Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 12, 2019

what a vivid imagination… I’m referring to Mr. Otterloop

For you Gen Xers, Carmen Miranda was a singer with a fruit basket on her head.

I’d be surprised if Mr. Otterloop was even out of the womb during the hey day of Senorita Miranda.

Mr. Potterpoop probably watches classic movies like I do. And Benji is probably right.

Boom chicka boom.

I hated (still do) flip flops. (We called them “thongs.”)

I’ve always wanted to be carried off by fruit bats.

I know that she was Brazilian and wore no underwear.

So Alice is the lady with the tutti-frutti feet?

Beni is logical, but not yet informed on show biz history. He’ll learn someday!

Somewhat before my time, (before I became an adult,) but ladies hats (and men’s) used to be a really big deal. Then, along came the Kennedy family. Now hats have been relegated to the fringe – the Kentucky Derby, the Royal Family and those ridiculous ball caps men wear (even while dining.)

As to flip-flops, I had a friend who called them Zories.

you just have to smile at the folks who feel it’s imperative to impart their special knowledge to younguns on the assumption that those gosh darn youngsters just don’t know a durn thing…