Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 19, 2021

Quit stalling, Ernesto, or Peter will be late for class.

Never take directions from a guy in a tweed jacket and a bowtie; real or imaginary.

Give it up and go home, Peter. Ernesto will lead you to Narnia before he’s finished.

Ernesto is Mr. Haney when he was a boy.

you’re doomed kid.

Anyone else board with this arc?

I want a GPS board spinner for my next vacation.

Doesn’t matter what map you have. They move the classrooms around at night.

Isn’t Ernesto an imaginary creature anyway?

I sense arm-gnawing coming with his arms bent up like that

Petey’s on to you, Ernesto — you’re a fraud. Good thing you’re not real.You’re not, right?

I once heard a comedian, Dave Attell I think, say that if you ever needed walking directions in a strange town, ask a one-legged man. He’d know the shortest route.

Ernesto, you’re lost!

I think Twister would work perfectly here.

I’m not so sure that Ernesto really is a Future Adult of America!

The reason Petey can’t find his classroom is because portable classrooms are always moving..

He a con artist.

Ernesto isn’t going to be much help.

Sigh. Poor Petey. Who can blame him for staring at that spot on the ceiling so often when he has to suffer such fools and indignities!

If it’s a spinner from the game of Life, it’d be more accurate, huh?

Love how Ernesto makes his own inadequacies all about Petey’s pickiness where the latter wants facts – reminds me of – hum, let me think. Social media, that would be it.

Whether real or imaginary, Ernesto Lacuna remains an almighty humbug! Petey has easily demolished Ernesto’s credibility. Go, Petey!

I like Peter getting the better of Ernesto for once. It can be tricky arguing with an imaginary adversary. Like a bad dream, there’s always another twist in the tale.