APRIL VOTING INCENTIVE! NOTHING INTERESTING!
Seriously, man, there’s nothing interesting to see if you vote. What, don’t you trust me? VOTE EVEN WHEN THERE’S NO REAL MOTIVATION FOR YOU TO DO SO!!!
ALSO…
And as for the comic…
A note for Europeans and those not in North America: in America and Canada, fast food places offer unlimited refills on soft drinks. The practice was started in earnest by Taco Bell in the 80’s (in part due to the fact that Pepsi owned the chain), and it spread to all other restaurants in the following decades. I explain this because I know the endless refill is not prevalent in Europe, and most Europeans find the whole thing a little weird and sort of excessive.
Puck’s holding a 7.5 ounce Canadian can, by the way, which is why it may look a little small to some people. (The 12 ounce American standard can is, in my opinion, just too big. You don’t need that much. Really, you don’t.) They took the tiny Canadian cans away from us a few decades ago during the ‘bigger is better’ craze (which unsurprisingly coincided with the ‘endless refills’ craze), but the tiny cans are back on the shelves now thanks to the ‘Hey, we’re all super fat!’ craze. I’ve heard the Canadian cans are even popping up on American shelves now. Take that, American soft drink market!
I’m seeing visions of “The Exorcist” on this one. And since she’s Satan’s daughter, doesn’t she come pre-possessed?
Split pea soup anyone? YUMMIE!
With bacon or ham?
Bacon obviously. Only the best for Lucifer’s little dark angel!
All the barf, none of the head spinning.
She was at an amusement park. I’m sure the Tilt-o-Whirl (or its Canadian equivalent) took care of the required spinning for her.
In the old run of comics, Daphne actually purchases a Tilt-O-Hurl ride with Puck’s credit card. Because that’s what everyone wants in life.
#78 !
And if you don’t pay your exorcist bill, you get reposessed!
NEVER.
Besides, Shasta had the six oz cans in hospitals at least before the Taco Bell craze.
I wouldn’t know. Shasta isn’t available in Canada. (At least not around here. Maybe it’s a West Coast thing.)
Shasta: My mom bought some once and told me it “Tastes as good as Coke or Pepsi young man!”, but after one sip from one can the rest stayed in the back of the pantry for years because no one would touch the stuff.
I think we ended up using a can of it years later to clean the cable connectors on one of the car batteries when it got corroded…
You want weird? Try Moxie. Damnedest soda I’ve ever drunk.
And now there’s even a line of Moxie Jelly. It has to be like spreadable medicated foot ointment or sump’n…
Never seen Moxie here. It sounds … frightening.
Nice work on the soda logo.
It says ‘Kroka Noka’ on it. I have no idea why.
I had assumed that Puck was holding a 6 – Oz. Yoplait container. For my part, I have a couple of Medical Conditions that require my staying well-hydrated. My Doctor and Dentist were both happy that I switched from 2+ Liters of Coca-Cola per day to Crystal Light. Sometimes, you just NEED lots of liquid during the day.
I drink lots of liquid. LOTS of liquid. My liquid of choice is coffee, but I’ll also drink water. I take my coffee black or with a bit of milk. It’s the sugar that makes me less inclined to want to drink a lot of Coke. I just need a taste, because I hate drinking my calories. (One of the reasons I don’t drink alcohol too.)
I strongly believe that if you’re going to drink something of questionable nutritional value that might be bad for your health, it should at least give you a buzz. 🙂
That’s why I drink coffee. It’s cheap and gives me a buzz. Money I could put to alcohol always ends up going to Lego. I have a serious Lego problem.
She must of have one witty high school class.
Sorry for that lousy reply, it is very early right now. I meant to say, “She must of had one witty high school class.”
Witty high school classes do exist. They’re rare, but they’re fun when you find them.
You meant to say, “You must have had one witty high school class.”
Glad someone corrected that before I could step in.
That revolting avatar that “JakeLives” is bad enough, without throwing in an “I meant to say” followed by one of the most grievous errors known to humankind.
Who the hell would even willingly do that to themselves?
… While missing out the word “uses” from a sentence there is undeniably a lesser error, it still comes across as decidedly ironic in context. The lack of an edit feature is somewhat damning here.
You know, I am actually kind of broken up about Puck standing in front of that fridge. I’m interested to see what they consider groceries; besides Fwinkies, of course.
It really wasn’t anything exciting. Though it did have a milk bag container, and I’m sad that didn’t get in the frame, because Americans don’t use milk bags and it would have been fun to have someone get confused.
Very true. Once my friend was skyping with somebody she knew in the states and she got all excited when I asked if she wanted milk, because she wanted to show him. Not only was he utterly confused by why anyone would think that putting milk in a bag was a good idea, but he actually got kind of angry at the pointlessness of it. It was really funny.
I kind of agree with him, but, hey, it’s a lot cheaper than milk from a carton.
Milk in a bag = Canadian efficiency at work.
From the States, and…. Milk in a bag? does not compute…. Error, Error, brain needs rebooting….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bag
Check it out. Totally true. And way more economical as a means of delivery. You buy three bags in a bigger bag, for a total of 4 litres of milk, and because you’re opening up one small bag at a time, it doesn’t go bad. Apparently it was a Soviet-style eastern Europe thing that caught on in some parts of Canada.
But… doesn’t the bag flop out and onto the floor when you open your fridge?
How do they keep them in the store fridges? Do they spill out, there, too? (“Clean up, aisle 7…. *sigh* again!”)
And, clear bags?
The color and/or cardboard is meant to keep light out and keep the milk from spoiling.
Do Canadians just milk the cow right into the bag?
How do you know when the milk’s expired?!
I’m going into information vacuum overload, here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bag Hopefully that answers a few of your questions. The bags fit into plastic bag holders which act as pitchers. You cut a hole in the top corner to form a spout and it’s all good. The bags are sold in packs of three, within a bigger bag. And I don’t know what crazy stuff the grocery stores have been saying down there, but light doesn’t make milk spoil. I mean, if you put milk out in the summer sun, then yeah, but it’s the heat that spoils the milk. Not the light. And in the store, the outer bags are usually opaque, so very little light gets to them anyway.
It’s a good system. Though obviously life can be full and satisfying without milk bags.
So… you pour your milk into a jug from a bag instead of buying milk that’s already in a jug…
I don’t know, man. This is all on par with aboriginal tribes eating insects as a delicacy.
No, the milk bag sits inside the wide-mouthed milk container, and thus the bag becomes the jug. No messy milk transfer from bag to jug ever occurs.
You guys are weird.
Light does not make milk “spoil” per se, in that milk exposed to light alone will not create a bacterial or chemical state which can cause food poisoning.
However, light does have an effect on milk. Specifically, it can degrade several vitamins in milk (A, D, B2, B12, C), reducing the quantity and/or effect of these vitamins. Light can also have an adverse affect on the flavor of the milk, which could be where the idea that light “spoils” milk comes from.
A few sources for reference:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11450220_Vitamin_A_Degradation_and_Light-Oxidized_Flavor_Defects_in_Milk
http://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/83251-new-study-validates-light-blocking-efforts
http://shelflifeadvice.com/content/what-effect-if-any-does-light-have-milk
Wow. And now we know.
I thought Milk Bags were the things on Puck’s chest ?
That’s what Miranda calls ’em.
I wouldn’t recommend using such a term around Puck. Or any other woman, for that matter.
Although it would probably go better than referring to them as “modified sweat glands”, which in effect they are.
I can just see the dairy board’s next advertising campaign. “Milk: sweat with nutrients!”
“Milk: sweat with nutrients!”
It Works !
🙂
Puck once said, and this is verbatim mind you.
“MOOO!”
@CH
Yes, she DID !
The tiny soda cans pop up down here regularly—not enough soda to get your lips wet for a pretty high price considering.
There’s also the “Coke de Me-hico” bottles that have been turning up more often…
When I buy Coke, I buy it in the 8 oz bottles: the original size from the early 1900’s, before Pepsi decided to one-up them by offering 16 oz. bottles. It was the beginning of the end. Way back in the Edwardian era.
They’re popping up here, too.
Half the Coke – same great price!
See, I’m always happy to pay full price for half the product. Because I’m a greedy, fat idiot who will always consume whatever’s there. So limiting can size is relatively effective.
Coke de may hee coe is made with real sugar, unlike the hfcs trash in the usa. Its like ambrosia.
Mmm. Almost enough to tempt me to take a trip to Mexico. Almost.
Taco Bell! I thought of 3 different ways that could have applied, and NONE of them were flattering.
Poor Phoebe… here, have another Balrog Plushie! 🙂
I probably actively considered all three of those applications as the punch line.
I vaguely recall reading about the ‘infinite refill’ a while back.
When I told my girlfriend about it, she said “…Well, that sounds… Weird. And awesome. But mostly weird.”
I then didn’t think about it until I read this comic. Glad to see I recalled correctly.
Not sure why they started with it (even if Pepsi is the one who owns/owned Taco Bell). *Shrugs*
Funny as always, nonetheless.
Well, they did it as a gimmick that got carried away, I think. But it was sort of a smart move, because let’s face it: who hangs out in a fast food place for hours on end? You’re there for a half hour, max, and even if you down two large cups and then fill up a third on the way out (which makes me feel a little gross just thinking about it), they’re still making a profit. Those drinks cost them pennies a glass.
It’s the barf that keeps on giving!
Or the gift that keeps on barfing!
OMG! ROTFLMAO!!! Kudos for making my day with this strip and the comments!
Well, I try. Comments are half the draw, I say. That’s why I’m so thankful for all the funny people who put their words up here.
There are several studies on the water reservoir in the drink dispensers at Taco Bell and other franchise restaurants that showed higher bacteria counts than the toilets. It seems the sociology majors behind the counters don’t a) wash their hands when they refill it, b) don’t clean it out, or, c) both. Just sayin’
That’s what gives it that special unique flavor. Mmmmmmm!
Barf is pretty funny, at least in comics. Not so much in real life, because it is really disgusting. But without the smell and the texture, and the disgusting sounds, it can be surprisingly funny. (Farting, on the other hand, while hilarious in real life, because of the smell and sound, is probably surprisingly hard to make funny in comics.)
I have dealt with so much barf in my life, from students to my own kids, that I feel I come at the topic from a learned position. I also am cursed with an iron stomach, so it’s always my job to clean it up.
There will be barf in upcoming comics. Oh yes. There will be barf. (Maybe not in-frame, though. I want to be funny but not be gross.)
\o/ Yay! I never would have imagined myself looking forward to seeing somebody barfing.
A cambion (for lack of a better term) with a weak stomach? Huh… I did not see that coming.
Does Canada’s Funderland have the whirling teacups? Maybe Phoebe can leisurely spin around in those. 😉
No, not the teacups! Anything but the teacups! (Canada’s Funderland has a ripoff ride featuring whirling wooden buckets. Same thing. Same quantity of puke.)
Sssoooo I’m guessing they don’t spin leisurely? ^^;
They spin with vicious, horrifying force.
Oh, dear. No slow, leisurely rides at all in Canada’s Funderland at all?
There are a few. But not many. Most of them are in the kids’ zone.
For those not familiar with the actual teacups at the home of the mouse, they spin on three different levels. First, the entire ride spins on one large platform. Then, sets of four cups spin together on a smaller disc. Lastly, the individual cups can spin on their own center. The first two actually spin at a relatively calm pace, although some people may still find the combined motion disorienting.
As for the teacup itself, how fast or slow it spins (or if at all) is up to the individual riders. There is a “table” in the center of each teacup which remains stationary (relative to the cup). Riders can use this table to turn the teacup in either direction by pulling on it. If you don’t pull at all, the cup itself won’t spin. The harder and faster you pull, the faster you will spin your teacup.
The best method was always to get a few people working together on it. By pulling together at the start, you can overcome the initial inertia and quickly build up speed, and then you can trade off in quick bursts to keep the speed up. The effect is even better if you can get on the ride during the evening fireworks display. Once you get the teacup up to speed, lean back, throw your head back and look up at the sky and enjoy the kaleidoscope of spinning colors!
Yes, I have spent far too much time working on the technique for that ride.
Just reading that made me feel barfy.
No, no, no. Teacups are awesome spinney fun! Especially the way Palagpat described. It’s roller coasters that are vomit-inducing. Spinning is fun. Freefall-stomach-bouncing-in-your-torso is nasty. Of course, I’ve never rode a tilt-a-whirl since it looks like it has both. My mom can’t stand coasters OR teacups, though. She suffers from motion sickness.
Never felt sick on a roller coaster. Always feel sick on the spinning rides. That’s just me.
It will be Miranda’s birthday soon.
Okay, now I’m thinking of that scene from the second Problem Child where Junior cranks up the speed of one of those spinning rides because he was denied to ride because he was too short. This causes everyone on the ride to puke, as well as anyone around the ride with a weak stomach to puke.
You know what? Instead of just describing it, how about a link to it? But be warned, while it is all the “puke” is nothing more than movie magic, it is still gross.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49aLQJ05tJI
Curse you! I’m still trying to forget the Problem Child movies ever existed!
Hey, I liked them. Hard to find on DVD or Bluray though.
I’ll try to contain my disappointment. 😉
Hammer Space is nothing compared to Barfing Space.
“Accept the word of one who knows”
Dude, I know too. I know all too well.
This kinds screams for a “flashback” cue set to date-appropriate music and seen through a standard definition lens…
Provided Phoebe’s that old. 😀
Yeah, to be honest, I’m not really sure how I’d draw Phoebe in high school. We’ve previously established that she was overtly dorky-looking as a tween, and we know what she looked like in university, which was sort of dorky-cool. Not sure how I’d visualize the in-between phase.
I’m also not sure how old Phoebe is, really. My token age for her is 29, but sort of like Bart Simpson, who’s been eight years old for decades, it’s sort of hard to date her now. She started out my age back in university, but now she’s considerably younger. And Daphne’s fifteenish right now, though she was old enough to be playing PS1 in 1998. Which means, technically speaking, Daphne should actually be in her twenties right now. I’m confused.
I think that any sort of flashback scenario would need to be suitably vague about time period so as to not get overly confusing. Makes me think of a recent ‘Zits’ comic where Jeremy’s parents were reminiscing about being younger and dancing around to Three Dog Night’s ‘Joy to the World’ while wearing early 70’s-type outfits. Jeremy is forever fifteen. That song came out around 1971. That means that his parents would have to be older than MY parents, and I’m in my mid thirties. So we now know that Jeremy’s parents in ‘Zits’ are probably in their late sixties. They look good for their age.
They once said Jeremy was conceived to “Stairway to Heaven.” ‘Bout the same time frame…but way too much information…
The truth? Borgman and Scott are both baby boomers. They remember dancing to the Three Dog Night and getting their freak on to Zeppelin, but they really don’t want to comprehend the idea that they’re WAY too old to be Jeremy’s parents.
Roger Ebert used to say that about movie moms and dads in teen comedies. They were always WAY too old, like in their sixties, and his explanation was that the fifty-something movie makers were always scared by the idea of the mom or dad role being younger than them. So they scaled it up.
You can’t apply anything like a human aging system to the daphne. IT’S NOT HUMAN! It’s mortal sin embodied in blasphemous fur disguised as a kangaroo-dog thing. It should be chased out of town by an angry mob wielding torches and pitchforks! And then drowned in boiling holy water. And then burned until nothing was left, save for the nightmarish memories of its existence. (That was for SotiCoto.) Tracee. Rules.(that was for me.)
That is all.
Wow CH !
(can I call you that ?)
Are you sure you’re NOT Soticoto ?
I will certainly put in a good word for you with Karen in The Daphne-Bashing Unit.
You should go straight in as a Mid-Level Manager, IMHO.
OOOH! All she’s wearing is ascots!
Should she lose the hankie between the ascsots ?
Wait, we get endless refills?
Why didn’t I know about this??
Am I that clueless???
Yes. Yes I am.
Yeah, man. Bring your empty cup up.