Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 30, 2022

That’s code alright. Sounds like Ellis. Petey really comes alive when he’s pranking Alice.

Alice, now you show him,… PT.

I worked for an attorney once who signed everything in actual shorthand. His initials were GM so he signed “L” I was able to sign things for him when he was unavailable. (With permission it’s legal).

PT and LS

Compleating Cul de Sac. Latest update http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2022/

Better than calling her “a lice”

Petey (PT) is right-handed, and Alice (LS) is left-handed.

She’s asking this of her paranoid brother? Answer would still be yes regardless.

I love that Alice can’t write her name yet but she knows about identity theft. Love this strip.

Woe to the person who tries to steal your identity, Alice. They obviously haven’t done their research.

The Perils of LS, or, Life in Modern World Can Be Tough….

This came up in Through the Looking-Glass, when Alice temporarily forgot her name. She was sure it began with L.

Cartoonist William Steig “wrote” a book of hilarious drawings to illustrate homonymic phrases, spelled (or approximated) in letter names. The title cartoon was of children observing an insect, and the caption was “C D B.” The book was popular enough to spawn a sequel, C D C, which allowed phrases to be spelled with both letters and numbers. “R U R-I-10, L-S?”