Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 28, 2021

Harsh, stern father Beni has.

I have been told that my dad stopped swearing the summer I was two after I leaned out of the open window and loudly repeated what he had been muttering at the car ahead of us: “You bassard!” (No seatbelts, no air conditioning, and no push-button windows with locks in the fifties.)

Cul de Sac, the land of flyin’ cars…

My sister would do that before the Pandemic. She misses it working from home.

I haven’t been able to go anywhere without having to have a talk with the other ‘people’ on the roads. I know they weren’t paying any attention as their windows were up and they where playing with their phones. Yup, that’s when I up the volume.

I think I may have “heard” his dad while driving in congested traffic…and his animated gestures with his hands and fingers.

The simple pleasure of the way Alice was drawn in panel 2. Hahahaha!

Speaking of bad drivers, he just ran over Polyfill with an airplane!

A yodeling Duck!? Peter ought to team up with Timmy Fretwork, although they might be arrested for possession of WMD’s.

Funny how much additional language is absorbed in the back seat of the car.

My dog makes that same noise, but the outcome is anything but pleasant…

When I was a little kid, for a while I would shout “Get the lead out, George!” whenever I was put into the car. I thought that, since my Dad said that a lot on car rides, that was just what you said when you were in the car. It was years before I figured out what the lead was supposed to be removed from.

Helpful encouragement followed by friendly hand gestures.

Let us not disparage Mr. Peter Otterloop. He allows Alice the honor of free rides in his Honda-Tonka-Cuisinart, and he entertains with his wuck wuck wuck Yodeling Duck impression, and he does not resort to the kind of language Beni’s father uses (resulting in Beni being forbidden to ride with him until he turns 18!)….