Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 12, 2010
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Mom: Petey, I got something new for your lunch! Petey: No. Mom: They're called Yummy Wads. Why "no"? Petey: Look on the box. It's got one of those insanely happy advertising people. Anything that causes such mindless glee is something best avoided. Alice: I can do that! See!
margueritem over 14 years ago
Perfect, Alice!
comicartfan over 14 years ago
R.T. .. you aint right! hahahaha!
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
This is Alice’s raison d’etre……………gotta luv her.
uh-ohkid over 14 years ago
you’d have to be insane to promote “Yummy Wads” Good one RT!
BrianCrook over 14 years ago
Petey, you are absolutely correct.
deadheadzan over 14 years ago
They do look daffy for yummy wads.
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Petey’s point exactly, Ruthie! LOL
gillbillvolume1 over 14 years ago
with that face and a pair of mega mitts the world could belong to Adorable Alice !
SCOTTtheBADGER over 14 years ago
Alice has a future as a model
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
LOL!—“Yummy Wads” says it all.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
As a kid, I knew it was good by the cartoon on the box. My mother was not so enlightened.
MisterFweem over 14 years ago
Ew. Mom, ya lost me at “Yummy Wads.”
MisterFweem over 14 years ago
Never trust any foodstuff that has to call itself “yummy.”
MisterFweem over 14 years ago
Or “wads.”
cdward over 14 years ago
I Love Alice!
justmeta Premium Member over 14 years ago
“mindless glee” my new word of the day! Love ya Petey.
mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
Good grief; what kinda food is black on the top and white on the bottom? I suspect high fructose corn syrup at work here.
celeconecca over 14 years ago
Mindless glee - hee, hee! Don’t know why, that phrase just tickles me.
Tancread Premium Member over 14 years ago
I grew up on that stuff and it didn’t do me no harm.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
This is awsome. I love Alice’s face in the last panel.
kjs9 over 14 years ago
Petey is channeling his inner Michael Pollan. Good for you, Petey!
pibfan868 over 14 years ago
hahahaha! Such a good laugh to start the day!
bald over 14 years ago
yummy wads and mountain dew, that is what i should give my great niece when she comes over on saturday
send her home all hyped on sugar
itisme: those starving kids in whatever country can have my brussel sprouts and spinach
Destiny23 over 14 years ago
You’d think Mom would have learned by now: don’t tell him you got something NEW, and don’t let him see the box!
I apply Petey’s principle to TV ads. If the ad shows idiots using the product (and they all do), that implies the product is targeted at idiots. Since I’m not one, I won’t buy that product.
cleokaya over 14 years ago
Petey is going to have a very miserable love life.
arsmall over 14 years ago
Bwaaahhh..hahahahaha! LOL! Priceless Alice! Looks “hive mind” http://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/2007/12/10/
gillbillvolume1 over 14 years ago
Destiny23 said, 42 minutes ago
You’d think Mom would have learned by now: don’t tell him you got something NEW, and don’t let him see the box!
I apply Petey’s principle to TV ads. If the ad shows idiots using the product (and they all do), that implies to product is targeted at idiots. Since I’m not one, I won’t buy that product.
LOL I bet you don’t get to do much shopping !
You know products are made for idiots by the warning labels.
Warning Do not iron clothes while wearing .
Warning do not use hairdryer while showering
Glaxo instant enama , use only as directed. (meaning I guess don’t stick in ear or try to swallow )
This Toy meets all Federal & State safety standards (meaning made in china out of toxic metal and covered in lead paint)
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
Petey, you’re a wuss.
genghis.shaman over 14 years ago
Hooray for Petey! He’s got critical thinking about advertising down already!
gillbillvolume1 over 14 years ago
subliminal messages slipped into advertising
Be Mindless Be happy Buy More
Dirty Dragon over 14 years ago
Life IS pain, Petey. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
policelimit Premium Member over 14 years ago
I agree 100% with Petey, but now I kind of want some Yummy Wads.
cdward over 14 years ago
^^Arrr, the Dread Pirate Roberts speaks!
trekkermint over 14 years ago
wads makes me think of either plug chaw or already chewed gum …ikkk
hildigunnurr Premium Member over 14 years ago
Helyna - well he hardly eats anything…