Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 06, 2022

not easy being a show-off, is it?

Continuing his Parkinson’s related hiatus, that Richard announced in a blog entry I pointed to 

https://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/2022/01/16?comments=visible 

a little over 10 years ago, Richard posted another strip blog entry: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2012/02/cul-de-sac-for-february-5-2012.html 

that I also posted in a comment 5 years ago. At that time, I also pointed to the encouraging comment Richard made on GoComics 

http://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/2012/02/01?comments=visible 

a few days before this ran, saying the therapy is going well.

Hey Petey, check this out:

https://www.writingclasses.com/contest/invent-a-word-contest2021-winners-and-finalists

Ah, the old double eyed wink impediment! It didn’t seem like it would take a lot of effort at the time but keeping that one eye open posed quite a challenge.

Does anybody else remember spray cheese gift boxes from the sixties?

Probably will be the funniest toon of the day.

That’s right, stick with your goals, Alice.

Playing with the spray cheese! I knew there was a use for it.

You might get a mention in the OED. That’s quite a compliment!

Geez! Can’t anyone get credit for a “Squince” around here?

Looks like an eye infection

When I was a single guy, I’d have settled for “squince”…

This is a hoot! Spray cheese is so random.

ka-blink

Anyone remember sniglets?

I love it when a comic can make me laugh out loud. Alice’s face is perfect!

Maybe you can make it into the urban dictionary.

“Squince” is a perfectly cromulent word.

Merriam-Webster is looking for people who make up words.

“Squince” is a portmanteau right up there with “chortle” (chuckle and snort) or “frumious” (fuming and furious). Lewis Carroll would be proud.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Squince

I think Petey wouldn’t be caught dead at FrogApplause, but we make up words all the time there, but there are no prizes involved; just a celebration of lame.

Petey, I think your new word is better than 90% of the entries on Urban Dictionary.

Wink? Squint? Squince? Playing with the can of spray cheese?

Petey and Madeline have undone you, Alice. Give up for now and try again when you’re a little older and better coordinated….

So true to life. Amazing how we can imitate what we see and hear without knowing how to do it. Suddenly we do. How about those awesome snowboarders etc., right?

Cup your hands into a Helmholtz resonator, blow across an opening and you have another way to whistle!

Frustration comes in many shapes.