Friday Morning Ewww

Cidu Bill on Dec 4th 2009

Mitch4:

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Ewww, Knight Life, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

20 Responses to “Friday Morning Ewww”

  1. Elyrest Dec 4th 2009 at 12:07 am 1

    Oh jeez, now I don’t know if I can get that image out of my head. Although to me they look more like banana slugs.

  2. Kamino Neko Dec 4th 2009 at 12:41 am 2

    … Now I want a croissant.

  3. Ian Dec 4th 2009 at 01:03 am 3

    Actually the first thing I thought of upon seeing that croissant is a blond wig…

  4. mkilby Dec 4th 2009 at 05:52 am 4

    This brings to mind the strip where Calvin refused a jelly doughnut, saying that they are “like giant maggots … bite into one, its purple guts spill out the other end.” (Calvin’s mom then made a comment about people wondering “how she stays thin”.)

  5. Daniel J. Drazen Dec 4th 2009 at 10:46 am 5

    Growing up in Berwyn when it was a Bohemian enclave outside of Chicago, I didn’t know from croissants. But the local Bohemian bakery (Fingerhut) would make large crescent rolls topped with salt and caraway seeds. That became the gold standard for me. Now croissants are like “Meh” to me.

  6. Fnord Dec 4th 2009 at 12:00 pm 6

    This is why I tear croissants into pieces with my fingers, rather than just biting into them. If it screams and bleeds, you know not to put it in your mouth.

  7. Stephen Dec 4th 2009 at 03:52 pm 7

    So why is this filed under Cul de Sac?

  8. Dan Dec 4th 2009 at 05:12 pm 8

    This cartoon made me think of bananas!

  9. Mitch4 Dec 4th 2009 at 05:52 pm 9

    The comic is “The Knight Life” by Keith Knight.

    I’ve previously seen cartoons from The Knight Life tagged here as something else. I can’t guess if it’s something in the system or CIDU Bill himself that has trouble with this name.

  10. FeelinOld Dec 4th 2009 at 10:50 pm 10

    I agree with Ian, saw the blond wig (just needs a line and two dots for mouth an eyes)
    Then I read the dialog and found it a so what moment…

    I miss Calvin, the reruns are ok and surprisingly rarely seem dated.

  11. Jeff S. Dec 4th 2009 at 11:38 pm 11

    I used to think hush puppies were breaded and fried mudpuppy heads. I blame my father, the biologist.

  12. Chuck Dec 5th 2009 at 05:10 pm 12

    Joe and Monkey. Mandarin oranges. Yeah. I miss eating those things.

  13. Powers Dec 6th 2009 at 03:30 am 13

    I wonder how Calvin is. He must be all grown up now.

  14. David A. Rooney Dec 6th 2009 at 05:29 pm 14

    Powers - And the neighbor girl Susie is wondering why she’s agreed to go on a date with him.

  15. Mark in Boston Dec 6th 2009 at 05:40 pm 15

    Calvin was a teenager for a while and his name was Jeremy Duncan.

    Now his name is Frazz and his tiger’s name is Caulfield.

  16. Cidu Bill Dec 6th 2009 at 08:29 pm 16

    I have absolutely no idea why I tagged this “Cul De Sac.” I’d love to be able to blame Mitch4, but I don’t have his original e-mail anymore, so I’m going to have to chalk this up to my own to my own confusion.

  17. Mitch4 Dec 6th 2009 at 10:45 pm 17

    Sorry, I can’t provide the explanation … I just checked the Nov. 23 email submission and it mentions “The Knight Life” only, no “Cul de Sac”.

    But as long as we’re mentioning “Cul de Sac”, I was unduly surprised to see it on street signs. Maybe “Dead End” seemed politically incorrect to somebody at Streets & San. I don’t know if it’s a complete substitution or if they make a distinction somehow and label them correspondingly. “No Outlet” is certainly still in use, and is for a somewhat different situation.

  18. Steve Dec 13th 2009 at 02:37 pm 18

    Reminds me of the scene in Lost Boys, where the guy is eating Chinese food with the vampire boys.

    “How are your worms?”

    “How do you like the maggots?”

  19. thejaguar Dec 25th 2009 at 08:03 pm 19

    My brother once told me guacamole was smashed bug guts.

    Didn’t stop me from eating it.

  20. Fuzzypop Feb 23rd 2010 at 02:49 pm 20

    As I read that my desire for a croissant increased rapidly then disappeared as soon as I read the word “maggots.”

    I want to go cry now. :C

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