Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 19, 2015
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Dad: You're really going to make a pangolin costume for Alice? Mom: Yup! I've got it all planned- Mom: I'll use Petey's dragon costume from his fourth Halloween. It's the right size and shape. I'll take a few things off it. Use some fabric paint. Add a long tongue. And viola- A PANGOLIN COSTUME! Dad: And when Alice changes her mind at the last minute? Mom: Don't say that while I'm washing fragile stemware.
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
Don’t jinx it, Peter Otterloop, Sr.!
Sisyphos about 9 years ago
Fragile stemware is at stake! And yet, Peter speaks the truth, Madeline….
GROG Premium Member about 9 years ago
Come on, you know it’s gonna happen.
Sheila Hardie about 9 years ago
You teach her the value of planning by letting her choose which to wear, the costume you made for her or no costume.
patlaborvi about 9 years ago
From personal experience I don’t think she’s worried about the cost of replacing the fragile stemwear, but how much damage it could do if it shattered in her hands. When I was in High School I had my first chemistry class. For one experiment we had to put a long stem through a rubber stopper so we could add a certain liquid to a closed environment. While putting the glassware through the hole in the stopper I grabbed the glass tube too tight and it shattered, passing through my index finger and out the back of my hand and leaving three pieces of glass next to a nerve. That is something I never want to go through again.
route66paul about 9 years ago
If you lube the glass tube, it goes through easier.