Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 07, 2024

I never took any interest in it either, Alice. Of course, the sloth is my spirit animal.

waiting to be seeked is a lot of waiting.

" Olly olly Oxenfree! "

I expected another pack of kids to be already hiding in there.

I loved playing hide and seek. But I would sneak from one hiding spot to another. Plus I could run faster than my friends, so I never got caught.

The thrill of victory followed by the boredom of the wait

Seems appropriate to drop a reference to the Monty Python “Olympic Hide and Seek Finals” sketch.

I can’t post a link, of course, but it’s easy enough to find.

I see – so that Tom Petty song is about a game of hide and seek…

‘But the waiting is the hardest part’

That is why Kick the Can is a better game than Hide and Seek. You can run home to kick the can whenever you want, and that means you are then free to play while It keeps seeking the others.

Is that one of those giggling shrubs everyone is talking about?

In panel 2, she scared off a dog that was about to mark its territory. A passing drunk decided time to give up drinking.

Is the game still going on?