Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 12, 2011
August 11, 2011
August 13, 2011
Transcript:
Beni: Look, they're digging new houses. Alice: Is that how they get new houses? Dig for them like potatoes? Beni: I don't know. I'll go ask the guy wearing a hat. Alice: Ok. Beni: He patted me on the head and said I'm cute. He...he tousled my hair! Alice: A sure sign of ignorance in an adult. He must now know either.
margueritem about 13 years ago
Alice makes an astute observation.
rayannina about 13 years ago
No! Not the … the tousling!
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
Alice, kick it! You know you want to! You could be a soccer star! Poor Beni—tousled!
Hillbillyman about 13 years ago
These children have never observed a house being built before? Where have they been?
memo.from.daddy.warbucks about 13 years ago
as seen in elderberry. alice trades for the captains helmet
GROG Premium Member about 13 years ago
Time to start spreading the word, Alice.
Herb Thiel Premium Member about 13 years ago
Poor Beni. It is an ignorant adult indeed who wantonly tousles hair.
Kvasir42 Premium Member about 13 years ago
I love the literalness of children’s thinking. Sometimes.
bossyheifer about 13 years ago
No, they KNOW Alice, they just don’t want the secret to get out…
Popeyesforearm about 13 years ago
the third panel is real deep. Just a small kid contemplating life, looking at a ball, waitin’ for a friend. Most cartoonist’s wouldn’t think to include that panel. Richard Thompson is a genius.
vldazzle about 13 years ago
Love this one as well as all the comments. The first experiences od many kids envolve construction projects in their neighborhoods and Richard may show us more as these houses are built (or not-because this was the joke). It took me back to building of a highway in my neighborhood- and walking on the girders high in the air when workers were not there.