Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 23, 2009
Transcript:
Alice: Dill! How'd you get so wet? Dill: My brothers have invented the ultimate water pistol! All it took was a garden hose, some buckets, a sprinkler, a fire hydrant, a water main, a reservoir, an aquifer of sufficient size- Oh, and a couple of those bendy plastic soda straws. Those are vital. Alice: I'm so glad my brother has no mechanical ability whatsoever.
margueritem over 15 years ago
You are lucky indeed, Alice….
fournier over 15 years ago
augh, it is good to see the classic toys in use.
Digital Frog over 15 years ago
Years ago in my home town, for the town birthday celebration they would cordon off a block on one street and let the teenagers play “soccer” with 2 firehoses and an empty beer keg.
COWBOY7 over 15 years ago
I never thought I would see Dill with his hair down.
Didn’t think it was possible!
uh-ohkid over 15 years ago
Maybe we get to see another “OONT” when the hair dries out and springs up…
cleokaya over 15 years ago
Being an only child, I found it difficult to explain away some of the situations that I found myself in.
bald over 15 years ago
one of my sons bought a super soaker one year, when he squirted me, it actually stung, that baby had some pressure behind it. it came with 2 gallon back pack
chromosome Premium Member over 15 years ago
Don’t laugh, those brothers will someday get rich designing water parks.
mrsullenbeauty over 15 years ago
Is Dill’s family name Goldberg?
fritzoid Premium Member over 15 years ago
Dill’s brothers’ scheme is far too straightforward for Rube; everything actually involves fluid delivery.
A Goldberg water pistol would involve a bowling ball, a melting popsicle, an insomniac rooster, burning toast, a tail-wagging poodle, an alarm clock, a geiger counter, and a wedge of stinky cheese (which would be unlrelated to the mousetrap).
lazygrazer over 15 years ago
Oh what fun squirt guns were! I understand the kids are using real guns nowadays.
Ushindi over 15 years ago
Dill - tell me about the two bendy straws - what in the world do THEY do? Where do THEY go? What’s the possible purpose of two bendy straws? Why are they so important? Please tell me, Dill, please!
fritzoid Premium Member over 15 years ago
By “bendy straws” does he mean the kind with the single pleated “hinge”, or the ones which can loop around and around and around like a French Horn? (I need to know so I can steal the design and patent it.)