Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 08, 2023

Kevin wears the lice like a trophy. Also, Santa that’s a concern.

And Alice has a see-thru nose!!

My mother was a nurses’ aide back in the day. She caught them from a kid she was holding in the e-room while the doctors were setting the child’s broken arm.

Remember notes?

It’s beginning to look a lot lice Christmas

I wonder what the Oh-Oh Baby would have to say about this? ☺

This is pretty lousey.

I remember the Mother who came after me about head lice. The kids were teasing her little girl for having them. (Even I hadn’t known who, just a note from the school nurse.) The Mother wanted to know why I had let everyone know it was her daughter. I explained to the Mother that her daughter had announced it to everyone on the playground and then was chasing the kids saying she’d give head lice to everyone. No apology, just a demand that I make the kids stop teasing.

I guess skid row isn’t the best of places to hire a mall santa from.

This is a great mini-arc! I won’t spoil it for newcomers.

Time to get out the “Nitt Picker.”

“Why can’t I have pets, mom?!”

It figures that it’s Kevin. Dill doesn’t have enough hair to infect. So Kevin is bragging that Santa gave him an early Christmas present? Will he be sad when his parents shave his head and the lice disappear? Maybe that’s why they got him a puppy.

Well, I guess we know what Santa’s giving everyone for Christmas.

Naturally it’s Kevin. With his huge bucket head, there’s plenty of room for them.

Petey will absolutely freak out.

A Pink Note!

But Alice can confirm that it’s poor Kevin the Buckethead, who believes he got the lice from the mall Santa’s [fake] beard!…

Nice hat, Alice.