Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 30, 2021

good job, Petey

… or when Petey explains them.

Petey’s philosophy of life, expressed in a single sentence.

I’ve been constantly thinking about beautiful red-headed women since I was 13 and I still think they’re wonderful!

Ok, Petey. Mission accomplished. You did what your Mom asked you to do. Make & toss a few snow balls to check the ‘played in the Snow’ box, then, it’s back to your warm Weeny Womb!

Would of thought Alice’s reaction would have been the opposite and she would have been overjoyed to see the “wads of eroded soap” stuck to her socks.

Disgust, like admiration and many other feelings about things, comes from the inside out, Petey. But then you’re fine with that.

I never made that connection Petey, but thanks for that image while I am eating breakfast. Thanks loads.

Wow, what a scathing commentary! This definitely needs a Shoe-box Diorama! ☺

Ew! The sockies have to come OFF as soon as the boots do!

I like Petey’s hat. .

Sneaky Pete

Along with the picky eaters society, I bet Petey is a member of the over-thinkers guild; or he would be if he didn’t over think it.

That actually brought back a memory from my own childhood; I remember peeling off the half-frozen socks from my equally frozen feet and picking at those clumps of snow embedded in the fibers! What a wonderdul talent Richard Thompson had, to observe the world so completely and so accurately from the viewpoint of a child.

Petey’s the kind of guy whose glass is half-full – of dirty water…

What happened to Alice’s Battlestar Snowpants?

Whatever.

Petey (My Hero) has, by his keen analysis of how nasty ordinary, everyday life is, driven Alice to get home in record time. Ace job, Petey!

If we look inside our own bodies, we are all disgusting creatures.

My German grandmother’s scornful word for picky, grossed-out-by-everything-normal people was “pingelig.”