Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 07, 2021

When it comes to lunar phases, the Japanese assuming there’s a rabbit making glutinous rice cakes.

Poor Petey

Some new ideas from the kids.

Makes more sense than it being green cheese..

Wagstaff’s Receptionist : The Dean is furious! He’s waxing wroth!Professor Wagstaff : Is Roth out there, too? Tell Roth to wax the Dean for awhile.—Marx Brothers, Horsefeathers, 1932

I always wondered about waxing gibbous too. I’m glad it was finally explained.

Dill is a nascent philosopher of metaphysics.

You’re both wrong. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.

Panel 4 is brilliant.

I named my car “nostalgic”. When I polish it, I’m waxing nostalgic.

Walking away? Can’t defend your theories?

Funny how conversations with Alice often seem to result in Scathing Commentaries…

If only there were a real Alice and Dill to ask when life, and sciences,’ perplexing questions arose…

Just wait until it’s waning cwescent…I mean crescent.

Hmmm. I’m waxing gibbous, too! How ’bout that!

There’s so much to learn if you would only pay attention to the experts, Petey!

No, Dill, it’s green cheese. Everyone knows that.

A funny strip with Alice and Dill.

Argggh! Just. Have. To.——- It’s Gibbon. Gibbon Ape.BUT I REALLY LIKE THE COMIC and Alice and Dill’s take. And the moon is made of Green Cheese. Heh heh.

From Wikipedia- Gibbons were the first apes to diverge from the common ancestor of humans and apes about 16.8 million years ago. With a genome that has a 96% similarity to …

Gibbous, gibbon (still, not a monkey)—small difference, hmm?! Besides, the Alice & Dill Mythology is vastly more entertaining than mere “for real” astronomy….

No, no, no…the Moon is NOT “a monkey pushing a floor polisher.” The Moon is giving the monkey a Brazilian.

-sheesh-