Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 03, 2014
Transcript:
Alice: MOM! I KNOW WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS! IT'S IN THIS CATALOG! Mom: Let's see. Alice: It's this fountain thing! Alice: It's got monsters and fish and babies spitting water! It'd look so great in my room! I'm going to tell Santa about this! Mom: Honey, that's a National Geographic article on " Big Ugly Fountains: Eyesores of the Baroque."
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 9 years ago
It needs fixing
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Now wait a minute, Madeline! Big, ornate fountains of the baroque style are quite delightful. Maybe Alice should have one installed in her bedroom!Think of the tourist dollars you could generate just from admission ticket sales alone! And then there’s the snack concession (your kitchen). Think about it, Madeline, and get past that article’s anti-baroque bias!
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
I built a whole forest in my bedroom, so I could play Robin Hood. parents didn’t see the whole picture tho.
tazz555 over 9 years ago
To kids any magazine is a catalog…unless it has cartoon characters on it
scyphi26 over 9 years ago
It does look vaguely Baroque-ish…I have to agree with National Geographic, though, it’s not of the best the Baroque period has to offer.
aerilim over 9 years ago
Now if it was a Rococo fountain, that’s another story….
Stellagal over 9 years ago
I tried to find that article, but I kept coming back to Cul de Sac.
1148559 over 9 years ago
If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it!
Mary McNeil Premium Member over 9 years ago
And if the babies are spitting the water, it is a very tasteful Baroque fountain !
JP Steve Premium Member over 9 years ago
This year Alice is going for Baroque!
Ol Skool over 9 years ago
she could use it as a wishing well