Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 21, 2012
Transcript:
Mom: Did you help Alice with her leaf collection? Petey: Yeah, and look! I found a pizza coupon! Mom: Petey, that expired in August. Petey: I know. I keep them. Mom: You keep old coupons? Petey: I have a binder full. It's labeled "Missed Opportunities."
margueritem about 12 years ago
A perfect name.
Linux0s about 12 years ago
Somewhere there’s a free pizza that never found a home.
alviebird about 12 years ago
I wouldn’t have room to save my missed opportunities.
runar about 12 years ago
I was right yesterday.
Sisyphos about 12 years ago
Kind of like a living memento mori, eh, Petey, my lad? I am with you at heart!
PICTO about 12 years ago
I have a binder full of women labeled “Missed Opportunities”.
scarbro about 12 years ago
I guess that’s why I never remember what happened yesterday.
pumaman about 12 years ago
You still would have had to pay extra for the good toppings…
PoodleGroomer about 12 years ago
It is cheaper to not buy something than use a coupon for something you don’t want. Look! A Buy 3 get one free colonic cleansings punch card.
blackman2732 about 12 years ago
That’s what I named my list of girls I was too shy to talk to in school.
peachyanddanny about 12 years ago
Binders of women.
Popeyesforearm about 12 years ago
I call it my High School year book.
calvinsfriend110 about 12 years ago
I have a collection of strange items, including one of those Japanese soda bottles with a marble.
ellisaana Premium Member about 12 years ago
Missed Opportunities explains some things my son collected when he was Petey’s age. But what about empty gum wrappers and his all-time strangest collection “petrified food.”
Stephen Gilberg about 12 years ago
Petey is the next Jean-Paul Sartre.
merbates about 12 years ago
And I’ve been throwing my expired coupons away! What was I thinking!?