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1. 

   MaxStarmanJones said, 20 days ago

   So much for the fall walk. November, and the leaves are gone. Too bad. Scanarelli could have really drawn it beautifully.

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   axe-grinder said, 20 days ago

   defensive.

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   comic-reader said, 20 days ago

   patron: waiter, what is this fly doing in my soup?

   waiter: looks like the backstroke

   (in memory of Soupy Sales)

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   whmIII said, 20 days ago

   Service with a smile…

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   Joe Allen Doty said, 20 days ago

   Back when Taco Mayo was promoting borrachos as a new menu item, I called several of the local stores and asked, “Do you sell drunks?”

   The answer was “yes” each time. That’s because they had been told that “borracho” is Spanish for a “drunk.”

   Terry meant that the new dishes needed to be put through the dishwashing machine before they were used.

   That thing behind her in the 1st panel looks like a commercial dishwasher.

   During my sophomore year in college, I worked in the upperclassmen dorm complex’s cafeteria in the dish room. The “macho” guys didn’t mind wiping food off of the plates on the trays and they often did it with their hands.

   I ended up being the one who did the “silverware” and there was a machine to wash them, too. And my job also included wrapping a knife, fork and spoon in a paper napkin. The wrapped tableware was put at the front of the serving line with the trays. But, one could get extra utensils at the end of the line, too.

   While the guys flirted with the coeds who worked on the serving line when they came in for more dishes, I got help from some of them who wanted to work longer after the serving line was closed. I would take the clean ware and the napkins out to the end of the serving line. One of the coeds was named “Jo Helen.”

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   Susan001 said, 20 days ago

   Well, Terry did say the dishes had to be broken in.

   Bad choice of words, Terry.

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   axe-grinder said, 20 days ago

   Joe Allen Doty said, That thing behind her in the 1st panel looks like a commercial dishwasher.

   Joe, that’s actually Suds, who is a professional dishwasher.

   “Jo Helen” is an unusual name, isn’t it?

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   436rge said, 20 days ago

   Still having trouble getting in here. Opus the penguin keeps stopping me. The A-Z on my end is out of order. Maybe that is why so few are on here so late.

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   OldManMountain said, 19 days ago

   Have you got crab legs?
   No, I’ve always walked this way.

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    Joe Allen Doty said, 19 days ago

    Suds is to the right of the dishwashing machine (as far as the viewer of the strip is concerned). I was referring to the blue-grey thing behind Terry’s right shoulder.

    I have never met a person who had the given names of “Joe Allen.” My given names were supposed to be a double first name and they were given to me by my maternal grandmother. I was born at home and neither the doctor nor Dad knew that was how they were supposed to be when Dad went to town to fill out the birth certificate in the doctor’s office.

    NotNormanChubsyUbsy is a very hateful person and is probably calling me by a word that describes himself instead of me.

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    stringmusicianer said, 19 days ago

    Joe Allen Doty, it is, but when I was in food service everybody called it a sterilizer, because that’s what it does. The dishes are washed by hand first.

    Ignore NotNorman. He is a troll who gets his kicks by insulting and inflaming.

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    Macushlalondra said, 19 days ago

    He actually did make a positive statement yesterday or the day before, I forget which. But it’s a first for him, usually he is insulting and no one likes him. I’d ignore him but I have too much fun picking on him.

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    ChuckTrent64 said, 19 days ago

    Didn’t Corky used to work at the garage? I may be speaking decades ago, but when did he start runing the diner?

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    bluetopazcrystal said, 14 days ago

    I love the old fashioned humour!!