Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 18, 2011
January 17, 2011
January 19, 2011
Transcript:
Mom: If you're nice to Kevin, you can go see his puppy. Alice: Oh, boy! I'll be so nice! Wait a minute. Kevin is annoying. But he's got a puppy! What if his puppy is annoying? But what if it's really cute? Oh, I hate it when I think two things at once!
margueritem about 14 years ago
I feel the same way, Alice.
rayannina about 14 years ago
Clearly Alice is no multitasker …
margueritem about 14 years ago
Love her ‘puppy dog’ eyes.
GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago
What if you’re annoying, Alice? That’s probably most likely.
x_Tech about 14 years ago
Alice is stuck between the proverbial Bucket Head and a Cuddly Place.
Hillbillyman about 14 years ago
Have you ever wondered what Kevin thinks of you Alice?
kpreethy about 14 years ago
poor alice….
habamom about 14 years ago
x_Tech, snort! That’s my new catch-phrase.
And I think that Alice is going to be disappointed, no matter how cute it is - it’s in her cynical nature.
cleokaya about 14 years ago
The story of my life in one single comic layout.
junco49 about 14 years ago
Grog: Perhaps Alice is every (wo)man.
We too often assume that it’s the other person who is OBVIOUSLY annoying.
That we might be annoying is a hard concept to get our heads around.
Does this annoy you?
bossyheifer about 14 years ago
Alice - you are way overthinking this - just go see Kevin’s puppy and keep your mouth shut! :)
fritzoid Premium Member about 14 years ago
junco, it’s a proverbial truth: If you find yourself dealing with more than a couple of annoying bucket-heads on a daily basis, you’re probably one of them.
Destiny23 about 14 years ago
^^ If Alice has the ‘keep-your-mouth-shut’ gene, it hasn’t expressed itself yet…
SaunaBeach about 14 years ago
Well, I guess you can’t play “Easy-kneesie-nosie” then!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
You’ll get used to it!
wdaveonline about 14 years ago
I thought it was, if you can’t figure out who the annoying bucket-heads are around you, then it’s probably you!
Loving the dark-light-dark-light-mixed backgrounds. (But missing her shadow above the signature!)
WDave, cross-hatch fan convert (who has that very same doormat)
jeditrue almost 14 years ago
Big news http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2011/01/team-cul-de-sac.html
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
wdave, it’s true that there are certain annoying bucket-heads who are totally oblivoius to the concept of annoying bucket-headedness, but I think it’s unlikely that it would occur to them to seek the annoying bucket-heads. I’ve most often heard your formulation used in the context of poker games: If you can’t figure out who the pigeon is, you’re probably the pigeon.
cutiepie29 almost 14 years ago
The girl is in preschool. There is no way that she ever considers that she herself might be annoying. And she’d also never accept the possibility that someone else would actually think her less than perfect. Wait ‘till she’s a teen for that one. Then, she won’t believe anyone could think that she isn’t some sort of freak.