Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 22, 2011
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December 23, 2011
Transcript:
Dad: There! That tree won't tip over now. Just nobody make any sudden moves. Mom: Look at the time! It's 10:30 on a school night! We'll have to decorate the tree tomorrow. Alice: This happens every year! Petey: Not so loud. You'll startle the tree.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
Do not startle the tree! Oops…
ellisaana Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Another Christmas ritual remembered: the straightening of the tree.
doc white almost 13 years ago
Needs to be trimed more on the right side.
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
With at least two guy-wires helping to stabilize it, the Christmas tree ought to be able to withstand a sudden move or two, as long as they do not make contact…. Someone needs her beauty sleep, someone else is terribly above it all and bored.
x_Tech almost 13 years ago
My father had two eye-hooks on the wall and tied ropes to the tree.
No tree every escaped.
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
The tree looks a lot worse than when he bought it.
Elaine Rosco Premium Member almost 13 years ago
It’s a disaster waiting to happen.
cdward almost 13 years ago
Nothing a few well-placed ornaments can’t fix. Big ones on the weak side….
DCStark almost 13 years ago
@Doctor, I can see it now — a christmas tree with flying buttrresses!
With our biggest trees, my dad used eye hooks and sire for stabilization, too. We never lost one.
DCStark almost 13 years ago
er, that should be Wire. Just washed my hands, and I can’t do a thing with ’em . . .
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
By “bi” you meant “big,” right?…Alice’s “every year” makes me wonder how many Christmases she can remember at her age.
nancyroy2 almost 13 years ago
the worst part of x-mas – cleaning up all the pine needles after the tree is gone.
William Bednar Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Pass the bottle of Darvon and be quiet!
Popeyesforearm almost 13 years ago
TIMBER!!
tallcanofbeer almost 13 years ago
if I have to count to ten again … THATS IT one ,two, tree,…
Destiny23 almost 13 years ago
That’s a relief — I wondered (but didn’t want to know) just what a “bi-curious cat” meant! ;o)