Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 15, 2010

This is getting better and better. Each comment is hilarious.

I wonder if that could be “Miss Bliss Jr.??”

Jealous, Alice?

I think I’m going to start using the word “splittingest” to describe my headaches from now on.

I’m thinking Ranger Dan may have been like Petey as a child. Petey, take heed! Stay true to yourself and don’t be brainwashed into thinking that nature is good for you!!

Don’t tick off Dill.

Ranger Dan threw too many back at the Yogi Bar last night.

itraso: Good idea, but remember to enunciate! SPLITtingest.

leakysqueaky712: I think you are right.

Miss Bliss has a love child? Nah, I doubt it. Not in this strip, and why would we just be hearing about it now? Her on-again, off-again romance with Timmy is of long standing, meaning he’d likely be the father, and again it seems like that would be a rather significant omission.

Anything’s possible, of course, but I’m thinking along the lines of a niece. (If she’s an orphaned niece, that would let her fulfill the role of Bliss Jr. in the future…)

It looks like Ranger Dan is not good BF material either ;-P

Ranger Dan was a bank president a year ago.

Forget all that. I just want to know where you go to buy ‘ranger shoes.’

If you’re looking for Airborne Ranger shoes, you can probably get a nice pair of jumpboots down at any Military Surplus store… (They’re so much more comfortable than your basic combat boots.)

I really must remember that poem for the next time we go hiking.

I think the new girl is afraid of Alice, which shows that she is paying attention.

Lol

What state is this in?

If it’s not in Alaska, the chances of seeing fish-slapping bears is slim.

Before the strip was syndicated, it was explicily set in the suburban Washington DC area (“Otterloop” is a pun on “Outer Loop”). In the syndicated version, it’s less clearly defined.

This is going to be a great adventure!

Actually, there is a brand of shoes named Ranger. They make safety shoes including steel-toed athletic shoes which we used to wear when I was a firefighter and working on things which didn’t require us to be bunker geared up.