Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 22, 2021

Alice, quit butting in.

How about in the back yard?

If he did, however, build a trebuchet, Alice would be an ideal test payload.

He insulted. He’s not likely to do anything interesting to anyone else.

He might build a shoebox diorama of the history of trebuchets

Petey’s diorama will display to others on the Picky Eaters list how to reject unsavory food by way of Trebuchets!

Sometimes, you wonder what a sound, intelligent, level headed character like Madeline is doing in this wacky and bizzare strip.

This mom knows just the right thing to say to her son.

I can just envision 90kg of all the food that Petey is too picky to eat getting launched over 300 meters.

Will he have an instinct to herd grocery store carts?

Everyone thinks it, Alice says it ha

Petey may never build a trebuchet or anything like it, BUT Alice just may when she’s a little older. Watch this space.

She’s not wrong.

Go back to your coloring books, son. You’re safe.

Well, he will now…

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Alice has it right. He doesn’t like interesting things, they upset him so.

She’s got a point…

One voice of wisdom and reason, and one voice of reality smack upside the head.

Andre would like to build a trebuchet, though.

Well, look who just popped in out of nowhere to offer her penny’s-worth of uninvited commentary! She may be right, but I’m not sure Petey appreciates it; he sees it as a put-down….

The grass is always greener and more alluring next door.