.
kcysewski over 14 years ago
Grew up in AZ, and hated when my flip flops melted to the sidewalk.
Although, when I was Aliceâs age, we used to have a competition of how many times we could run back and forth across the street barefooted before we had to stop and cool off on our âlawnâ (aka: bullhead thorns with some scraggly grass in spots).
Fun times.
kcysewski over 14 years ago
Also love how Alice has excellent âChildâs Poseâ form in the first two frames. Priceless.
bossyheifer over 14 years ago
Iâm thinking Alice must be here in AR, where itâs supposed to be 100 tomorrow and the humidity is WAY up there, I mean I love the heat and itâs ALMOST too much for me but I agree with Destiny23, I donât remember being hot as a kid and we always had plenty to do between riding bikes, playing tag football, sneaking down the creek or just making snowcones at someoneâs house in that Peanuts slushy maker!
lin4869 over 14 years ago
I was born in SC but you wouldnât know itâI donât do well in the heat and never have. Spent the summer months with perpetual heat rashânot much fun. However, it didnât keep me from playing outside anyway.
mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
Good grief, what happened to the days when parents would drop their kids off at the mall or the cinema all day?!? Give âem a dollar and pick âem up at sundown.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Itâs rarely mentioned in the strip, but the sleepy town of Cul de Sac is a suburb of Washington D.C.
Current temperature 91 F, humidity of 32%. Expected to reach 99 on Wednesday.
(Here in lovely San Francisco, itâs a wonderful 72âŠ)
trekkermint over 14 years ago
last week, we had flip flops sticking to asphalt
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
I hate wearing flip flops.