Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 03, 2016

Alice actually paid attention to something Petey said? I’m shocked!

Everyone knows it: beware the Sootis! Not even a Banjo Man can prevail against them. But if he shucks his timorous secret identity and reveals himself as SNOWPLOW MAN, defender of parking lots, then the Sootis will be on the run. Really. It’s so! I heard it from that Otterloop kid….

…and if Petey Potterpoop says it, it must be so! He has a diorama to prove it!

The kids have the right idea. Go to a reliable source for information. And who would know more about sootis than a supermarket parking lot snowplow driver?

Sootis also come out when nobody is looking and shove abandoned grocery carts into cars.

You can always go there and shovel your spot out. I mean, you are on vacation with nothing better to do, right? Hope you are enjoying your vacation.

Tommy’s not going to have time for all the great banjo songs he planned on playing. But he is still a hero to the kids.

Wait until you change your username to “Doctor Toon (ret.)” Then you won’t have to worry about that parking space.

On a related note, my car’s radiator sprang a leak the other day and the guy at my garage was looking at the car’s maintenance history and remarked that I hadn’t had the oil changed in nine months. But then again I had only driven about 1800 miles. That, Doc, is about #4 on the list of the joys of retirement.