Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 18, 2024

Isn’t it rich?

Are we a pair?

Me here at last on the ground

You in mid-air

Alice! You have to put it back! Noooooo we’re doomed!

No wonder some people are afraid of clowns…lol…

Release the Kraken!

The clown doesn’t look happy to be released. This does not portend well.

Smithers, release the hounds!

At least it’s not the Kraken.

“Uh-Oh!”

Looks like the clown feels the same as Alice!!

Isn’t one of these still stuck in the ceiling at Blisshaven Preschool?

That what that “age of amnesia” will do to you!

Don’t send in the clowns, leave them in DC.

If I had a face like that, I’d hide in a box too.

I’m sorry to say it, but if ever any child deserved that toy, it’s Alice!

Pound foolish…but pennywise….

RT nailed the unsettled feeling of a kid who encounters this, even after the first time. What a weird concept, with no references to help you understand it. Grownups in R&D sure have some odd ideas of “fun.”