Comments on: Saturday Morning Ewww

By: Elyrest

Elyrest — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:59:14 +0000

We discussed the sh*t on a stick on previous Ewwww.

http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/08/friday-morning-ewww-15/

By: MrKenneth

MrKenneth — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:34:11 +0000

Jeff S@12: EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

By: Jeff S.

Jeff S. — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:07:23 +0000

A meat kebob would look, unfortunately, a little too close to the previous product in that building.

By: Powers

Powers — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:10:54 +0000

Kilby — it’s not an ex-latrine. That’s the problem.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:00:49 +0000

sorry, should have refreshed the page.

thanks again Kilby. still doesn’t make sense though

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:59:47 +0000

sorry.. let me rephrase - i dont get the comic!

By: Kilby

Kilby — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:50:24 +0000

@ Dave (6) - The soldier on the left is an American (note the flag in the 3rd panel), complaining about soldiers looting base equipment. The commander on the right is local (Afghan / Iraki, note the red beret), praising his men for creative ingenuity in reusing unneeded gear. Building a snack bar out of an ex-latrine sounds gross, but who knows? It might work, as long as the customers don’t get wind of the source.

By: Detcord

Detcord — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:33:59 +0000

Dave

Kilby is right to say there are a number of ways to spell - what frankly is a variety of ways to serve/sell spiced meat. Wikipedia gives a good range of the options - which are many.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebab

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:41:24 +0000

ahh thanks for clearing that up Kilby.
that also confirms that I don’t get it!

By: Kilby

Kilby — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:32:21 +0000

@ Dave (4) - Personally, I’ve always spelled it “kabob” (usually prefixed by “shish”), but given that the source language is Turkish, it’s not surprising that there are a number of competing transliterations. In Germany (which has a significant Turkish minority), it’s normally spelled “kebap”.