Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 15, 2021

If it wasn’t for Alice’s idea of going on a stroller, mom would have had to carry dad’s anvil all the way.

Oh, don’t forget a few sacks of potting soil, ma’am! (That’s one of the heaviest things I help carry for shoppers at my employed grocery store when the shoppers need help.)

I don’t think Petey will eat birdseed.

I think we’re gonna need a bigger stroller!

Humorous in a mean way.

Geez Mom, take the minivan next time……

Mom has a dry, wicked sense of humor, the kind that kids almost never “get.”

Now I want to know what happened to Peter Otterloop Sr.’s old anvil.

wow, me too! Maybe he gave it to Dill’s brothers…

One of my favorites. “Daddy needs a new anvil.”

Anvil, birdseed. Sounds like she’s shopping for Wiley E. Coyote.

Mom’s humor is so obviously a cry for help.

You know – Amazon has free shipping …

A good way to encourage Alice not to rely on strollers.

Imagine the magic Dill’s bros could perform with an anvil.

Richard Thompson – the master of drawing stressed eyes (Panel 2).

Mom is really laying it on cartoon thick adding the anvil.

Why does the pile of groceries look like the Venus of Willendorf?

Hurrah for Madeline!

On the contrary, Alice, this is exactly the right thing for Mom to do (say, really) to a four-year-old who insists on acting like a baby!

She had to ask…

Panel two: Alice imagines carrying all that stuff, or panel three: they made another trip.