Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 15, 2022

what animal does June come in like? perhaps a a South American poison arrow frog?

Apart from yesterday’s center panel walk-on and a throw-away line, we haven’t been getting our fill of Dill in the last 5 days or so. Well guess what! For me, I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription for that fever is still… a lot more of Dill!

Well, Petey has a sense of humor. Hope for him yet.

I am not acquainted with the person that wrote this week’s strips in place of Mr. Thompson, “PAINE RT” if I read it correctly. But I very much like that in this specific cartoon, Petey shows a deliberate sense of humor at the expense of his little sister. It is something that Richard Thompson had done with Petey several times over the years, so it’s not as if PAINE RT is trying to influence or alter the character in some way. I think it shows a deft touch in trying to take on another person’s ongoing project, and I’m impressed that he was able to do it.

April showers bring…

Green eggs and hamsters for Easter?

love sloths…they ae just my speed

Out west here we are all lambs until late summer when the dragon shows up

These animal/month comparisons were always a bit shaky, so nice to see Petey change it up

Petey is correct, of course.

So the end of April is “DMV appreciation week?”

SNL did a great skit on this. Belushi was over the top.

John Belushi:

Well, another winter is almost over and March true to form has come in like a lion, and hopefully will go out like a lamb. At least that’s how March works here in the United States.

But did you know that March behaves differently in other countries? In Norway, for example, March comes in like a polar bear and goes out like a walrus. Or, take the case of Honduras where March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a salt marsh harvest mouse.Let’s compare this to the Maldive Islands where March comes in like a wildebeest and goes out like an ant. A tiny, little ant about this big.Unlike the Malay Peninsula where March comes in like a worm-eating fernbird and goes out like a worm-eating fernbird. In fact, their whole year is like a worm-eating fernbird.Or consider the Republic of South Africa where March comes in like a lion and goes out like a different lion. Like one has a mane, and one doesn’t have a mane. Or in certain parts of South America where March swims in like a sea otter, and then it slithers out like a giant anaconda.There you can buy land real cheap, you know. And there’s a country where March hops in like a kangaroo, and stays a kangaroo for a while, and then it becomes a slightly smaller kangaroo. Then, then, then for a couple of days it’s sort of a cross between a, a frilled lizard and a common house cat. (Chevy Chase tries to interrupt him)Wait wait wait wait. Then it changes back into a smaller kangaroo, and then it goes out like a, like a wild dingo. Now, now, and it’s not Australia! Now, now, you’d think it would be Australia, but it’s not!(Chevy Chase tries to interrupt him) Now look, pal! I know a country where March comes in like an emu and goes out like a tapir. And they don’t even know what it means! All right? Now listen, there are nine different countries, where March comes in like a frog, and goes out like a golden retriever. But that- that’s not the weird part! No, no, the weird

I like when Petey flexes his funny bone, almost exclusively with Alice.

Gerbil is one of those great words that’s just kinda funny without trying to be.

Love Petey!! Can’t stand Alice!

Petey is a wonderful source of tongue-in-cheek misinformation to play mind games with the Little Sister.

Go Petey, My Hero!

Lots of new lambs here, just about all through March.

I’m actually good with those for April.