Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 08, 2012
July 07, 2012
July 09, 2012
Transcript:
Alice: Why are you making a shoebox diorama? School's out! Petey: This one's for me. I have to challenge myself! See? It's a self-portrait of me making a diorama! And the diorama I'm making is this diorama and the diorama I'm making in that one is this one, and on and on and smaller and smaller and smaller. It's called a Droste image. Alice: It's like a genius thing! Mom says she bets you'll be a college professor. Petey: Heh. Alice: Then Dad said, "or a hermit who shows up on a TV game show and wins a million bucks for knowing some weird random thing." Do the game show hermit, OK? They can get a shot of me in my party dress waving from the audience! Petey: You betcha.
margueritem over 12 years ago
I love how Petey’s mind works.
Linux0s over 12 years ago
YES!!! I knew this had to be done!
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
As far as I’m concerned this is an accurate representation of reality. The “reality” bit just keeps on getting smaller and smaller. So Alice Otterloop “becomes” Alice in Wonderland. I am but a bit player in this cosmic shoebox diorama.
randayn over 12 years ago
Go for option “B”, Petey; money can’t buy happiness, but it sure can rent it for a while! (Apologies to Dean Martin who told that joke first).
Nachikethass over 12 years ago
They are perfectly matched as siblings!
GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago
If I were a hermit, I wouldn’t be showing up on no game show.
jreckard over 12 years ago
He’s going to display it on his self-referential reference shelf.
Kingoswald Premium Member over 12 years ago
Petey reminds me a little of me as a kid. Which is REALLY scary!!!!
Nebulous Premium Member over 12 years ago
Petey’s math is a bit off.The Matryoshka Limit is 6.http://www.xkcd.com/878/(and no. I don’t know how to make it a clickable link.)
blackdawne over 12 years ago
Richard Thompson, you have a warped mine. Love your work!
mrcharmander934 over 12 years ago
Petey, are you sure you’re not part of Petey’s diorama?
Oh SN- (Divide By Zero)
calvinsfriend110 over 12 years ago
Dioramaception.
vldazzle over 12 years ago
Love it, Alice- I also love to be caught at a distance in a party dress ;-)