Comments on: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Mon, 21 May 2012 12:08:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Charles http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5660 Charles Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:47:36 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5660 ... and cream and sugar is a real shock when you wanted black coffee, as I discovered when I ordered regular in NYC. But I switched to "red eye" (black with a shot of espresso) when I discovered the bodegas can't make decent black coffee. … and cream and sugar is a real shock when you wanted black coffee, as I discovered when I ordered regular in NYC. But I switched to “red eye” (black with a shot of espresso) when I discovered the bodegas can’t make decent black coffee.

]]> By: Ladybird http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5659 Ladybird Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:12:03 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5659 Morris, you'd be delighted in the New York city area, including Long Island and North Jersey (at least). People order their coffee there by just size and either "black", "light", "sweet", or "regular" (which is both light and sweet). And you simply add the word "decaf" to that description if that's what you need. It's pretty easy once you learn it, but I never trust that the specific place will know what I mean - and a black coffee is a real shock when you wanted cream and sugar. Morris, you’d be delighted in the New York city area, including Long Island and North Jersey (at least). People order their coffee there by just size and either “black”, “light”, “sweet”, or “regular” (which is both light and sweet). And you simply add the word “decaf” to that description if that’s what you need. It’s pretty easy once you learn it, but I never trust that the specific place will know what I mean - and a black coffee is a real shock when you wanted cream and sugar.

]]> By: Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5641 Scott Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:52:06 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5641 In San Diego, not that many years ago, a lot of the stations still pumped leaded gas, since the cars from Mexico still used it. I haven't noticed any leaded pumps the last few times I've been there. In San Diego, not that many years ago, a lot of the stations still pumped leaded gas, since the cars from Mexico still used it. I haven’t noticed any leaded pumps the last few times I’ve been there.

]]> By: Morris Keesan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5635 Morris Keesan Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:23:08 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5635 Now that the objects being handed over in the last panel have been identified as keys, this seems clear to me as a request to get two tablespoons of gas for his car, with an attempted joke about how expensive gasoline is, and an anachronistic question about unleaded to identify what he's asking for. Before that was made clear, I was with Ladybird on this one: I still hear "regular or unleaded?" asked referring to full-caffeine or decaf coffee, and I was trying to figure out what kind of food he was holding, and what he was handing her, to decipher what other kind of food-related question he might be encoding. Side note: I kind of regret the loss of regional coffee-related terminology. Twenty years ago and more, "regular coffee", in Massachusetts, always meant coffee with the standard amount of cream and sugar in it. This usage seems to have died out with the increasing availability of decaf, with "regular" now meaning "non-decaf". This goes along with a decline in the amount of service one gets in coffeeshops, with many places requiring the customer to add their own sweetener and lightener. Maybe most places do this -- I'm not sure, because I never put anything in my coffee, unless I'm forced to drink Starbucks, in which case I dose it with sugar to kill the flavor. Now that the objects being handed over in the last panel have been identified as keys, this seems clear to me as a request to get two tablespoons of gas for his car, with an attempted joke about how expensive gasoline is, and an anachronistic question about unleaded to identify what he’s asking for.

Before that was made clear, I was with Ladybird on this one: I still hear “regular or unleaded?” asked referring to full-caffeine or decaf coffee, and I was trying to figure out what kind of food he was holding, and what he was handing her, to decipher what other kind of food-related question he might be encoding.

Side note: I kind of regret the loss of regional coffee-related terminology. Twenty years ago and more, “regular coffee”, in Massachusetts, always meant coffee with the standard amount of cream and sugar in it. This usage seems to have died out with the increasing availability of decaf, with “regular” now meaning “non-decaf”. This goes along with a decline in the amount of service one gets in coffeeshops, with many places requiring the customer to add their own sweetener and lightener. Maybe most places do this — I’m not sure, because I never put anything in my coffee, unless I’m forced to drink Starbucks, in which case I dose it with sugar to kill the flavor.

]]> By: Allen http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5634 Allen Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:55:37 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5634 You've all got it wrong. He's not asking Tina to put gasoline in his car, he's asking her to add some salsa to the dish he's prepared. The "regular or unleaded" refers to the heat in the salsa. The keys are to the cabinet where the really hot salsa is kept in the kitchen. You’ve all got it wrong. He’s not asking Tina to put gasoline in his car, he’s asking her to add some salsa to the dish he’s prepared. The “regular or unleaded” refers to the heat in the salsa. The keys are to the cabinet where the really hot salsa is kept in the kitchen.

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5632 Nicole Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:40:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5632 So ... wouldn't this joke have made a lot more sense and been a lot less anachronistic if Tina had asked "Regular or High Test ?" And I hope the chef does not drive a hummer -- a teaspoon of case wouldn't even turn over the engine So … wouldn’t this joke have made a lot more sense and been a lot less anachronistic if Tina had asked “Regular or High Test ?”

And I hope the chef does not drive a hummer — a teaspoon of case wouldn’t even turn over the engine

]]> By: March Hare http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5631 March Hare Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:27:04 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5631 Patrick, My daughter has a 2008 Cavalier, and it not only does not have one of those plastic doohickeys, but it is actually so small that whenever I am looking through the spare keys for something, it takes me about five minutes to even realize what I'm looking at is a car key and not some cabinet key. Patrick,

My daughter has a 2008 Cavalier, and it not only does not have one of those plastic doohickeys, but it is actually so small that whenever I am looking through the spare keys for something, it takes me about five minutes to even realize what I’m looking at is a car key and not some cabinet key.

]]> By: Patrick http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5609 Patrick Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:59:28 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5609 Bill, How old is your car? Every new car key I've seen for the last ten years has had a fat black plastic coating on the handle part: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&&q=car+keys That's what's being depicted in this cartoon - not those plastic things my dad used to put on the keys to the Century and the Skylark. Bill,

How old is your car? Every new car key I’ve seen for the last ten years has had a fat black plastic coating on the handle part:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&&q=car+keys

That’s what’s being depicted in this cartoon - not those plastic things my dad used to put on the keys to the Century and the Skylark.

]]> By: Charles http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5608 Charles Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:19:45 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5608 Tina has offered to go put gas in Carlos' car, which is a hybrid and runs on coffee. Tina has offered to go put gas in Carlos’ car, which is a hybrid and runs on coffee.

]]> By: Ladybird http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5604 Ladybird Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:40:44 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/lets-do-the-time-warp-again/#comment-5604 Actually, given the restaurant setting of this strip, I didn't even catch the problem with this joke at first. Maybe it's changed by now, but back when I used to waitress we referred to regular coffee and decaf as "regular" and "unleaded" - so Tina's question seemed perfectly normal to me (even though I haven't seen leaded gasoline for retail sale since 1991 - in California). Actually, given the restaurant setting of this strip, I didn’t even catch the problem with this joke at first. Maybe it’s changed by now, but back when I used to waitress we referred to regular coffee and decaf as “regular” and “unleaded” - so Tina’s question seemed perfectly normal to me (even though I haven’t seen leaded gasoline for retail sale since 1991 - in California).

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