Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 06, 2016
Transcript:
Petey: I'm doing a diorama on lunar phases for school. Tonight the moon is waxing gibbous! Alice: Like a monkey? Petey: No, the moon- Alice: A gibbous is a kind of monkey. Petey: No, it's Dill: The zoo has one at the monkey house. Petey: No. Alice: But why is it waxing? Petey: Agh. dill: Maybe it's pushing a floor polisher. Alice: The moon is a monkey pushing a floor polisher. Alice: Makes sense to me! Dill: I'll stick with my theory that the moon's a galactic repository for used chewing gum.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
preschoolers… can’t make them understand astronomy (no, kids, not Gemini, Aquarius, Virgo, and all them)
SharkNose about 8 years ago
I thought the moon was made of cheese…
BigDaveGlass about 8 years ago
Ah the power of words
Phred Premium Member about 8 years ago
Such creative and funny minds. They should go far in life.
whitecatinthesnow about 8 years ago
Monkey? Aaaah!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
This got posted on Frog Applause this morning
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Perkycat about 8 years ago
I literally laughed out loud at this one. Poor Petey. Why does he even bother. “The moon is a monkey pushing a floor polisher” and how they got to that point – priceless!
Thanks again, Happy!
Peam Premium Member about 8 years ago
This is prescient timing what with the next ‘Supermoon’ due Nov 14th (and then Dec 14th). Thus ending the series of 6 occasions when the moon has been close enough for the gibbons to leap across. No wonder the floors have been slippery this year.
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
A gibbon pushing a floor polisher makes just as much sense as green cheese, and rather more than a big wad of used chewing gum.
It is refreshing to see young inquiring minds in action! Who knows; we might all learn something….
neatslob Premium Member about 8 years ago
I thought the galactic repository for used chewing gum was the underside of the table at the preschool.
TIMH about 8 years ago
I think the moon is a billboard that advertises a product we humans have not yet developed the sophistication to require. When we get to that point, we will understand the message and know exactly were to go to get it.