Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 28, 2012
December 27, 2012
December 29, 2012
Transcript:
Nara: Oh! Is that the new model? Alice: Yes, I got it for Christmas. Nara: Mine isn't as noisy. Have they improved it? Alice: they increased the number of balls and they enlarged the spring! Isn't it sweet? Nara: That was the most adult conversation I've ever had. Alice: Wasn't it boring?
margueritem almost 12 years ago
Not at all.
pouncingtiger almost 12 years ago
I like Alice’s Charlie Brown style winter hat.
GROG Premium Member almost 12 years ago
That’ll teach you to pop so many questions.
cdward almost 12 years ago
For a moment, I thought Alice was wearing a fez, and that we were taking a turn toward Dr. Who.
neatslob Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Interesting how her tassel is standing up in the first panel. A reaction to the noise, perhaps?
vldazzle almost 12 years ago
They won’t thinkk so when they grow up (even tho’ we know. . . they never would – even if Richard were still writing).
T_Lexi almost 12 years ago
Those poppers were my favorites when I was Alice’s age!
Perkycat almost 12 years ago
They get so serious about their poppers. Love it!I’ve heard little kids have these kind of conversations – it’s so cute.
pumaman almost 12 years ago
Alice should offer to let her friend take it for a drive.
Popeyesforearm almost 12 years ago
I had the same conversation about my car the other day.
cookies333 almost 12 years ago
I want that toy!
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
As Richard pokes gentle fun at adults and their banal “car talk,” we get at the same time to enter the gentle world of precocious pre-schoolers! Genius!
pam Miner almost 12 years ago
their funniest toy is the scary jack in the box! And he is a genius!
llebanorahs almost 12 years ago
They still make the poppers? my kid had one 42 years ago!