Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 16, 2023

Those cars must be from Dr. Seuss Motors.

Aw let ‘im chew. It’s all he’s got in times of stress.

How about finding funny license plates or how many blue cars can you count.

Punch buggy!

Unlike today where most all of the cars look the same, along with 4 door pickups with tiny useless beds.

I count Teslas

Petey should be down to nubs by now.

I’ve always wondered how chewing his arm off affects Petey’s Picky Eater Rating… ☺

I have to wonder – did Petey make it to adulthood with both arms still attached?

Anyone remember the game “Mille Bornes”?

Slug bug!

How many Slug Bugs?

Ah yes. The American tradition of the family road trip. I cannot count the endless hours spent in my youth in the back seat of a car, devising ways to stay amused. The license plate game, slug bug, the A,B,C game, 20 questions, I spy with my little eye, endless games of the card game War, drawing on a fogged up window, getting the truckers to honk their horn, sitting on dad’s lap and steering the car, playing “would you rather?,” etc, etc, etc…. I don’t remember chewing my arm, not that I wouldn’t have liked to at some points.

I like the construction of the phrase “Are we to the beach yet?”

Let Petey go ahead and chew his arm off. then you won’t have to worry about it any longer.

A noble effort by Mr. Peter Otterloop, pater familias and chauffeur, but (let’s face it) he is not a fun-ny man. Petey’s response is understandable, if not a Good Thing to do….