Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 17, 2012
February 16, 2012
February 18, 2012
Transcript:
Waitress: Here you are! Alice: Oh,boy! Alice: Hey! This Kids' Hamburger doesn't have a plastic sword through it! Just a party toothpick! Alice: Oh no! Now look! My stupid hamburger fell apart! Petey: Ew! My assorted jellies caddy is too sticky to touch! Mom: Petey, please! One meltdown at a time.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
That’s all that Madeline can handle…
pouncingtiger almost 13 years ago
I thought Mrs. Otterloop would be used to meltdowns in her family.
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Check, please.
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Stupid hamburger! Stupid jelly caddy! There’s just too much stupidity around, Madeline; calm yourself!
vldazzle almost 13 years ago
Don’t you hate it when you return to a place because of a dish you enjoyed, but it’s totally changed? My BF and I went back to the place on top the John Hancock and ordered their caviar appetizer that had been served with about 7 relishes (including zimbidium orchids) but the 2nd time it had hardly any, just the outrageous price was the same. From then on, we had it at home. I eventually skipped the chopped egg and flowers and changed chopped chives to chopped watercress stems (perfect texture and heat to have with caviar – and the sour cream held it all on the toast). I even bought 2 whole place settings of the Villeroy and Boch “Intarsia” that they used (I love the birds).
SaraRundle almost 13 years ago
hheeeheee – stereotype city! or politically incorrect hill folk?
J Short almost 13 years ago
Mother gets to go first.
finale almost 13 years ago
Should be an interesting trip home.
Banjo Evans almost 13 years ago
love it richard!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Those fancy toothpicks just aren’t the same as a plastic sword! PJ Piehole is going on the “cheap” these days!
kjs9 almost 13 years ago
Eww..the jelly caddy. I’m getting shivers from here just contemplating it. Sooooo gross..
steverinoCT almost 13 years ago
I’m taking my nieces (7 and 9) for the holiday week— always a dining adventure. One doesn’t like hamburgers, the other doesn’t like hot dogs. Mac & cheese, once a staple, now a no-no. Ketchup: one, required, the other, prohibited. PB&J? No and no. Pizza? One picks off the pepperoni to eat, and the cheese to discard; the other is fine. So far.
My wife won’t go my route— choice of two: eat what I give you or go hungry. It worked for my mother.
William Bednar Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Petey looks like he is about to have an existential crisis! He looks traumatized by the food on his plate.
J Quest almost 13 years ago
I wonder what Petey ordered? Jelly seems pretty exotic for his tastes. Could cost him a few points in the Picky Eater rankings…
Gilda Blackmore almost 13 years ago
KJ: I need your help. What are ‘jelly caddies’? I’m not sure I’ve ever encountered them, but you sound like an expert I can trust.
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
What? No French Canadian meat pie? I’m not into that sweet stuff. Sorry. :-)
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Like, where’s the beef?
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
What is in Canadian Meat Pie? I could be tempted, is it like Shephards Pie? You don’t like any pies, not Key Lime, or Blueberry, or Strawberry, not even Apple Pie ala Mode? Geez man!
scrabblefiend almost 13 years ago
Her steverino—I’m with your mother. Home is not a restaurant, and who has time to cook all the different choices.? I have 5 children, and if you were fussy and diidn’t want what I cooked, well, someone else was hungry and took it. That sure solved the fussy eater syndrome.
Xsia almost 13 years ago
PETEY! Take a deep breath… Now again…