Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 18, 2011
September 17, 2011
September 19, 2011
Transcript:
Alice: Mom, we need to discuss my bedtime routine - Mom: Alice. Every night we go through this complicated rigmarole. First we read "The Very Cranky Vole" using the silly voice. Then there's the Hugaboo Dance, the Oopsie Bedtime Pratfall, the where's Polyfill Game... the Nighty Night Song and Funny Tummy Drum Solo, the Underbed Peekaboo and finally the Hush-Hush Sneakaway Lullaby! Alice: That's what I mean! We're in a rut - we need to try new stuff! Something exciting, maybe with car chases! Mom: The point of your bedtime routine is to make you sleepy, not to get you excited. GOODNIGHT. Alice: The abrupt blackout is fine for a cheap shock ending but a good car chase would be more dramatically satisfying.
This strip was not far from the complicated routine I got my poor parents to perform at bedtime when I was young. Brilliant!