Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 14, 2022

A little over 10 years ago, Richard posted a CdS related blog entry: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2012/02/eight.html

three ayes to one nay… you lost, Peter Otterloop, Jr.

A coupon plus plastic play swords overrule any falling boat concussion.

The bowling pin on the wall.

The classic tale of a young man’s struggle against the banality of kitsch.

“And to this day, forensic experts debate exactly what led Peter Otterloop, Jr. to become the most prolific serial killer in US history.”

Poor Petey. The rowboat of Damocles will be hanging over his head.

why can’t they just ask for a table that’s not near a rowboat?

The name of this place is so appetizing ;)

Pobre Petey.

Sounds like a Portillo’s.

Damocles’ boat

Suffer through it, Petey. Suffer through it.

But do they put little umbrellas in the Shirley Temples?

I guess your family is telling you to shut your piehole, Petey. What! Somebody had to say it.

Looks more like a dinghy.

I remember this one. Anyone know when was it first published?

Well, Petey Otterloop, if you’d been a gentleman and let your sister seat herself in the booth first you wouldn’t have HAD that problem.

Ah, Petey, heavy, heavy hangs over thy head!

The coupon carries the day! P.J. Piehole’s it is, decides the driver, Mr. Peter Otterloop!

I would eat all my meals at P.J. Piehole’s if there were one close to where I live.