Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 08, 2014
January 07, 2014
January 09, 2014
Transcript:
Mom: ALICE! What are you doing? Alice: Petey said I could play with it outside. Mom: It's an ornamental ceramic family heirloom moose! It isn't something you push around in the dirt! Alice: She did the same thing when I took that big vase out to my sandbox. Beni: Adults can be so grabby.
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
Says the boy with a hammer.
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
It’s no wonder adults will be so grabby from time to time, Beni. That hammer is almost as big as you are, and that bodes no good. One day, Alice may learn, when she has to protect treasures of her own.
unnormal almost 11 years ago
Then, when the dishes were done and the floor was cleaned up, you went into the family room and watched Antiques Roadshow….
puddlesplatt almost 11 years ago
I threw away a diamond ring my father gave me, Abra in East of Eden…and I was happy?
Five boys almost 11 years ago
When one of my sons was five we gave him a dollar to buy whatever he wanted. He came out with a huge rat trap!!! That was 45 years ago, now we would never let a grandchild go in a store alone. Times have certainly changed.
gcarlson almost 11 years ago
Part of my widower fantasy is to offer family heirlooms, other than those I particularly like, to the rest of the family, and once everything wanted has been claimed start an Art, Books, and Curios shop to literally “sell all I have and give to the poor.” Local theater groups would be welcome to borrow things as props.
Uskoke almost 11 years ago
When all you got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail…