Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 02, 2011
Transcript:
Alice: I'm so bored! I don't like the New Year. I had more fun last year. Petey: Too bad! You can't go back in time. Alice: Why can't I go back in time? Petey: Because, if you could, you'd keep going back in time just to smack yourself for doing something stupid. You'd think, "Why did I say that dumb thing in class?" "Why did I watch that TV show?" "Why did I make that silly face just when all those adults looked at me?" And you'd go back in time and smack yourself for being an idiot. You'd chase yourself through time forever, smacking yourself silly over every misstep, instead of learning to accept disappointment and regret in a more normal, positive way. Alice: Ha! I'll bet I can go back in time! Petey: Now we'll see if future Alice shows up and smacks you for saying something stupid. Alice: Hey! I'll get to see what the back of my head really looks like! Petey: Uh-oh! Now she'll smack you twice.
margueritem almost 14 years ago
Never look at that cowlick, Alice.
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
You can’t tamper with the timeline, Alice, even if you could go back. You really don’t know what the repercussions will be.
MisterFweem almost 14 years ago
Wait, wasn’t this basically a Star Trek episode?
hlagallah almost 14 years ago
Wait wasn’t this basically a Star Trek episode?
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
Having to think back can be disappointing enough without having to go back! Forget it Alice. Listen to Petey.
bergamot almost 14 years ago
Petey has wisdom.
Hillbillyman almost 14 years ago
It was a Twlight Zone episode.
cdward almost 14 years ago
This is a common theme of both science fiction and philosophy. Back to the Future, anyone? What would happen if we could go back in time? Or would it really change that much? The world may never know.
JudyCuddy almost 14 years ago
Amen to that Doctor Toon.
Yukoneric almost 14 years ago
If I could return my grades would be better…………
Muzition almost 14 years ago
The second panel is a copy-and-paste of the first one. Lazy.
Munodi almost 14 years ago
If could go back in time, I’d see that if I had done things differently my life would be worse, probaly two divorces, a hostile and mentally ill daughter, and a mind destroying job. I’d probably be reduced to reading “Peanuts” and thinking Charles Schultz was clever.
dante.deangelo almost 14 years ago
check your glasses perscription, Muziton. That is NOT cut and paste.
the table proportions are different, as is Alice’s hair, the papers on the table and the stripes on Alice’s shirt.
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Don’t knock Peanuts, Munodi. It had a very strong following for 50 years until Schultz finally retired. I still read The Classic Peanuts on Comics.com
cleokaya almost 14 years ago
The past is always slapping me in the face.
Steve Parmelee Premium Member almost 14 years ago
No Peanuts, no Calvin and Hobbes. No Peanuts, no Cul-de-Sac.
“No Peanuts.” That’s like being a rock-n-roll fan and saying “Who needs Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly?”
richardcthompson Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Muzition is partly right. I didn’t like the drawing of Petey in the first panel and, with deadline coming up (or past), photoshopped a new head onto him from the second panel. A little bit lazy.
tgaml almost 14 years ago
Richard don’t go back in time and change anything, that second panel is perfect.
kjs9 almost 14 years ago
If we learned anything from Lost, we learned: What happened, happened.
billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago
no need at for me to go back in time to smack myself for doing something stupid – it’s an ongoing thing.
6ryph0n almost 14 years ago
It’s a line straight out of Harry Potter. Hermione said it about the back of her own head.
margueritem almost 14 years ago
R.T., you’re allowed to take a shortcut every once in a while. The pleasure you give to us outweighs any so called ‘laziness’.
Trisha_Evenstar almost 14 years ago
@ MARGUERITEM I couldn’t agree more :) @ Munodi I’m fairly certain Charles Shultz would be clever enough to not diss one of the best comic strips in history, be it his own or not.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I actually HAVE gone back in time and changed things. Of course I don’t expect any acknowledgement, let alone THANKS, but trust me, it was for the best. As messed-up as things are in the present, the future used to be MUCH worse than it will be now.
cutiepie29 almost 14 years ago
Thank you, Fritzoid! I suspected it was you and I really appreciate it, since now I don’t have to do it myself.
pschearer Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Time travel to the past is possible, but only for a few
Time travel to the past is possible, but only for a few
Time travel to the past is possible, but only for a few
Time travel to the past is possible, but only for a few
pschearer Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I stole the concept for the above from some other recent comic strip.
If I could remember which, I’d give credit.
Apologies to who[m]ever.
Tommy1733 almost 14 years ago
Possibly Star Trek or Twilight Zone, but I am thinking more like “Our Town”. Deep stuff.
Are2Dee2 2 months ago
I think that’s the most talkative I’ve ever heard Petey.