Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 17, 2010
May 16, 2010
May 18, 2010
Transcript:
Alice: That fence! It beckons to me! Or is it warning me to halt? Beni: It's just an old glove stuck on the fence. Alice: No! It's gesturing to me. It's trying to tell me something. Beni: Maybe it's trying to tell you a knock-knock joke. Alice: Are you mocking the Great Unknown?
DougDean over 14 years ago
Don’t follow it, Alice! Remember what happened to the Pequod!
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
Mock, mock.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Who’s there?
It’s a left-hand glove - sinister. This suggests that its augury will be cryptic or even deliberately misleading. I only follow instructions from right-hand gloves.
poohbear8192 over 14 years ago
It’s an art exhibit. DO NOT TOUCH!!
ellisaana Premium Member over 14 years ago
How gauche.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
shytimes, I’m not from Oklahoma, but I think I passed through there on my way from Illinois to California.
I mock the Great Unknown with impunity. I’m the first to stand and say to its face, “OK, you’re Unknown, but what’s so GREAT about you?” I have stared into the Abyss, and the Abyss stared back into me, and the Abyss blinked first.
“We defy augury.” – Hamlet
bossyheifer over 14 years ago
Look at how glazed over Alice’s eyes look!
vldazzle over 14 years ago
I love it - and today’s comments about the sinister glove. The only reason this would be in my garden would be so the landscapers would reteive a leather glove they left behind…