Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 25, 2021

Nice use of psychology there, Peter Otterloop, Sr.

And why would any of your classmates think you’re the Queen of Clowns, Alice, when you just brought it up?

why should this day be different than any other day?

Dill knows. Beni knows. One of those days that’s suffused with volatile Alice fumes. One spark and the whole enchilada will blow sky high.

“Funny you should mention that, Alice! Guess what? It’s National Clown Appreciation Day!”

Ok, I’ve seen Jeremy Clarkson drive a tiny car in to the elevator and offices of the BBC, but donuts around Miss Bliss? That would be rude.

Kevin better lay low today.

No one walks to school anymore

ALICE Alert! Everyone duck and cover!

Alice’s Jester-Rant?

Will think it is a clown car?

You think it’s bad now, Dill? Just wait 10 years or so……..

It seems with Alice, it’s always one of those days.

I love how both the Otterloop parents know just when to go with they’re children’s fantasies.

I’ve heard of reverse, but I think this is Inverse Psychology…

Best laugh of the day! HA!

way to play it dad! and Dill knows Alice’s moods so well he can alert everyone to not aggravate the “QUEEN of the Clowns”

Nobody wants to be Queen of the Clowns. Much too scary.

You’ve struck the match Alice; today, in and around school, you’re gonna run into a lot of stifled giggles!

Well played, Peter! You have curbed your daughter’s dangerous idea while planting in her a self-activating megalomania brake (essence of self-doubt; or, is being Queen of the Clowns a Good Thing?).

Meanwhile, Dill shows wisdom and experience in dealing with (or avoiding dealing with) his future wife….