Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 13, 2012
May 12, 2012
May 14, 2012
Transcript:
Alice: Is your mom still scrap-booking your stuff? Marcus: Now she's saving everything I touch. Last night I played tic-tac-toe on a children's menu at a pizza restaurant. Mom took the menu home and put it in a scrapbook along with the napkin I used a photo of me with the waiter. My dad read her a magazine article about how parents today have fallen victim to the cult of the child. About how they've fetishized their kids and worship them as miniature deities. Alice: And yet no one will push me on this stupid swing. Marcus: Mom glued the article into a scrapbook. I feel like I'm being stalked by a deranged fan.
margueritem over 12 years ago
I think you’re right, Marcus…
lakita_lover over 12 years ago
Aww. Poor Alice. I’ll push your swing.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Alice: striving energetically to swing even while feeling frustrated. Marcus: rendered inert by the burden of smothering maternal affection.Here, Richard has a defined a spectrum along which one might place himself….
lemon868 over 12 years ago
Alice’s face while she tries to pump the swing is HILARIOUS!
bomav57 over 12 years ago
You ain’t swung less’n you been in a swing too high off’n the groun’ and been frustrated just like Alice.
steverinoCT over 12 years ago
I say that I’ve reached Park Nirvana: all my grand-nieces can now swing themselves.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 12 years ago
Marcus’s mom has some SERIOUS issues!
arsmall over 12 years ago
LoL at Alice! Marcus is being stalked no lie!
Scorchwave over 10 years ago
Maybe she’ll have another child, and the attention focus will shift.