Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 05, 2020

maybe you’ll get that bus-sized coal, Petey, if you don’t act nice towards your sister

Petey, you don’t get a lot of social interaction; talk to your sister!

That’s a good suggestion. Appropriate too.

Ol’ Petey may be on to something…

Wanna go out, Alice? Tell your Mom that you’ll clean-up last Xmas great big present presently an eyesore in the back yard!

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald…

There are times Petey is just brilliant! This is one such time for sure! Now, go away Alice! I too had a little sister…. We never got along until we were adults.

Good suggestion Petey.

A guy on Twitter says he threatened his kids with coal in their stocking. “What’s coal?”, they asked. Told them it’s a rock that burns. Now they want coal.

All together now: “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas…”

She can HAVE a house sized lump of coal…..but “some assembly required”…

World domination? Untold riches? San Diego Comic-Con without masks?

There you go, Petey! Sometimes little sisters are just annoying, you know? A huge lump of coal is exactly what Santa should bring for Alice!

Be careful what you ask for, Alice, be specific. Simply asking for something big could backfire. What if Santa brought you a Big Shirley!?!

Alice works hard on changing Petey from neurotic to psychotic…