The servers at the Subpoena Cafe have extra skills.
Mitch4 sends this in: “I’m calling it LOL only because the question I have does not rise fully to CIDU, nor is it a 4th-Wall thing under any narrow definition.
It’s just this: Does she pronounce it as “chitterlings” or treat that as a fancy spelling for spoken “chitlins”?”
… and some non-CIDUs
The joke is clear, if hackneyed by now, but what would the kids tip? A 20% trick?
This execution of the same joke is a bit clearer, since it’s the kid asking for money.
Not so much a CIDU as “way too much work”. Post individual clue solutions in the comments. FYI, complete solution is here.
This one tripped me up, because I assumed a Pumpkin Spice Latte only had the spices used in pumpkin pie. This used to be true: introduced in 2003, Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte contained only the spices, and no pumpkin. That made sense. Who thinks steak sauce has steak in it? or shrimp sauce has shrimp in it? Or awlspice has an awl in it? But, in response to complaints, in 2015 they reformulated to add some pumpkin puree. That was really unnecessary, because a bit of pumpkin puree adds little taste. But this does mean Blazek’s joke actually works.
Not a CIDU, but definitely an Ewww.
Not a CIDU, either, but cute.
And one last nod to Peanuts:
And, finally, an OY
There’s this synchronicity, sent in by Nebulous:
My daughter gives kids a choice: 2 pieces of candy, or 1 piece and a potato. Many kids take the potato.
Some comics from September 11, 2011: 10 years later.
The ACME trolley (original artist unknown).
… and that’s no bull.
Not really an OY, not really LOL, and not a synchronicity, but this week evil squirrels have had their day in the comics.
One of my neighbors feeds the squirrels, and will come out and chase hawks away to protect her precious squirrels — at the same time I’d hired an animal control firm to get rid of the ones that have found their way into the condo’s attic. Cute or vermin? As the realtors say, “Location, Location, Location”.
Mitch4 provides a translation: “The bit of dialogue would mean ‘I was an IBM 700 in a past life’.”
Dirk the Daring sends in this one, appropriate for CIDU:
A zombie allergic to brains, OK. How does “old married couple” figure in?
As a bonus, we’ll throw in what’s likely a momentary CIDU:
JMcAndrew sends in several that qualify for our Ewww category. Some also may qualify as CIDUs:
JMcAndrew sends in this festival of snail comics. The same joke used by two cartoonists, or by one comic separated by time.
Glenn and Gary McCoy are responsible for these next three.
Also here are 2 LOL comics where the word escrow is being misheard as escargot.
Last May 24th was National Escargot Day. We should have posted these then, but we were slow to get around to it.
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