Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 29, 2019

I have never seen a sink shaped like a monkey.

“I like the monkey stain, but I hate the spider pipes.” Now there’s a line I’ll bet mom never thought she’d hear.

Once again, 10 years ago, a blog entry referenced this strip 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2009/01/booboo-revealed.html

That same day, Richard posted a another technical blog entry: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-late-night-nib-talk-my-new.html 

in which he expounded at length about a primary tool of his craft. If its earlier post link doesn’t work for you, that was 

https://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2008/06/late-night-nib-talk-my-favorite-nib.html 

partly repeated from 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2007/10/late-night-nib-talk-my-favorite-nib.html

Did they both use the same bathroom? Is it unisex?

Just make sure there are no spiders in the commode, Alice!

It’s the sink that is shaped like a monkey, not the stain. If it was the stain that was shaped like a monkey, it would have said, “There’s a stain shaped like a monkey in the sink.”

I’m glad Alice was able to clarify the monkey shaped confusion! I won’t fault Petey for the English slip. I do have to say I was impressed the other day when Alices uni-brow friend used the word “simultaneously”-then proceeded to come up with “100:99”.

It looks like it’s hurting his stomach just remembering it.

I will always enjoy the Otterloop family dynamic.

A little bleach and dusting would do wonders.

Families divided by monkeys again. It’s on. The apocalypse!

No spider monkeys?

Is Petey doing armpit farts?

I get nervous around the Plunger of Terror.

Don’t forget the missing little tiles on the floors that looked like faces…

Considering Blisshaven used to be a filling station, that bathroom looks pretty good.

I remember my inner Petey getting lost looking at the farscapes of the troweled stucco work of my childhood home.

A more pertinent question is why girls and boys were using the same bathroom (back in those times anyway).

A sink stain that looks like a monkey to them.

Just accept that your children are a Little Different, Madeline….

I’m having a deja vu moment, here.

seems blisshaven has been ahead of the curve with unisex bathrooms.