Hence, the fly is on the rim of the bowl instead of “in” the soup.
I think these days J C Duffy kind of owns the practice of endless variations on fly-in-my-soup. Mostly in Fusco Brothers but maybe some in Lug Nuts.
I think it’s more than a rephrasing. He’s saying they’re two dissatisfied customers.
Treesong has it. Parsed, it’s “I hate the soup. What’s more, the fly (whose unwelcome presence I passive-aggressively call to your attention) also hates the soup. That it’s so cold that a famously non-picky insect is repelled should tell you something.” Credits to the cartoons for such a concise presentation.
I’m amused by it. There are three problems: bland, cold, and fly in soup. And the snarky customer has a clever-by-vaudeville-standards method of pointing it out.
It’s possible I’ve got my standards set too low for the waiter-and-soup genre of jokes — I actually like this one:
I mean, in my mind, that one’s funny.
I sort of liked it. Nice to see a newer variation on the gag rather than the two standard ones:
1) “Waiter, what’s that fly doing in my soup?”
It was a LOL for me, just enough of a twist to save it from being trite. I also liked ianosmond’s little video. :-)
@BobPeters: Classics. Along with:
Waiter: And how did you find your steak, sir?
Man: I just looked under my baked potato and there it was!
(also passive-aggressive)
ok- I see the alien and the dynamite. What’s #3? Is it the crown? I can’t recall if that is one of the Easter eggs…I’m probably going to kick myself when you guys tell me…
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Hence, the fly is on the rim of the bowl instead of “in” the soup.
I think these days J C Duffy kind of owns the practice of endless variations on fly-in-my-soup. Mostly in Fusco Brothers but maybe some in Lug Nuts.
I think it’s more than a rephrasing. He’s saying they’re two dissatisfied customers.
Treesong has it. Parsed, it’s “I hate the soup. What’s more, the fly (whose unwelcome presence I passive-aggressively call to your attention) also hates the soup. That it’s so cold that a famously non-picky insect is repelled should tell you something.” Credits to the cartoons for such a concise presentation.
I’m amused by it. There are three problems: bland, cold, and fly in soup. And the snarky customer has a clever-by-vaudeville-standards method of pointing it out.
It’s possible I’ve got my standards set too low for the waiter-and-soup genre of jokes — I actually like this one:
I mean, in my mind, that one’s funny.
I sort of liked it. Nice to see a newer variation on the gag rather than the two standard ones:
1) “Waiter, what’s that fly doing in my soup?”
“Looks like the backstroke to me.”
and 2) “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup.”
“Shh. Not so loud. Everyone will want one.”
I just have to point to this classic Kliban cartoon: https://goo.gl/images/qB1KM4
A related old limerick:
An epicure dining in Crewe
Found quite a large rat in his stew.
Said the waiter, “Don’t shout
Or wave it about
Or the rest will be wanting one too!”
MinorAnnoyance: 1870 called… https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-siege-eating-zoo-animals
It was a LOL for me, just enough of a twist to save it from being trite. I also liked ianosmond’s little video. :-)
@BobPeters: Classics. Along with:
Waiter: And how did you find your steak, sir?
Man: I just looked under my baked potato and there it was!
(also passive-aggressive)
ok- I see the alien and the dynamite. What’s #3? Is it the crown? I can’t recall if that is one of the Easter eggs…I’m probably going to kick myself when you guys tell me…
Irene, yes, it’s the crown on the menu.