Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 22, 2012
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Transcript:
Dad: You lost who in your room? Alice: Mys. Harrison Horse... I can't sleep without her. Or Polyfill. Or... Dad: Is this your Halloween candy from months ago? Alice: Where did you find it? OH - no - this is from 2 years ago... Dad: Well, it was right next to - hey - is that your mother's shoe under your bed next to your pillow? Found it! In you pillow case! Alice: No wonder it was lumpy.
leakysqueaky712 almost 13 years ago
I expect to see Alice real soon on “Hoarders”
pouncingtiger almost 13 years ago
I don’t know any kid who hold onto their Halloween candy for 2 weeks, let alone 2 YEARS!!!
unnormal almost 13 years ago
I second that emotion.
SCOTTtheBADGER almost 13 years ago
That looks more like Mr. Simon Skunk to me.
Gator007 almost 13 years ago
It’s time someone police their room.
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
What will you find under the mattress?
Kvasir42 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I love the dad. Nothing fazes him.
neatslob Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Don’t think we’ve ever seen Alice’s room before.
Tom Falco almost 13 years ago
I would usually eat my Halloween candy in one night. Don’t know of any kids saving it for years!
M. Jantze creator almost 13 years ago
Today’s strip was written by my 9-Y-O daughter (who also voices Alice in the animated shorts)…and she wrote the gag from a real conversation she and I had while looking for a sweater in her room…in reality? The candy was still in the bucket, half eaten AND there was a Christmas gift unopened! She took the original cartoon to her fourth grade class today for show and tell. Signed, a proud papa.
Dani Rice almost 13 years ago
@towerwarlockYou’ve never been to our house! The twins room got so bad my husband actually hung the beds from the ceiling to keep them from putting stuff under them.
DCStark almost 13 years ago
Halloween candy not getting eaten? Sounds just like my house. We would regularly find uneaten Halloween or Easter Candy months later. Seems the thrill of the chase was worth more than the consumption of the quarry . . .
finale almost 13 years ago
Haven’t had “kids” in my house for years. The odd piece of hard candy will show up periodically in strange places.
pavan_pb almost 13 years ago
Lovely.
cleokaya almost 13 years ago
Even as a kid I hated having a messy room. I was always afraid that if I didn’t put my toys away, someone would step on them and break them.
monawarner almost 13 years ago
Oh, come on. Do you really expect us to believe you didn’t have anything good to smoke?
Popeyesforearm almost 13 years ago
our parents would do that all the time, never found anything. We hid it in the garage. Army CID would do Health & Welfare inspections in Germany circa 1974, we would put pepper all over the floors for the dogs. But I digress.
Goron000 almost 13 years ago
One time I found a 2-year old bag of Halloween candy in my room. I think it was in a bookshelf next to a stack of old VHS tapes.
Toronto2 almost 13 years ago
@Michael Jantze – your daughter has an eye for comedy!
vldazzle almost 13 years ago
I LOVE that MJ and/or his 9 yr old daughter are subbing. I’m sure Richard is also pleased and hope his recovery is going well enough that he can read them ;-)