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Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 09, 2010
Transcript:
Clarinet: Ank oonk heenk heenk ank oonk heenk heenk ankn oonk heenk oonk heenk Alice: I wish I could play the oboe. Petey: It's the most beautiful instrument of all time! It has a bracing, pungent quality all its own! Alice: Yeah! It's like a plugged-up nostril you can play songs on. Petey: LEAVE.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Ah, brothers and sisters…
uhohkid over 14 years ago
Ohh the many times I said a double underscored LEAVE to my brothers…. Little bastiches never did take a hint.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Scott, what is a star badger?
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
The virtuoso does not easily tolerate criticism from the peanut gallery.
Please note that I nowhere stated that Petey is a virtuoso…. Go, Alice!
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
Oh so funny….
….including the drop of spittle in panel one.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Petey is finally anonoyed with Alice’s presence?
T. Shepherd creator over 14 years ago
Alice Otterloop’s Dictionary of Everyday Useful Terms
oboe: it’s like a plugged-up nostril you can play songs on.
jump4joy over 14 years ago
So hilarious!! My favorite comic!
SCOTTtheBADGER over 14 years ago
In Sweden, in Luciafest activities in public, and at church, the Lucia Girl, and her girl attendants, are accompanied by lantern bearing “Star Boys”, who light the way for her.
Ink-adink-adoo over 14 years ago
New word in comic history:
“Heenk”
bergamot over 14 years ago
I remember when my sister got a flute she couldn’t even get a sound out of it for a long while , but I could. Haha younger siblings win.
pibfan868 over 14 years ago
hahahaha–Alice for the win description!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Only Alice has descriptions like that! LOL
cleokaya over 14 years ago
That sounds like “Beethoven’s First Movement” perhaps after consuming the musical fruit.
margueritem over 14 years ago
SCOTTtheBADGER, I didn’t know that. Yes, I’d be honored to have you be my star badger.
MsMolly over 14 years ago
I think Alice gave a perfectly accurate description of Petey’s playing!
WaitingMan over 14 years ago
“Ank oonk heenk heenk”
Petey’s getting his John Coltrane on.
kong1223 over 14 years ago
I told my sister her violin playing was akin to cats being tortured….Alice’s is better.
dante.deangelo over 14 years ago
Alice holding her nose in the last scene made me laugh.
kfaatz925 over 14 years ago
Love it!
thirdguy over 14 years ago
There is nothing better than the sound of an Oboe, except maybe the sound of a cat being sucked into a vacuum cleaner.
ellisaana Premium Member over 14 years ago
Has anyone compared the number of people who like oboe music to the number of people who like bagpipe music?
richardcthompson Premium Member over 14 years ago
As a lapsed bagpiper, I like oboes just fine.
Ermine Notyours over 14 years ago
Stop that man! He’s torturing a cat! Oh wait, it’s a bagpipe.
lin4869 over 14 years ago
OMG! The sound effects are perfect! LOL
Are2Dee2 7 months ago
Hahaha