Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 22, 2010
Transcript:
Mom: Alice, do you want to go play in Grandma's backyard? Alice: No, I don't - Grandma: Big Shirley's back there. I'll bet she's hungry! Mom: Let's give Big Shirley a treat! I'll come out with you! Okay? Grandma: There's a big bag of doggie treats by the back door. Just give her a few. You know how she is... Alice: Nuh - buh - buh - guh... Grandma: When she starts eating she never knows when to stop.
margueritem over 14 years ago
That sure makes Alice feel better, Grandma…
uhohkid over 14 years ago
Oh Com’on Alice - play catch using Polyfill!
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Big Shirley looks pretty fierce! I wonder if “little girls” are on her menu? Hang in there, Alice!
mimisl over 14 years ago
Brr! I shiver in sympathy with Alice’s reluctance, and am laughing at the same time. Classic and timeless.
Uhohkid, you compound the peril in my mind, bringing up Polyfill. May its innards never have to mark retreat!
cdward over 14 years ago
Nuh buh buh guh! You tell ‘er, Alice!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Big Shirley looks lonely out there.
pibfan868 over 14 years ago
maybe it’s good that Alice is scared of Big Shirley, or she might try to go for a ride!
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Why does Big Shirley remind me of KITTY, who I am not at all afraid of.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
Second panel, not pictured. [There’s big yellow puddle where Alice is standing]
deadheadzan over 14 years ago
I’m looking for a few tiny skulls and bones around Big Shirley!
bossyheifer over 14 years ago
No wonder Big Shirley is hungry, just look at that tiny bowl! You can’t get a steak in there! Poor Alice, shocked and speechless at the same time, WOW!
RugerJac over 14 years ago
Big Shirley looks like the Big Bad Wolf. Alice is in the wrong fairytale. (Doesn’t Alice remind you of Alice in Wonderland, the way she surrounds herself with weirdness?)
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Big Shirley looks like a Big Sweetie to me. I wanna give her a big hug.
As far as I can recall Big Shirley’s never actually DONE anything agressive or even particularly scary. Alice is frightened of her just on general principle…
lakita_lover over 14 years ago
Big Shirley looks like a wolf…the kind that usually tries to eat me and my family in my dreams…
Kokopelli over 14 years ago
i think Big Shirley looks sad and in need of a playmate.
trekkermint over 14 years ago
that is one cuddly bear-cat-wolf
beady.el over 14 years ago
I think she sorta resembles a giant rat…
JohnGallant over 2 years ago
Big Shirley’s eyes are open….