Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 04, 2012

I like the way Petey thinks…

Maybe

stop being so paranoid in the final panel, Peter Otterloop, Jr.

I wish I’d thought of something like that.

Petey was right, you know….

Doesn’t everyone check for two-way mirrors when they enter a motel or strange room? Done it for decades.

When my daughter was 2 years old, her crib was across from a dresser mirror. One night when she had stopped her usual campaign to stay up later, and had grown suspiciously quiet, we peeked in to see her doing exactly as Alice is doing. You could almost hear her thinking, “Yep, that face right there… that’s the one that will get them!” (She’s a “Leo-Monkey”, natural drama queen.)

I hope you didn’t get sent to your room for that, Petey.

This seems far more proactive than Petey’s norm. He was a regular rabble rouser.

Well if there weren’t then how did we get these pictures of you, Alice? Love the look in panel 6.

Facial Yoga was shown on TV the other morning. I was trying some of these in the mirror. Probably looked pretty much like Alice – never realizing there might be cameras and clipboards. Big brother and others!

That’s quite a tongue she has there.

Anyone heard anything new on Richard?

@Nightgaunt – What if we’re actually the population trapped in the mirrors and the other is the peaceful population?

Panel #3, Alice as painted by Pablo Picasso.

Well all I have to say is that they must have really strong stomachs to be behind my bathroom mirrors. Not my best in the morning and crazy wrinkle suit at night.

She looks like Princess Fairyqueen in panel 6.

A fun mom would have added “true, it also goes on your permanent record, they always post it on youtube, and it will be shown to everyone you ever date.”

Heinlein must have been thinking of that legend when he wrote “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.”

What’s embarrassing is when you’re in the ladies’ room (or men’s room) and are smiling at the mirror, tilting your head, and twinkling your eyes at it to see how charming you can look, and someone else walks in. Then you twist yourself into a pretzel, trying to show that you were trying to find a pimple, or something.

By Grab’thor’s Hammer, by the sons of Worfin, you shall be avenged (probably mispelled the names).

Well, you just never know.

Good story. Thanks. (Should have told it on Halloween,)

Me too ;-D

I just read a summary of the Heinlein story on Wikipedia- good!

Just because you are paranoid, it doesn’t mean THEY are not out to get you.

That would be so creepy!

Petey, keep your thoughts to yourself.