Yes, Waterloo is a brand of sparkling water. Yes, Waterloo is a well-known ABBA song (Eurovision winner, 1974). But how is Tabby’s statement in panel 4 a punchline?
Edit: for those of you who wondered if Waterloo was a real brand:
I’ll Have a Napoleon Pastry With That
To a British person, Waterloo might sound like that drink they give you before the colonoscopy…
I think the humor in the last frame is just a sort of “anyway, as you were saying…”
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ABBA famously wore sparkling costumes.
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My take on Waterloo as a brand name: sounds too much like loo water.
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I agree with ootenaboot. Is this a real brand? I mean really? What were they thinking?
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Pete, (reload and) check the main post, where ZBicyclist has added verification images “for those of you who wondered if Waterloo was a real brand”.
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Those of us who grew up in Waterloo (Ontario) are VERY aware of the brand, of course–kinda hard for me to miss!
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That “deer in the headlights” look on Tabby’s face made me wonder if she had developed a sudden teenage crush on the customer (and was using the lyrics as a pickup line), but a comparison with other more recent strips revealed that she always looks like that:
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