Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 27, 2013

Of course you would, Alice.

Is he running with scissors?

In the long, long ago, before Blisshaven, large packs of Pre-Alicians roamed the earth. But, over time, things evolved; so there came to be the Present Time, the Alician Age!

Is that “a little learning” or “a little lemming” written on the sign?

@edclecticI think it’s “a little learning”, as in “a little learning is a dangerous thing”.

Kids, bless ’em, have no concept of “before”. They think their parents were born old.

Mine were

Click on the comic to make it bigger. You’ll see that the boy is “A LITTLE LEMING.” The “M” is as plain as day. The boy has an appropriately harried expression. Dill’s empathy with the “Before People” is visible.

See here – http://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/2007/09/23

The boy in the picture looks like he’s running in a panic. Maybe he ate too many crayons.

And “B.C.” actually means “Before Calvin.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAF5IUrSqho

Gotta love Alice and her enormous ego.

He comes from the Time Before Color

A little learning can be a dangerous thing…. :>

-Cougar :{)