Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 07, 2022

a true sneeze fest

For heaven’s sake, Miss Bliss!

Calling attention to the the appearance of a juice moustache is a faux pas…

The parents themselves are back in preschool now!

If this was “Beetle Bailey,” Miss Bliss, Alice’s teacher at Blisshaven Academy pre-school, would be Lieutenant Fuzz, author of many “War and Peace” sized memos to General Halftrack, who abhors getting them and usually tosses them in the trash can without looking at them.

Arrested development? Er… a rested development.

A Rested Development!!

The crankiness index is scaled in Alices. Madeleine must be so proud…

I’m not sure this was ever established, but I’ve always believed the second woman is Dill’s mom.

(We’ve seen his dad, sort of an aging-hippy type. She looks like a good match.)

Wait till they get to the Appendix…

“The Crankiness Index” – Whether Normal or On the Curve, Alice is always right at the top…

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Crankiness index: 0 to Alice?

Petey’s home playing by himself.

And, for the theatrical portion of the evening, Peter will act out how everyone else is feeling.

It’d be fun if the ceiling clown made a surprise appearance. Might wake everyone up.

Is that woman Viola’s mom?

While I applaud Miss Bliss’ devotion to her profession and her truly mind-blowing ability to make a 142+ page document out of pre-school, I must say that this is on reason kids come out of school unable to cope with life as it is really lived.

What? No PowerPoint for show-and-drone?

I love Miss Bliss.

Poor Peter! I sympathize; Miss Bliss’s program just doesn’t seem all that enthralling.

Persisting but unanswerable question: whose mother is that with whom Madeline is conversing?

I remember this! And from experience, I know that they’ll need a forklift to get Peter out of that chair.

The one I didn’t get around to writing (though I did some research) was “A Juvenile Sedative Called Lunch.”

“Strategies of Hand-Washing”……I like that.