Boise Ed submitted this B.C. strip as a CIDU, but I think it qualifies as an LOL:
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Ed had questioned the illogical elements of the setup: “I had forgotten that there is a restaurant chain called ‘The Cheesecake Factory‘, but why would anyone only eat roadkill, and why would anyone drive his car through that restaurant?“, but I think that it’s not supposed to make sense, it’s just supposed to be funny. The latter is something that the current author(s) don’t always achieve, so it’s always nice to see an exception.
MarkTa submitted this Wizard of Id strip as a CIDU quite a while ago, asking “Please help – is it about flatulence? Completely baffled.“
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While “burrito” might indeed imply “flatulence“, the real explanation is simpler: the Wizard is tired of Blanche stealing the blankets, and is anchoring them on his side of the bed (with an ultra-modern medieval nail gun). Both Calvin and his dad would have appreciated the Wizard’s solution:
When a cat employs this blanketing strategy, the result is called a “purrito“:
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I think the joke is (supposed to be) that, if a person eats only road kill, when he goes to a restaurant he has to drive his car over the food. Cheesecake Factory is just a random restaurant choice. I think. And not laughing.
Possibly, or that’s the only way he can get dessert. He could as easily drive through an Oreo factory.
When I read the text, I took it as “through A cheesecake factory”, that is a factory where cheesecakes are made. This is despite occasionally eating at THE Cheesecake Factory.
I’ve never been to one, but I’d always been puzzled by the name of the chain. They appear to be a full service restaurant offering dinners as well as cheesecake.
https://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/location/boston-ma/menu
In a sense, The Cheesecake Factory is also a cheesecake factory. It supplies desserts to many other restaurants; notably, the coffee shop inside the Barnes & Noble that used to be at the Prudential Center in Boston.
MikeD raises an interesting point, and I know people love to debate the subtleties of grammar here. If you have a number of restaurants called ‘The Cheesecake Factory’, how would you correctly say that you wanted to eat at one of them, but are not particularly bothered by which one? Would it be…
Bill: I’m hungry. Do you want to grab a bite?
Sue: Sure. Do you want to go to…
…a Cheesecake Factory? or …a The Cheesecake Factory?
Bill: Sounds good. How about…
…the Cheesecake Factory near my place? or …the The Cheesecake Factory near my place?
Sue: It doesn’t matter…
…one Cheesecake Factory is the same as all the other Cheesecake Factories. or… one The Cheesecake Factory is the same as all the other The Cheesecake Factories.
I’m pretty sure I know the answer, but it’s fun to ask you folks.
I’ve never been to one, but I’d always been puzzled by the name of the chain. They appear to be a full service restaurant offering dinners as well as cheesecake.
According to good ol’ Wikipedia, the initial business was the Cheesecake Factory Bakery, where cheesecakes were produced. The restaurants followed.
Brings to mind the Onion’s mock news story about a vegetarians’ convention officially declaring chicken a vegetable.
In “Big Bang Theory”, aspiring actress Penny and her friend Bernadette were both initially Cheesecake Factory waitresses; Bernadette soon completed her degree and went into Big Pharma but Penny remained there for several seasons. The rest of the cast would sometimes lunch there, sparring with Penny and rarely if ever ordering dessert. For a while Penny was a bartender in the restaurant, as the actress playing her had a leg injury and couldn’t walk around. Don’t know if real Cheesecake Factories have bars.
Benjamin Franklin composed a personal epitaph that enlarged on the mailman’s:
The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost; For it will, as he believ’d, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected and amended By the Author.
Stan: That sounds like the ridiculous position of The New Yorker that it’s always “The” New Yorker. Which, if they meant it, would mean “My article was published in the The New Yorker”, which nobody would ever say. What they mean is “It’s never just ‘New Yorker'”, which is, like, different.
And The Ohio State University tries to make a point of always retaining their definite article. This has become a matter of local pride / joking, to the point that they have a sweatshirt which says only THE. Sales page for that sweatshirt.
Meanwhile the U.S. Forest Service has been trying for years to take the definite article out of Smokey Bear’s name. It’s not “Smokey The Bear” they say. So does that leave Robert The Bruce as the only person in history with “The” as a middle name?
I didn’t watch “Big Bang Theory” much, but I do remember seeing the city hall dome* out the window of their apartment in one episode. If that is the case, there is a real (The) Cheesecake Factory within walking distance of their fictional apartment. Only ate there once, and I don’t partake, so I couldn’t say if it had a bar.
*For you trivia buffs, the Pasadena city hall was also used in “Parks a Recreation”.
I didn’t watch “Big Bang Theory” much, but I do remember seeing the city hall dome* out the window of their apartment in one episode. If that is the case, there is a real (The) Cheesecake Factory within walking distance of their fictional apartment. Only ate there once, and I don’t partake, so I couldn’t say if it had a bar.
*For you trivia buffs, the Pasadena city hall was also used in “Parks a Recreation”.
I have not been to The Cheesecake Factory. A quick check indicates that there is only one location near, in the Galleria mall. Said mall, contrary to most others in the area, is still going well. I haven’t been to it in a long time, but it is pretty close to the Fancy New Apartment. In fact, I drove past the mall to get to The Container Store.