Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 18, 2013

Just do NOT picture the audience in their underwear, Petey, if you get that nervous.

Many Peteys… one oboe.

I once had an out of town experience.

Care to borrow my pistol?

hopefully your other body brought a strat and a marshall stack

had no idea you play oboe

By the time all the Peteys get up on stage, the recital may be over. Or the audience may dash from their seats screaming about some weird replications on stage!

he forgot the reed….?

Where’s Alice and Grandma?

With “best friends” such as Francis, your wife – and you – don’t need enemies. You are very fortunate that you managed to get things straightened out as easily.

Petey, don’t forget to moisten your reed.

MayKitten, Stand your ground. Your wife will get over being mad when she figures out exactly what Francis did. You did/are doing the right thing.

Well, the oboe is a double-reeded instrument.

Her best friend put herself in jail. Give your wife sympathy but don’t take the blame. Keep up the good works. :)

Your wife’s friend put her self in jail. Stealing from the Church is stealing from God.

It’s so sad when people steal from their church. We have a standing policy that our books are audited every year and we have never had a problem.

@maykitten, I approve of billing the church for work or a biz, but the friends I think I’d just change the policy to charging for future work since you hadn’t expected payment upfront. And since you didn’t have a price set up front (it will be assumed to be a gift) you’re going to have a very HARD case in small claims court, as I found out to my chagrin when I pet-sat for my neighbor..She hired a dog sitter to take care fo the 3 dogs (they were supposed to be over twice a day) and then asked me to feed the 2 birds and cat once a day and offered “I’ll pay you” when I agreed. I ended up cleaning up after the dogs every time I went over (the sitter wasn’t letting them out long enough to do their business and only coming once every other day) and I had to go over twice a day despite what she said because one of the stupid birds kept knocking over his water. Well when I got back I told her about all of it, and since she was mad at me that the dogs had been pooping all over the carpet my repayment was that she gave me a bag full of yarn from her dead mother’s unfinished project since they decided they were moving and she didn’t want to pack it. .Well the bird who kept knocking over his water got sick a week after they got back and she blamed ME and tried to take me to smal claims court for the cost of the bird, and I counter sued for the cost of my time at min wage minus the $20 for the value of the yarn. The judge basically said the bird was old and no one can prove it was neglect from my care, and since I was was doing this as a favor for a neighbor and shouldn’t expect any payment at all without a contract, I got nothing either. Though the dog sitter COULD be sued for failing to fullfill the contract she had as a professional.

Now Petey has his own walking commentary… wonder how many of his body he’ll go out or this time.

Hmm… I notice that OOBE can be rearranged to OBOE!