CIDU de Mayo (Arlo Warning; SERIOUS Arlo Warning)
Cidu Bill on Feb 22nd 2010
The comic itself, I get — but not the “bonus panel.”
Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, humor | 33 responses so far
padraig Feb 22nd 2010 at 12:18 pm 1
That’s for people who don’t normally think of mayonnaise as a sexual lubricant. That leave you out, Bill?
Skaloop Feb 22nd 2010 at 12:19 pm 2
Well, mayonnaise is not a standard lubricant, so he does have some ’splaining to do.
Elyrest Feb 22nd 2010 at 12:20 pm 3
I thought the bonus panel was just emphasizing that mayonnaise WAS being used as a lubricant in case anyone was questioning it. I can’t say I know anyone who has used it, but why not - it would be slippery. It might make me think of lunch rather than erotic things though so it wouldn’t be my slippery stuff of choice.
Dan Feb 22nd 2010 at 12:36 pm 4
Couldn’t it also be a twist that it’s not just being used for lube, he actually seems to be getting off on the mayo itself?
Elyrest Feb 22nd 2010 at 12:55 pm 5
Dan - Well, that would just be an added benefit!
Dyfsunctional Feb 22nd 2010 at 01:11 pm 6
Probably goes without saying for the regular SMBC readers, but the red-headed guy is Zach Wiener himself. He usually draws himself into the bonus panel, nude, when the comic is unusually disturbing or confusing.
paperboy Feb 22nd 2010 at 01:23 pm 7
Better mayonnaise than mustard.
virstultus Feb 22nd 2010 at 02:48 pm 8
Perhaps he is worried that the abbreviation is ambiguous.
“Are you lubricating with the entire MAYO clinic crammed into a jar?”
“No, you imbecile, that’s the popular condiment!”
Soup Dragon Feb 22nd 2010 at 04:30 pm 9
Mmmmm, mayonnaise!
Rumpelstiltskin Feb 22nd 2010 at 04:44 pm 10
I thought it was part of his cover (per the note in item 3): using a non-standard (to say the least) lubricant made his “murdered by animated rope” story more credible? Although I guess you’d still have to decide what he was doing with mayo in his whatever, so … never mind ….
Arthur Feb 22nd 2010 at 04:52 pm 11
I thought the bonus panel was very funny - more so than the main joke.
When I read the comic, I saw the mayo and wondered about it. Then,
as if he read my mind, he confronted me about it. The unexpectedness
made for a true (though short) LOL.
mitch4 Feb 22nd 2010 at 06:07 pm 12
I’ll have to hurry to ketchup with this thread.
Jack Feb 22nd 2010 at 09:37 pm 13
Hold the mayo!
Dave Feb 22nd 2010 at 09:47 pm 14
>When I read the comic, I saw the mayo and wondered about it. Then,
as if he read my mind, he confronted me about it.
Me too, exactly!
I had a college roommate who kept a jar of butter-flavored Crisco under his bed. YES. BUTTER-FLAVORED! (Not that the flavor really mattered though.)
Mark in Boston Feb 22nd 2010 at 10:18 pm 15
Dave, was your college roommate Ron Jeremy by any chance?
Dave Van Domelen Feb 23rd 2010 at 12:23 am 16
I can’t help but think that there was an ad campaign for mayo that used “Yes, mayonnaise!” as a catchphrase at some point.
Nicole Feb 23rd 2010 at 07:42 am 17
I was going to send this in as an Arl-ewwwwww. I just found it really gross … and if I find somethign sexual gross … you know it must be.
Dave Feb 23rd 2010 at 08:30 am 18
Mark, no, he wasn’t Ron Jeremy. If he was, then the flavor might have mattered. In this roommate’s case (there were four of us), it was all just solo action. (And yes, 20 years later now it still makes me laugh when I think about it.)
Morris Keesan Feb 23rd 2010 at 08:52 am 19
Even if it’s just solo action, the flavor could make a difference when you’re cleaning your hand afterwards.
(and no, I would never have posted a comment like this if it weren’t already behind a “SERIOUS Arlo Warning”)
Elyrest Feb 23rd 2010 at 11:43 am 20
Morris Keesan (19) - That’s a commentewww! I’m now left to wonder if your ex-roommate was smelling or licking his hands and…….. no never mind I’ve gone too far already!
Mark in Boston Feb 23rd 2010 at 07:28 pm 21
OK, you haven’t seen the solo action picture of Ron Jeremy that I saw. Let’s just say that in his younger days, Ron Jeremy had a very flexible back.
Robert Feb 24th 2010 at 12:55 am 22
Rarely have I been so glad that I was not eating when I logged on.
Granted, eating and Arlo warnings rarely go together. That said - Mr. Keesan, DAAMMNN.
Dave Feb 24th 2010 at 07:23 am 23
Wow, I’m almost sorry I chimed in. Keesan, that’s an image that I’ve not considered in 20 years… definitely a cometewww. (Elyrest should get epic credit for ‘commentewww’ as a new CIDU term, unless I just haven’t seen it before.)
Dave Feb 24th 2010 at 07:25 am 24
Oops. ‘commentewww’
Elyrest Feb 24th 2010 at 11:34 am 25
“Elyrest should get epic credit for ‘commentewww’ as a new CIDU term, unless I just haven’t seen it before.”
Thank you Dave. As far as I know I’m the first to use that one, but I saw a need.
Matthew Feb 25th 2010 at 09:48 am 26
One of the best discussions I have read: explained the bonus panel then moved on to tastier topics. Kudos to Bill for garnering such an interesting readership.
virstultus Feb 25th 2010 at 09:57 am 27
I just figured it out: most people use Miracle-Whip.
ljdarten Feb 25th 2010 at 10:23 am 28
Wow, ewws all over the place in this one.
I could barely mustard up the strength to finish reading the comments.
Dave Feb 25th 2010 at 11:46 am 29
>I could barely mustard up the strength
Oh Lard-y. There’s no need for a condoment when you Miracle Whip it by yourself.
paperboy Feb 25th 2010 at 01:20 pm 30
I meant to say I always put mustard on my wiener.
mitch4 Feb 25th 2010 at 08:41 pm 31
I don’t relish any more of this!
Todd Mar 1st 2010 at 04:51 pm 32
I think it’s an insult to Arlo to put something like this on a page named for him. For something this bad, it needs to be named the smbc page.
Lisa Mar 11th 2010 at 02:50 am 33
funny, he doesnt look much like david carradine… too soon?