Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 30, 2013
Transcript:
Mom: Good night, Alice. Alice: Sing the snuggy song! Mom: I sang the snuggy song. I did the rock-a-bye dance. I did the big bugaboo and the whoopsie bedtime pratfall. Alice: It's not enough! Mom: Good night! Alice: My bedtime ritual needs greater elaboration.
margueritem almost 12 years ago
I fondly remember this one.
Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
Reminds me of one “Calvin and Hobbes” where Calvin wants “Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie” read to him, which his father disagrees until he finally reads it, but differently where Huey’s decapitated.
Tue Elung-Jensen almost 12 years ago
Procrastinating getting to sleep.
el8 almost 12 years ago
“Is that all there is?” Peggy Lee
susanwobb almost 12 years ago
Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur…Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr.
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
Madeline has handled this crisis with admirable resolve. Giving in to Alice’s ever-increasing demands would send the wrong message, as well as exhausting motherly resources!(Why does this sound so political?)
GROG Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Enough is enough.
pumaman almost 12 years ago
Our daughter wanted us to scratch her back and they we’d say, “Don’t be scared of bees and spiders and don’t be scared and don’t be scared.” and then she could go to sleep.
T_Lexi almost 12 years ago
: ) I’m sorry we didn’t get to see the Whoopsie Bedtime Pratfall…
Auntie Socialist almost 12 years ago
She needs to do the Peter Panda Dance, complete with spears, blowtorch and industrial acid.
Gokie5 almost 12 years ago
Better not let Alice see A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban, or she’ll want to pile up her bed with loads of toys (including a sled, as I recall) before she can sleep.
Stellagal almost 12 years ago
When my daughter doesn’t get enough bed-time rituals, she makes up her own. After a few minutes, I have to go in there and tell her to stop bouncing on the bed.
Arianne almost 12 years ago
The same son who used to beg me for another bedtime song till I ran out of songs, now gives me a “Mom…No!” when I sing along with the radio. :(
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
Tell her a scary story so she won’t want to hear any more. Or sleep, for that matter.
Michelle Morris almost 12 years ago
I was just gonna suggest that! Hilarious!
calvinsfriend110 almost 12 years ago
Once apon a a time the end.
dante.deangelo almost 12 years ago
Yes.
Popeyesforearm almost 12 years ago
the “upside the head with a bat” routine will not sit well either