Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 30, 2018

okay, Petey, Mom won’t be asked… how about Dad?

Don’t try it, the chair will fall over. But that could be because modern furniture makers have forgotten why they put ladders on the backs of chairs.

Chair ladder for Petey is a last resort to escape a pending threat to his Picky Eaters Ranking!

Does that mean a chair is a step up from a stool?

Pete’s just a ladder-day saint (ducks).

Poor Mom. PTSD from her caveman days.

I see comics like this and realize how much I miss Richard Thompson. RIP.

So.. mom was a cave dweller in Petey’s mind.

Enough to make you a vegan. Nobody was ever chased by a carrot.

RESOLUTION NO. 68. Ask Mom about furniture design.

Kids have no idea of how old is old. My sister once asked Daddy “When you were a little boy and George Washington was president. . .” He stopped her right there. “I didn’t come to America until after he was out of office. Go ask your mother.” (He was born in Australia and came to America when he was in his early teens.)

Kids like Petey would assure you of painful memories – and large therapy bills…

It must be true—Petey read it in Alley Oop…

It is not a ladder. The back is left open in part so your body does not get hot and sweaty while sitting at the table for a long while.

Mom’s memories of her little boy climbing the chair and falling over.

I guess Petey needs to study his prehistoric archaeology a little more.

But why do they design chairs like that?

Sounds like one of Calvin’s Dad’s explanations.

That Wild Boar looks like a relative of Big Shirley.