and even if you do want to kiss them (because they’re hot), you can know that would be a bad idea for other reasons.
like, that they’re awful. hot, but awful.
My main association with “Red Hots” is the cinnamon flavored candy, and let me tell you, trying to imagine that combination was a trip. I did get to the intended meaning eventually, I think.
Sort of same here. I used to love hotdogs as a kid, then grew to dislike them as a teenager and young adult, then found that I liked Nathan’s brand hotdogs as an older adult, and eventually settled on upgrading to actual smoked sausages.
Now it’s like, why settle for hotdogs when you can have smoked sausages? So far, Johnsonville Jalepeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages are my favorite go-to. I add additional jalapeno slices/diced jalapenos for extra flavor. Even started experimenting with topping the dogs with guacamole, which I was surprised to find actually worked very well and ended up a delight to eat. The only downside is how much sodium is in the whole thing.
I’m a big fan of those probably-artificially-red ones that we buy when visiting my grandparents in The Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska (not far from Sioux City). Not too picky about bun brands, just grill those– on, like, a grill– add some ketchup (mustard is optional) and I’m a happy camper.
I thought I hated hot dogs, but it turns out I just hate cheap great value buns. Great value bread & buns have vinegar or something. I never knew sandwich bread wasn’t supposed to be sour.
All my life I thought I hated sandwich bread. Nope, just the Walmart brand stuff. (I was raised in Arkansas so Walmart is the official sponsor of existence…. The Walmart art museum is actually really great though.
And more expensive hot dogs and buns are also good.
Fuck the grill, I ain’t classy. Microwave that noise on the bun, squirt ketchup in the vague direction of the cylinder, and that’s the end of the story.
Growing up poor does things to a person. Like helping them get over their picky eating habits and just put something on their mouth to shut their stomach up.
I meant just microwaving the thing on the bun, opposed to microwaving the dog and then adding a bun. Nothing wrong with microwaving a dog, but doing it with the bun just adds sadness to the equation. You’re just dehydrating the bread.
Replying here because the thread below reached the response limit.
@Taffy, yes, this entire conversation about hot dogs is snobby. Heck, it’s not even pretending otherwise; it has been predicated from the start on the idea that people don’t hate hot dogs, they just hate the cheap low-quality ones. By definition, there is an element of snobbery running through this conversation because it suggests that you just need to spend more on your food to have it taste good.
Now, that being said, I’ll throw my $0.02 on good hot dogs in the mix. You see, cheap hot dogs can taste good, but it highly depends on the brand. I particularly dislike some brands (especially one titled “Bar S”), while liking others. The same is true for hot dog buns- the cheap ones can be nasty, but the same cheap store brands can also be reasonably ok. Basically, if it tastes like sweetened flour paste, and not like bread, then it’s nasty. I can also get behind microwaving hot dogs, if I am in a hurry… Sure, it isn’t as good tasting, but it’s ok. Usually though, if I microwave them, I use a tortilla instead of a bun, and put some cheese and maybe salsa in there with them, or cheese, mustard, and potato chips (for the crunch). That’s tasty, cheap food. But for all that, there’s still the truth being acknowledged above- the more expensive ‘sausage’ style hot dogs are significantly better tasting than regular cheap hot dogs, as are more expensive buns. In the same line, grilling hot dogs tastes far better than microwaving them, and both of those methods are aeons superior to boiling hot dogs. Ergo, there is significant truth to the classicist statement that spending more money on food will make it taste better.
But microwaving on the bun means juices released by heat soak into the bun instead of whatever towel or napkin you use to protect the microwave platter.
If you’re doing it with cheese it makes perfect sense, because now the cheese is melted all over the dog and into the bread, and that’s just lovely. Putting ketchup on it, however … eughghgh…
I understand that it’s not a flavor everyone prefers, but the way people go on about it, you’d think folks were trying to deliberately create a nausea response to a completely harness flavor. It’s snobby, is what it is.
Bratwurst be the superior sausage, aye. Cook ’em right and they usually don’t neven need sauce (although a little barbecue doesn’t hurt). It goes on a bun if I can manage to exercise enough self-control not to just eat it right off a fork. The bun has not been a factor in over a year.
Now I’m hungry for sausage. Where I work they make the sausage in-house; the andouille is delicious, as is the Italian and linguica. Also the maple blueberry for breakfast.
Last time I had brats I simmered them in Victoria beer and sliced onions. Slapped them on buns with a little of the beery oniony sauce and a bit of brown mustard.
For some reason, I’ve always considered hot dogs a separate category from Brats and similar sausages. Also, as a former Chicagoan you can put anything on a hot dog, except ketchup.
Because I don’t want barbecue sauce, I want ketchup. Ketchup isn’t barbecue sauce, and it’s weird to assume that’s what anyone is going for when they use it. A barbecue hot dog sounds like a stomachache waiting to happen. Also fuck the concept of “better” sauce. Different, not “better”.
I really like andouille sausage or italian sausage. Those are my go-to meats when I want a hot dog. One is nice and spicy with some pepper taste, the other has fennel seed in it. I love fennel seed.
I pan-fry ’em so they get those nice char flavors and then I might add ketchup.
When I was young I always ate boiled hot dogs. I’m not a fan of the burned bits. Also limp bacon, which a lot of people can’t seem to understand.
Ketchup is okay, but mustard and relish can bun in Purgatory. (Not real mustard, the yellow slime.)
I feel like Carla only most cares about attention from women. We haven’t seen her interact with men much honestly, besides like one sentence to Booster and one elevator conversation with Jacob’s brother.
Carla usually interacts with women because most of her friends are women, but she does interact witb characters who are not women enough that I feel comfortable saying that Carla seems to be equal opportunity about who she gets attention from
In Mary’s case, I don’t think it ever does. It SHOULD, because it’s TERRIBLE advice, but the writer doesn’t know that, and thinks she’s Always Right, so…
Back in the old continuity, Walky had the XTREEEM Mug, and there were multiple occasions where Robin was seen with a laundry detergent bottle that had a straw sticking out of it.
Do comments that are too short get spam-foldered or something? I tried to post something, and it didn’t show up. Granted, it was unimportant, I’m just curious if there’s a cutoff.
…the previously-existing spam detection software was already programmed to be suspicious of few-worded comments. It has nothing at all to do with the new plug-in.
DOA has finally completed its transformation. Just like Shortpacked was a vehicle to talk about transformers… DOA is a vehicle to talk about comics. Just a very slow-burn one
Thought of another ending joke and also changed some things about the lineart of this strip. Decided to change Billie’s look to that yellow tank top that she wore a lot in the early strips. I think it works better for what I’m doin’ 😛
If your partner really loves you, they’ll bust out the stolen vintage official Disney Parks Goofy mascot suit. And they’ll do the voice the entire time.
Robin totally never heard the “I’m worried god’s mad at me” part. Lol, of course. I wonder if Becky will talk to Leslie later about it (or even better, a qualified mental health professional…)
I feel like Mary Worth is fairly obscure physical comics lore in this day and age, UNLESS you follow Willis on twitter, in which case this comic is hilarious. I’ve been literally primed to think this is funny, and that just adds an extra layer to how funny it is
I missed Robin in the suit and tie look. She rocks it well no matter which comic verse she’s in.
Also I still eat Hot Dogs today well into my 30s. Not as much as when I was a kid mind you, but more like a random snack when I want something meat flavored but don’t feel.like frying up decent meat (or given todays economy, when I can’t afford decent raw meat and need something)
If you cut them up and fry them you can put them in a pasta as a knock off sausage if it helps you shake it up. You can also mince them and bake them with scrambled eggs and minced veggie and or tomato for mini omlettes.
But but but… caramelized onions and whole ground mustard. Admittedly I don’t eat hot dogs or bologna because they are too smooth and only eat sausages but close enough in this context.
Leslie: Robin, do you noticed I haven’t yet looked you in the eye? Why do you suppose that is?
Robin: Because you fear being caught by my deep, beautiful peepers and your heart melts–
Leslie: No. It’s because I don’t want to see you at all. I don’t want to see your tie, I don’t want to see your outfit, I don’t want to see your shoes. I want to see you fucking off. I want you to keep fucking off until you’re up the most remote, one-way hollow in West Virginia and your car gets stuck and you don’t have any phone service and you fall down the mountain and break both legs. Then I want you to lie there in a perpetual state of fucking off until you die. Get my drift?
Robin: Uh…
Leslie: Robin. Fuck off.
Had to look up who Lucy Liu is because I couldn’t put a face to the name. Turns out, the only things I’ve seen her in are an episode each of King of the Hill and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, despite her being in a ton of animated stuff and plenty of big-name movies. For some reason, I’d been assuming she was one of those sem-obscure sci-fi actors that All Nerds Recognise.
You coulda stopped at Futurama and the answer would probably be the same. I saw the one where Fry eats the sandwich and gets smart, the one where Bender has a pyramid built for him, the one where the clean freak won’t stop banging Fry when he makes messes, and the dog episode. Never really been on my radar except as one of The Shows People Quote.
C’mon Robin, Mary would never do that! Maybe… I think Leslie is still a little interested to Robin. But just a little. Maybe, with the years, things would change.
She already has a girlfriend, and while people have speculated that it’s not a healthy relationship it’s got to be better than a relationship with Robin.
So far, her girlfriend has been mildly rude and a little too nitpicky for people’s liking. Leslie has repeatedly signaled that she likes when her partner is a little mean and blunt.
Hey man I tell you what man about them there dang ol’ censors talk about can’t even say half of peoples’ real vocabulary ‘cause the got dang parents worry too much ‘bout what the kids hear dang ol’ they just pick it up at home anyway you know what I mean talk ‘bout dang ol’ George Carlin was right, man.
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to be fair hot dogs are a real attention-getter
“to be fair hot dogs are a real attention-getter”
Well, yeah, but so is Lucy Liu.
“A little from column A, a little from column B.”
Lucy Liu always gets my attention, hells yeah.
Only woman ever to be named People magazine’s sexiest woman of the year twice. In 2003, and then again in 2063.
I’d like the 2003 model.
Are you from the future?
If she’s still sexiest woman in 2063, DAMN
In a good or bad way?
Whatever the case, definitely makes me hungry
I thought Leslie wasn’t into sausage.
Exactly.
cucumbers get cats’ attention (in a bad way)
dang it, I’m used to reply being the only link
I mean, you KNOW Leslie watched Mystery Inc. and shipped Velma and Hot Dog Water, so I doubt smelling like hot dogs is a deal breaker for her.
Okay but just because you think two fictional characters should kiss doesn’t mean they’re both the sort of people you’d personally want to kiss
and even if you do want to kiss them (because they’re hot), you can know that would be a bad idea for other reasons.
like, that they’re awful. hot, but awful.
Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped Leslie before. It hasn’t stopped anyone in this comic.
“Hot but awful” actually appears to be Leslie’s type.
Unfortunately, yes.
There was a Northern Pikes song several years ago, of which the chorus contained the line:
“She ain’t pretty, she just looks that way.”
Which is I guess the opposite of “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way”?
Do you not use that as a criteria for shipping? Is that a weird thing to consider?
I think it’s pretty common criteria, just not universal
I could sure use a hotdog myself right now. 😋
Or some Peperami.
Which do you like more and how do you like ’em?
I used to hate hot dogs, but when I grew up I discovered that I just hate cheap crummy hot dogs.
Also, grill that shit, who wants boiled meat?
This raises the important question of what kind of hot dogs Robin smells like.
No idea, but how do you like to sauce yours?
Red Hots, microwaved, sliced thin and added to Kraft Dinner.
My main association with “Red Hots” is the cinnamon flavored candy, and let me tell you, trying to imagine that combination was a trip. I did get to the intended meaning eventually, I think.
Those evil little pebbles in the tiny cardboard boxes, sold exclusively in big bags of assorted Halloween candies? They’re haunted.
Gotta crunch an entire handful at a time.
Just commit maximum candy violence at all times.
This post is the perfect match for your current Robin gravatar.
Thin sliced and (USA) Kraft Mac & Cheese is awesome! My wife insists on throwing in a little extra shredded cheese as well (usually a Mexican blend).
Sort of same here. I used to love hotdogs as a kid, then grew to dislike them as a teenager and young adult, then found that I liked Nathan’s brand hotdogs as an older adult, and eventually settled on upgrading to actual smoked sausages.
Now it’s like, why settle for hotdogs when you can have smoked sausages? So far, Johnsonville Jalepeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages are my favorite go-to. I add additional jalapeno slices/diced jalapenos for extra flavor. Even started experimenting with topping the dogs with guacamole, which I was surprised to find actually worked very well and ended up a delight to eat. The only downside is how much sodium is in the whole thing.
I’m a big fan of those probably-artificially-red ones that we buy when visiting my grandparents in The Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska (not far from Sioux City). Not too picky about bun brands, just grill those– on, like, a grill– add some ketchup (mustard is optional) and I’m a happy camper.
I thought I hated hot dogs, but it turns out I just hate cheap great value buns. Great value bread & buns have vinegar or something. I never knew sandwich bread wasn’t supposed to be sour.
All my life I thought I hated sandwich bread. Nope, just the Walmart brand stuff. (I was raised in Arkansas so Walmart is the official sponsor of existence…. The Walmart art museum is actually really great though.
And more expensive hot dogs and buns are also good.
Funny, used to think that way about mustard itself, but next to “sour”-ish bread like that it tastes spicy and savory? I dunno. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
kILLER bread has TV commercials now so …
If you toast a slice, you dont need a hot dog roll:
fold it diagonally , add condiment, Dog and roll it up
Its good bread
Fuck the grill, I ain’t classy. Microwave that noise on the bun, squirt ketchup in the vague direction of the cylinder, and that’s the end of the story.
I’m now convinced you’re an AI that has found sentience. Nobody with actual taste buds has standards that **low**
Growing up poor does things to a person. Like helping them get over their picky eating habits and just put something on their mouth to shut their stomach up.
Also post-War American food exists.
I meant just microwaving the thing on the bun, opposed to microwaving the dog and then adding a bun. Nothing wrong with microwaving a dog, but doing it with the bun just adds sadness to the equation. You’re just dehydrating the bread.
Fuck that bread, it knows what it did.
Almost had a spit take with my coffee, hahahaha
Replying here because the thread below reached the response limit.
@Taffy, yes, this entire conversation about hot dogs is snobby. Heck, it’s not even pretending otherwise; it has been predicated from the start on the idea that people don’t hate hot dogs, they just hate the cheap low-quality ones. By definition, there is an element of snobbery running through this conversation because it suggests that you just need to spend more on your food to have it taste good.
Now, that being said, I’ll throw my $0.02 on good hot dogs in the mix. You see, cheap hot dogs can taste good, but it highly depends on the brand. I particularly dislike some brands (especially one titled “Bar S”), while liking others. The same is true for hot dog buns- the cheap ones can be nasty, but the same cheap store brands can also be reasonably ok. Basically, if it tastes like sweetened flour paste, and not like bread, then it’s nasty. I can also get behind microwaving hot dogs, if I am in a hurry… Sure, it isn’t as good tasting, but it’s ok. Usually though, if I microwave them, I use a tortilla instead of a bun, and put some cheese and maybe salsa in there with them, or cheese, mustard, and potato chips (for the crunch). That’s tasty, cheap food. But for all that, there’s still the truth being acknowledged above- the more expensive ‘sausage’ style hot dogs are significantly better tasting than regular cheap hot dogs, as are more expensive buns. In the same line, grilling hot dogs tastes far better than microwaving them, and both of those methods are aeons superior to boiling hot dogs. Ergo, there is significant truth to the classicist statement that spending more money on food will make it taste better.
But microwaving on the bun means juices released by heat soak into the bun instead of whatever towel or napkin you use to protect the microwave platter.
If you’re doing it with cheese it makes perfect sense, because now the cheese is melted all over the dog and into the bread, and that’s just lovely. Putting ketchup on it, however … eughghgh…
I understand that it’s not a flavor everyone prefers, but the way people go on about it, you’d think folks were trying to deliberately create a nausea response to a completely harness flavor. It’s snobby, is what it is.
Grilled vs boiled vs strip the wires from a motel lamp, feed them through, and throw the switch, it’s a debate as old as time.
Grilled, griddled, or pan fried until the outside gets charred. Cut an X into each end first so they don’t puff up weird.
Everyone loves a good burnt weeny sandwich!
Sometimes, you need the dog to be softer. Especially when you’re having a bad dentures fitting day. You’ll understand when you get older.
I’m okay with hot dogs, but I prefer other kinds of sausage(s) lately. Bratwurst on a bun, and as an ingredient, pepperoni or andouille or chorizo or…
Bratwurst be the superior sausage, aye. Cook ’em right and they usually don’t neven need sauce (although a little barbecue doesn’t hurt). It goes on a bun if I can manage to exercise enough self-control not to just eat it right off a fork. The bun has not been a factor in over a year.
Now I’m hungry for sausage. Where I work they make the sausage in-house; the andouille is delicious, as is the Italian and linguica. Also the maple blueberry for breakfast.
Last time I had brats I simmered them in Victoria beer and sliced onions. Slapped them on buns with a little of the beery oniony sauce and a bit of brown mustard.
….Marge, write that down.
Thuringer, curry wurst, weiss wurst, krakower, shashlik, Johnsonville, …
For some reason, I’ve always considered hot dogs a separate category from Brats and similar sausages. Also, as a former Chicagoan you can put anything on a hot dog, except ketchup.
I’ll never understand the “no ketchup ever” thing. Even recovering Chicagoans stick to it?
why use ketchup when there’s perfectly better bbq sauces out there
Because I don’t want barbecue sauce, I want ketchup. Ketchup isn’t barbecue sauce, and it’s weird to assume that’s what anyone is going for when they use it. A barbecue hot dog sounds like a stomachache waiting to happen. Also fuck the concept of “better” sauce. Different, not “better”.
There’s a place called Wheeler’s Meat Market that makes hot dogs out of pepperonis and they’re called grillaronis.
I really like andouille sausage or italian sausage. Those are my go-to meats when I want a hot dog. One is nice and spicy with some pepper taste, the other has fennel seed in it. I love fennel seed.
I pan-fry ’em so they get those nice char flavors and then I might add ketchup.
I approve, +1
When I was young I always ate boiled hot dogs. I’m not a fan of the burned bits. Also limp bacon, which a lot of people can’t seem to understand.
Ketchup is okay, but mustard and relish can bun in Purgatory. (Not real mustard, the yellow slime.)
Are you saying you like or dislike limp bacon? Personally, I prefer it nice and crispy, but a good firm semi-soft bacon strip is good on a sandwich.
Limp bacon is the shizz. People ruin it when the they burn the crap out of it. I’m looking at you, mom.
I like vegan dogs with all the hotdog toppings because it turns out the toppings are the best part of a hotdog and I think meat is gross these days.
Lots of very good Robin faces today. Ya love to see it.
Good Robin Faces happen whenever Robin’s in a comic, but these are pretty good ones
We sure do! <3
Damn, Lucy Liu…
To quote her character in Payback: “Hubba hubba.”
I can’t actually remember the last time we’ve had a character so transparently desperate for someone else’s attention.
Maybe Joyce with Jacob?
Carla with everybody.
Carla with everybody except Mary.
I feel like Carla only most cares about attention from women. We haven’t seen her interact with men much honestly, besides like one sentence to Booster and one elevator conversation with Jacob’s brother.
Booster goes by they/them, so presumably not a “man”
Man does seem to be a less wrong wrong answer than woman with Booster, but it decidedly still a wrong answer
Carla and Mike had a prank war. Mike infuriated Carla by playing into her pranks. Might have been patreon only though.
When Booster was doing the whole analyze-everyone-at-the-meeting thing, Carla wanted it.
(also accidentally hit Flag before Reply, whoops! Sorry!)
Carla usually interacts with women because most of her friends are women, but she does interact witb characters who are not women enough that I feel comfortable saying that Carla seems to be equal opportunity about who she gets attention from
Carla with everybody especially Mary.
Toby with Mary Worth.
“mary worth” is definitely accurate, considering how you almost never face any consequences when your advice blows up in someone else’s face
When was the last time her advice blew up in someone’s face? Genuinely struggling to recall
U asking bout Mary W or Robin?
Yes.
In Mary’s case, I don’t think it ever does. It SHOULD, because it’s TERRIBLE advice, but the writer doesn’t know that, and thinks she’s Always Right, so…
I’m asking about Robin, because I can’t really recall a recent instance of bad advice from her blowing up in someone’s face
I already know about Mary, I remember what happened with Wilbur
yeah, no, gotta agree with Robin there—“like Lucy Liu” is always a compliment, with or without hot dog odor
Ditto! Heck, you could probably fix or mask the smell too. Even if you couldn’t, you still look like Lucy Liu!
Indeed.
I hadn’t previously pictured Robin as looking like Lucy Liu…
…but now I do.
Robin ate the jacket, didn’t she?
I mean, we know it tasted like honey mustard, so why not?
With all the sweets she otherwise eats, it’s probably good she got some fiber in her diet.
Of the many traits shared between Robin and Walky are dietary concerns.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/badscore/
Or the lack thereof.
Back in the old continuity, Walky had the XTREEEM Mug, and there were multiple occasions where Robin was seen with a laundry detergent bottle that had a straw sticking out of it.
Do comments that are too short get spam-foldered or something? I tried to post something, and it didn’t show up. Granted, it was unimportant, I’m just curious if there’s a cutoff.
Huh. That’s weird. But I have a feeling our troubles with this new system won’t end here, regardless of its good intentions.
Well, it’s not like the old system was trouble-free.
Yes, but be wary. What is that thing some humans say?
“Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease”?
…the previously-existing spam detection software was already programmed to be suspicious of few-worded comments. It has nothing at all to do with the new plug-in.
Thank you for clarification, Willis.
Also sorry for flagging yours and a few others by accident again.
Yeah, I’ve made a few flags by accident too. Dang muscles memory and inability to retract flags.
DOA has finally completed its transformation. Just like Shortpacked was a vehicle to talk about transformers… DOA is a vehicle to talk about comics. Just a very slow-burn one
I thought Shortpacked! was a vehicle to talk about Batman.
…. there’s been some iteration of Batman action figure that was a transformer, hasn’t there?
If I remember right, Amber and Ethan have talked about Transformers in DoA at least a couple times already.
Robin’s so close to doing an anime cat smile in panel 5.
I see it now! 🐈
There is not enough time or coffee in the day for Leslie to deal both with teaching and dealing with Robin. Also I want a hot dog now.
Lucy Lui? From Futurama!? I absolutely love her.
Huh. I instantly recall that one episode of Fry eating a hotdog with her.
Starting to wonder if this is supposed to be a Futurama reference.
Robin liked the early 2000s Charlie’s Angels movies.
…In one strip, Robin has managed to confuse me utterly
https://imgur.com/a/S6nHhri (NSFW)
Thought of another ending joke and also changed some things about the lineart of this strip. Decided to change Billie’s look to that yellow tank top that she wore a lot in the early strips. I think it works better for what I’m doin’ 😛
An offer of costume play? Yowza.
I’m not even really into cheerleaders that much but I find the idea really thrilling.
Bedroom cosplay is good fun.
Also effective for ‘playtesting’ scenes for romance novels.
If your partner really loves you, they’ll bust out the stolen vintage official Disney Parks Goofy mascot suit. And they’ll do the voice the entire time.
(sorry accidentally flagged ya)
“As we know, goofy doesn’t just have sex. He Fu-hyuks.
Robin totally never heard the “I’m worried god’s mad at me” part. Lol, of course. I wonder if Becky will talk to Leslie later about it (or even better, a qualified mental health professional…)
It sucks seeing Robin and Leslie not getting along so well.
Ah well, that’s what happens when you’re a boundary steamrolling asshole, Robin.
I mean, I know how tons of people feel about Lucy Liu. Smelling like hot dogs wouldn’t slow like just about any of them down, so, still high praise.
Robin be like: ᕙ(＠°▽°＠)ᕗ
Leslie be like: ತ_ತ☕
oh my god, robin…….
well there’s a face I expect to see in the comments section eventually
Seems unlikely.
Huh I wouldn’t have taken Leslie for a fan of Elementary. That, or she’s just a fan of Lucy Liu in suits, period.
All people should be fans of Lucy Liu in suits.
Also, Elementary because that show is awesome.
I’ve heard more people prefer that show over Sherlock.
Speaking as an ex Sherlock fan, really not a high bar for any Sherlock Holmes adaptation to clear
Dammit, those flag buttons are very confusing.
This is because Sherlock is pretty bad
I feel like Mary Worth is fairly obscure physical comics lore in this day and age, UNLESS you follow Willis on twitter, in which case this comic is hilarious. I’ve been literally primed to think this is funny, and that just adds an extra layer to how funny it is
I feel like if anyone can make jokes about Mary Worth and expect the audience to get it, it’s this comic
If only because they follow his twitter.
Robin’s eyes in the last panel are hilarious, you can so clearly see there’s just nothing behind them
no thoughts, only zooooommmm
Corn Dogs, far superior to Hot Dogs.
Fight Me!
What, fight you for a corndog? Sure why not YOLO!!! 😆
But yeah, love both, really!
Both are good, but I definitely like corn dogs a bit more.
TYPO: should cleary be clearly in panel 3?
I missed Robin in the suit and tie look. She rocks it well no matter which comic verse she’s in.
Also I still eat Hot Dogs today well into my 30s. Not as much as when I was a kid mind you, but more like a random snack when I want something meat flavored but don’t feel.like frying up decent meat (or given todays economy, when I can’t afford decent raw meat and need something)
If you cut them up and fry them you can put them in a pasta as a knock off sausage if it helps you shake it up. You can also mince them and bake them with scrambled eggs and minced veggie and or tomato for mini omlettes.
* I bake them in muffin pans so you can reheat more for later. Source: have been that poor and maybe again soon.
Ah, a fellow member of the broke bastard kitchen club! I’ve eaten hot dogs in all the ways but the muffin pan idea. Gonna have to try that now!
What do you think the odds are that Leslie knows who Mary Worth is?
Leslie looks so done
People need to acknowledge the real meat of this comic today… That Horseradish is the best hotdog topping
But but but… caramelized onions and whole ground mustard. Admittedly I don’t eat hot dogs or bologna because they are too smooth and only eat sausages but close enough in this context.
People should eat what they like but I’ve never heard “too smooth” as a reason to dislike a food before and I find it hilarious.
Consider your favorite dinner, pureed into a homogeneous paste and poured into a casing to set.
Huh, maybe I could use a little to compliment the spiciness of mustard….
Leslie: Robin, do you noticed I haven’t yet looked you in the eye? Why do you suppose that is?
Robin: Because you fear being caught by my deep, beautiful peepers and your heart melts–
Leslie: No. It’s because I don’t want to see you at all. I don’t want to see your tie, I don’t want to see your outfit, I don’t want to see your shoes. I want to see you fucking off. I want you to keep fucking off until you’re up the most remote, one-way hollow in West Virginia and your car gets stuck and you don’t have any phone service and you fall down the mountain and break both legs. Then I want you to lie there in a perpetual state of fucking off until you die. Get my drift?
Robin: Uh…
Leslie: Robin. Fuck off.
Robin ” You want to go on a vacation with me to the mountains!? fuck yeah!”
You’re unlikely to get your heart’s dream.
…I can tell you’re quoting something, but genuinely have no idea what. Little help?
I? No. All original, such as it is.
Panel 4 “yeah, I was digging that look”
Robin is totally one of the commentators on The Comics Curmugeon. Nobody else cares about Mary Worth enough to have fan-theories.
WILBUR DIED ON THAT CRUISE AND HIS CONTINUED EXISTENCE IS A SHARED HALLUCINATION
I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL
Had to look up who Lucy Liu is because I couldn’t put a face to the name. Turns out, the only things I’ve seen her in are an episode each of King of the Hill and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, despite her being in a ton of animated stuff and plenty of big-name movies. For some reason, I’d been assuming she was one of those sem-obscure sci-fi actors that All Nerds Recognise.
You didn’t see the episode of Futurama where Fry bootlegs her likeness onto a blank robot?
You coulda stopped at Futurama and the answer would probably be the same. I saw the one where Fry eats the sandwich and gets smart, the one where Bender has a pyramid built for him, the one where the clean freak won’t stop banging Fry when he makes messes, and the dog episode. Never really been on my radar except as one of The Shows People Quote.
Damn it, did I put a \ instead of a / again?
It’s good! Highly recommended you check it out if you find it on streaming or the DVD box set goes on sale.
Then you basically understand Futurama.
So, did Leslie figure out the easiest way to get Robin desperate for her?
C’mon Robin, Mary would never do that! Maybe… I think Leslie is still a little interested to Robin. But just a little. Maybe, with the years, things would change.
She already has a girlfriend, and while people have speculated that it’s not a healthy relationship it’s got to be better than a relationship with Robin.
So far, her girlfriend has been mildly rude and a little too nitpicky for people’s liking. Leslie has repeatedly signaled that she likes when her partner is a little mean and blunt.
Exactly!
Have we actually heard anything of Anna since the timeskip? Do we know they’re still together?
Yes, Leslie mentioned her when Robin first showed up as a professor in the teachers lounge.
Finally, something me and Robin agree on: Lucy Liu is a yes.
Also, screw you, Leslie, stop character assassinating Lucy Liu by comparing her to Robin.
In Leslie’s defense, she’s very gay and Robin’s very hot.
When did Hank Hill start writing the Alt-Text? (Though I doubt he would actually use the F-Bomb)
I thinkin the Portuguese dub, Hank and the gang swear a lot more, since they don’t have to worry about the fragile American censors.
Hey man I tell you what man about them there dang ol’ censors talk about can’t even say half of peoples’ real vocabulary ‘cause the got dang parents worry too much ‘bout what the kids hear dang ol’ they just pick it up at home anyway you know what I mean talk ‘bout dang ol’ George Carlin was right, man.
One thing I genuinely appreciate about the community here: one day, serious business disability discourse.
Next, qualitative comparisons on the relative merits of cured and spiced ground meats in tube form. (I’m on team sausage, btw).
As long as it’s not that wretched “breakfast sausage”. Tastes like empty leaves and hollow dreams, that greasy nasty mess.
Nash, kartoffelwurst with herbs is where it’s at for me. 🙂
(Well, that or smoked cheddar sausages.)
A Costco Food Court hotdog with ketchup and mustard and honey mustard is always a winner in my book! 😋🤤
These two should kiss
they absolutely should not
But have you considered:
Patience grasshopper.
After Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh rules the Chinese-descended-lady-who-smells-like-hotdogs house