Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 28, 2016
Transcript:
Andre: That soccer ball looks weird. Petey: It's all bloated and puffy. Andre: And swollen. What do they put in soccer balls? Petey: Mostly used air.... Petey: Used air (1.) inside a shell of space age polymer (2) surrounded by a layer of ten thousand densely packed rubber bands (3). Andre: Ten thousand rubber bands! sounds like Loris Slothrop's head. Petey: Petey backs quickly away.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
What an imagination you have, Petey.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
Petey has reason to be cautious in the presence of Loris’s head.
steverinoCT over 8 years ago
Thise are the new “lively” golf balls. In older, slower days rather than rubber bands they used string quartets.
TimothyP23 over 8 years ago
I wish Mr. Thompson had explored Loris’ character further. I’m sure he would have had he not been laid low.
Bob. over 8 years ago
Poor old Loris
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Petey is backing away from the questionable humor of Andre’s remark. But, then again, maybe the soccer ball would explode if kicked and rain rubber bands for hours, maybe even days….
MichiganMitten over 1 year ago
Suddenly using the third person…