Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 14, 2009

That was a good one, dad.

I think Thompson did today’s whole strip just to set up that bad pun. Or as we call it, Stephen Pastis Syndrome.

Like brother, like sister I guess.

I guess Alice has never heard of having your ears boxed, or that might be next!

looks like dad’s been drinking wine again…leads to bad jokes (among other things).

@ comillsteve:

Leads to bad jokes, and children.

pibfan868, my dad used to say that same thing to my brother and me when we were young’uns

Petey’s costumes are the BEST! “I’m a scathing indictment of consumer culture.”

The year before that, he wore a note pinned to his shirt that read “Boo.”

If you’re already here, you probably don’t need a sales pitch to buy Children at Play, but I’ll urge it anyway. I got my copy yesterday, and it’s fantastic.

And oh yeah… YOU CAN’T TIE DOWN A BANJO MAN!

The is precisely the kind of joke that my dad loved to tell when I was little.

Come to think of it, he still loves to tell them. There’s just no escaping it.

Alice is thinkin’ inside the box.

A POX ON BOTH OF YOU INDEED.