Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 30, 2016
Transcript:
Petey: Mom says it's time for you to come inside. Alice: Why aren't you playing in the snow? Petey: Because it's always so disgusting when you go inside and pull your boots off and your socks are covered with little clumps of snow that look like those little wads of eroded soap that you find in the bathtub drain with hair stuck to them. Alice: EW EW EW EW EW Petey: Most things are disgusting when you think about them long enough.
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
got another reason, Petey, why you don’t play in the snow?
mabrndt Premium Member almost 9 years ago
This time, Richard’s blog entry covers the last 3 strips, plus the Sunday strip from December 13.
Randy B Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Petey’s comment is very true.Which is why you should know when you’ve done enough obsessing… I mean, thinking about a specific thing.
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
Alice is right: Ew!I remember those horrible “little clumps of snow” stuck to my socks. The soap-and-hair clumps, too….
zeimetr almost 9 years ago
So don’t think about them!
LadyJessica almost 9 years ago
Preach it, Petey! Today’s text is from the book of Neuroses, Chapter 1.
peabodyboy almost 9 years ago
Life is disgusting, and then you die, and then you get really disgusting.