Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 16, 2023

“Our Lady of the perfect wink”!

A Petey pun!

Good one, Petey!

Such a clever boy!

Right … no need to burst her bubble.

Sometimes I love you Petey.

Now, wink BOTH eyes and go to sleep!!

The hunchwink of cul de sac.

It actualky means “Kill Clouseau!”

Oh my that’s scary!

Half of her face is the grandma who throws eggs at cars!

Ha ha. … what hunch? Walk this way. Etc….

That pun rings a bell.

I’ll get back to you on that hunch joke.

chortle

Winking and whistling are very important skills when you’re young. I never could figure out how to teach my children to whistle. I don’t think either of them can to this day.

What hump?

Haha! Yes, Alice, a Perfect wink; perfectly hilarious!

This is HILARIOUS!

What a face! And see how her hand is clenched!

Ba-dum-bump…Now THAT’s clever! Perfect timing and so quick I almost missed it!

Petey’s knowledge of the French language would appear to be little better than Alice’s. She’s no hunchbacked bell-ringer, but, gad, what a “wink” in panel 2!

The “perfect sink” that launched a thousand evil eyes.

Oh, I miss this great cartoonist so much. He did leave us a great treasure. Where ever you are sir, thank you and Merry Christmas.

We’re missing Sunday’s strip!

No Sunday strip?! Whimper…..

As you recall from the novel, Quasimodo was left at the door of the Paris Cathedral of Our Lady, to be found and taken in on Quasimodo Sunday, so called because the chant for that day begins with the word “Quasimodo.” Alice is demonstrating how she winks “in this manner.”

This strip is on a 5 year repeat. If a strip is missing, you can see the missed strip by using the calendar under the strip. Choose the year 5 prior and the date that is the same day-of-the-week as the missing strip. In this case, the 12/16/18 strip is the same as the missed strip:

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