Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 27, 2015
Transcript:
Miss Bliss: Here's a pamphlet with interesting Corn Facts! Beni: Uh oh. Miss Bliss: Did you know corn is an important part of succotash? Alice: Succotash was invented by Native Americans as a way of disgusting lima beans as food. Miss Bliss: Alice, please stop quoting your brother.
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Shame on you, Petey!
Linux0s over 8 years ago
We’re learning even at the corn maze? I think Miss Bliss needs a time out.
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Miss Bliss probably heard that devastating indictment of succotash from Petey back when he was in preschool! Timebinding!
neatslob Premium Member over 8 years ago
My favorite bit of wisdom from this strip. And, Petey, I agree wholeheartedly!
Cordicfan over 8 years ago
To find your way out of any maze, simply place one hand on the wall of the maze and start walking not lifting your hand from the wall.You’ll do a lot of walking but you will come to the exit eventually. Works every time.
GROG Premium Member over 8 years ago
No not corn facts. Anything but corn facts. Give me the car facts.
Vince M over 8 years ago
Yes, there are thousands and thousands of uses for corn, all of which I will tell you about right now!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
A good riddle to pose to little kids: If corn oil comes from squeezing corn, and olive oil comes from crushing olives, where does baby oil come from?
steverinoCT over 8 years ago
Everything has to be educational these days. Just plain fun is not allowed.
steverinoCT over 8 years ago
I grew to like peas and spinach, but lima beans and green beans are still (at 50+) a no-no. Broccoli: on the fence.
Kaputnik over 8 years ago
With a lot of foods that I didn’t like as a kid, I eventually learned that it was just a matter of how they were prepared. I never learned that with lima beans, though. But at least they weren’t actually disgusting.
Habogee over 8 years ago
“But at least they weren’t actually disgusting.”Yes they are!
markbrowningmilner over 8 years ago
as a retired educator, i love benji’s “uh-oh.”
Dani Rice over 8 years ago
Growing up during WWII, I learned to “like” what was put in front of me. Or else. I love broccoli – could eat it three times a day – but lima beans? Three times a year is sufficient. And then some.
luvdafuneez over 8 years ago
Ugh! Succotash is just an abomination! I actually thought my mom invented it. She always threw all the left-overs together for the next days meal and called it goulash (should have been called ‘goul’-ash). Corn is not an improvement.
zeimetr over 8 years ago
I’m with Alice & Petey on this one!
ottod Premium Member over 8 years ago
On the pro side: Baby lima beans, sauteed in butter or olive oil, with a little onion, garlic, freshly ground black pepper, and a pinch of salt, are delicious.
chromosome Premium Member over 8 years ago
The only way I like lima beans is in casseroles (WELL-MADE casseroles.
natureboyfig4 Premium Member over 8 years ago
I used to tell my little brother that guacamole was squished grasshoppers. :-P
crowfaird over 8 years ago
Lima Beans: small, inedible, green pustules of paste promoted by sadistic dietitians.