Arthur: “The side salad looks huge, but why did he bring it if she (apparently) wanted a Caesar salad, and why would he think this would dissuade her? And would understanding any of that show me what the joke was?”
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I think the cartoonist misunderstands what a Caesar salad is. I think he thinks Caesar just means an extra large salad.
If a side salad is as big as the one in the comic, then an extra large one would be comically oversized, and that would be a joke.
Because who would want a salad after this big side salad?
I can’t think of anyone ordering a side salad as a starter before a Caesar main. I can’t think of anyone ordering a Caesar main AND a main dish that includes a side salad. I do imagine that a restaurant offering a Caesar main might offer a Caesar side as a priced up alternate to the house side salad.
But I also know how many times the starters came out and I said “Wow – don’t need a main after this.”
I basically agree with Emir, and elements of later comments, with the additional note that he isn’t necessarily _serving_ this side salad to her. He is just _showing_ it to her, as an option.
Maybe her idea was to dilute the Caesar salad with the side one ?
Mitch4: I had wondered about the “showing” option, but since she has a fork in her hand ready to “dig in”, I assumed the serving option. Of course, that’s overanalyzing, as there is no bread, no water, etc.
This one has me scratching my head. It looks like he is trying to dissuade her from ordering the Caesar by showing her how huge the side salad is. I can’t see the joke unless Baldwin thinks a Caesar salad is simply a Roman orgy sized salad.
Beware the side of Ramch.
Aw, dang it, almost works…
This is still a CIDU for me. Even assuming the cartoonist thinks Caesar means an extra large salad, I’m not seeing the joke in “You already get a really big salad, are you sure you want the enormously big one?” I see jokes like that sort of working (barely) when the really big thing is ridiculously oversized, but here the side salad is just the size of a main course salad.
“Caesar? I hardly know her!”
If she didn’t have a fork in her hand, I’d think that she ordered a Caesar cocktail, and he mistook her and brought a Caesar salad…
Several previous commenters are assuming that he has brought her “her” side salad. Perhaps he is delivering it to another table, and has made a side stop to attempt to alter her decision. It seems that this restaurant offers comically-oversized salads, and she isn’t in on it.
No, not a huge joke. Just a simple “ha, ha, wouldn’t it be weird if…” to which the answer is “weird? Yes. Funny? Not really. Say, when’s your deadline?”
It looks like a squid salad.
I interpreted it as the side salad is big, but the Caesar salad is REALLY big. So he’s asking if she’s sure she wants the bigger salad?
Or maybe the side salad is this size and the Caesar salad is smaller? The Caesar salad seems to be a more expensive option at some restaurants…
I’m in the since this is the size of the side salad, the Caesar will be huge camp. The side salads at most restaurants I’ve been to is usually small, on a plate just a bit larger than a saucer plate. The dinner salad is a bit bigger, then the Caesar with the chicken or popcorn shrimp and croutons is in a big bowl like this cartoon…..big stretch for a small chuckle….
Caesar salad isn’t even named for Julius Caesar. It’s named for Caesar Cardini, a chef. But even if it were, I still wouldn’t see the joke. If you order Beef Wellington does he bring it out in a giant boot?
I thought the same as Tree.
Though this would be a “small salad” to my SIL and she would be disappointed with it and send it back for the “big salad”.
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I think the cartoonist misunderstands what a Caesar salad is. I think he thinks Caesar just means an extra large salad.
If a side salad is as big as the one in the comic, then an extra large one would be comically oversized, and that would be a joke.
Because who would want a salad after this big side salad?
I can’t think of anyone ordering a side salad as a starter before a Caesar main. I can’t think of anyone ordering a Caesar main AND a main dish that includes a side salad. I do imagine that a restaurant offering a Caesar main might offer a Caesar side as a priced up alternate to the house side salad.
But I also know how many times the starters came out and I said “Wow – don’t need a main after this.”
I basically agree with Emir, and elements of later comments, with the additional note that he isn’t necessarily _serving_ this side salad to her. He is just _showing_ it to her, as an option.
Maybe her idea was to dilute the Caesar salad with the side one ?
Mitch4: I had wondered about the “showing” option, but since she has a fork in her hand ready to “dig in”, I assumed the serving option. Of course, that’s overanalyzing, as there is no bread, no water, etc.
This one has me scratching my head. It looks like he is trying to dissuade her from ordering the Caesar by showing her how huge the side salad is. I can’t see the joke unless Baldwin thinks a Caesar salad is simply a Roman orgy sized salad.
Beware the side of Ramch.
Aw, dang it, almost works…
This is still a CIDU for me. Even assuming the cartoonist thinks Caesar means an extra large salad, I’m not seeing the joke in “You already get a really big salad, are you sure you want the enormously big one?” I see jokes like that sort of working (barely) when the really big thing is ridiculously oversized, but here the side salad is just the size of a main course salad.
“Caesar? I hardly know her!”
If she didn’t have a fork in her hand, I’d think that she ordered a Caesar cocktail, and he mistook her and brought a Caesar salad…
Several previous commenters are assuming that he has brought her “her” side salad. Perhaps he is delivering it to another table, and has made a side stop to attempt to alter her decision. It seems that this restaurant offers comically-oversized salads, and she isn’t in on it.
No, not a huge joke. Just a simple “ha, ha, wouldn’t it be weird if…” to which the answer is “weird? Yes. Funny? Not really. Say, when’s your deadline?”
It looks like a squid salad.
I interpreted it as the side salad is big, but the Caesar salad is REALLY big. So he’s asking if she’s sure she wants the bigger salad?
Or maybe the side salad is this size and the Caesar salad is smaller? The Caesar salad seems to be a more expensive option at some restaurants…
I’m in the since this is the size of the side salad, the Caesar will be huge camp. The side salads at most restaurants I’ve been to is usually small, on a plate just a bit larger than a saucer plate. The dinner salad is a bit bigger, then the Caesar with the chicken or popcorn shrimp and croutons is in a big bowl like this cartoon…..big stretch for a small chuckle….
Caesar salad isn’t even named for Julius Caesar. It’s named for Caesar Cardini, a chef. But even if it were, I still wouldn’t see the joke. If you order Beef Wellington does he bring it out in a giant boot?
I thought the same as Tree.
Though this would be a “small salad” to my SIL and she would be disappointed with it and send it back for the “big salad”.