Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 02, 2013
Transcript:
Alice: Lookit this! Petey: "Come join the cul de sac Fourth of July parade!!! Friday at noon on code sac avenue!!!" Alice: Daddys going to diorite my tricycle so I can be in it. Ill be queen of Fourth of July. Petey: You can't be queen of Fourth of July! We're a democracy, Alice: Ill be queen of a democracy! Petey: You make me shudder.
margueritem about 11 years ago
She makes me shudder, too…
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
and George Washington didn’t want to be king of the democratic U.S.
McSpook about 11 years ago
Emperor?Sultan?Grand Poobah?Pope?.That’s it, I want to be “Pope of Fourth of July.”
Sisyphos about 11 years ago
Alice would be a charming queen! But maybe a little harsh regarding the “off with their heads” thing…. I guess Democracy will survive one more 4th of July parade.
Linux0s about 11 years ago
Careful what you wish for Alice… Queen of 4th of July probably wears an itchy dress.
rmacprivate about 11 years ago
You know? I think I could work with Queen Michelle. That woman has bigger stones than most of the idiots that make up the Elite in DC.
puddlesplatt about 11 years ago
another QUEEN?
David Rickard Premium Member about 11 years ago
Palin the early years?
donaldmacdonald about 11 years ago
Sounds like any modern politician
JanLC about 11 years ago
We don’t live in a democracy. We live in a republic. Look it up.
ChessPirate about 11 years ago
Oh, foo! It’s easy to make Petey shudder.
Dani Rice about 11 years ago
Oddly enough, I always thought this strip was set in the UK.
katina.cooper about 11 years ago
Uh, they’re having the parade on “Friday” which would be July 5, since today is Tuesday, July 2? May not be too many people showing up.
elizjs about 11 years ago
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, etc. have a queen, and all are democracies.
neatslob Premium Member about 11 years ago
I knew someone would bring up the republic thing. We live in a democratic constitutional republic.
reynard61 about 11 years ago
Well, you could always be the Goddess of Demcracy; but then you’d have to be destroyed afterward by an authoritarian regime…
@ elizjs: Those are all Parliamentary democracies within a larger Monarchical/Parliamentary Commonwealth. (They all have Nationally and locally elected heads of government, but the Queen is Head of State with her interests usually represented either through the British Embassy or an appointed Governer General.)