Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 28, 2022

you’re quite the handy-man, Beni

Better renoberate the frammistat.

Flux capacitors are known to do that.

Give that noisy thing to the Uh-Oh Baby to push, and you will have the terror of the ages.

Bang, bang Beni’s silver hammer came down on it’s head…

Briljant. Very funny.

The matter-anitmatter thing reminds me of when you eat pasta and antipasta. They annihilate each other in your stomach.

I hate it when that happens…

Realigning the dilithium crystals…

I remember those da** things as kid and parent, Very noisy!

It is truly said that the most evil thing you can do to a “friend” is give a young child a toy that makes noise.

Years ago the steering wheel on our Jeep froze up when we were at the post office. Tried everything; no dice. Called my son, an ASE- and Benz-certified technician (so much electronics, y’know). He tried everything. Finally he pulled out a rubber mallet, whacked the thing and we never had any more trouble with it.

Have you checked the Dilithium crystals and the Heisenberg neutralizer?

I’m sure that is what Scotty, Geordie, Miles, B’Ellanna and whichever guy from “Enterprise” was chief engineer did that.

I recall “higgledy-piggledy” (a real mess) being used in a Bloom County comic (spoken by Mike Binkley).

Squirt gun was sufficient, Beni. No need for your beloved hammer!

Do popper-toys even have transmissions, Alice?

All together now "It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and whirrr when it stood still…….