My dear friends and dedicated Orbsters, I cannot tell you enough how grateful I am for your well wishes. It is a fact that positive energy can heal, and I had so much to go on I’ll probably live to be 100 (ok, maybe that’s optimistic- the men on my dad’s side averaged 75 or so and I’ve already lived longer than mom). But the boops, bumps, and even the Ecards were a genuine joy. I am profoundly happy to be a part of the Orb, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ****************************************************************************The surgery itself went well. I came home and slept, and slept some more. I already knew the lesion was pre-cancerous from an earlier biopsy, I’ll know if they got that tiny little remnant on my follow-up in two weeks. Confidence is high. Thank you all again.. -gil (aka skykey)
I’d tell you to send the unwanted candy corn to my dad, as he LOVED the stuff, but it looks like the Woman’s quite capable of making sure it goes to a good home.
I’ve never heard of a candy as polarizing as candy corn. Those who love it will defend it to the death, and those who hate it do so with the power of a thousand burning suns. There is no in between.
<<Bob was waiting for them, and he guided the two cats past the gold ropes and to their seats.>>
“Let’s go with a Grasshopper and I think my friend will have your best “Whole”, neat. Give us about ten minutes after that, then bring the ‘Grand Indulgence’. Megan acted like this was as common as a human ordering burgers from a drive-thru. Tre-C was impressed, however. “Megan, there’s catnip on the Grand…” “I know, Kitten, but it really depends on where they get it as to how good it is. We’ll see. In the meantime, keep your eyes open. I want to see how things are run here. Just remember- be cool.” “No problem, Meg, as long as no-one pulls my tail…” This, Megan would observe later, was not a joke. As it happens, one of ’Kitten’s’ biggest no-no’s was having her tail pulled. “Megan, I know what the humans do in places like this, I’ve seen it on TV. But I have to ask- are the cat trees for the entertainment, or for us?” “Not for just us, Tre-C. For them, but possibly for both. Sit tight, I think our drinks are coming.
When I was a small child, I called them “candles”. I might have been about pre-teen when I began to recognize them as corn. They tasted better as candles.
And following yesterday’s theme, those who want some owl-related spookiness should try this:https://www.tor.com/2011/10/31/trapped-in-a-pattern-the-owl-service/
Set in rural Wales (which is creepy enough without owls) and full of mysterious goings-on.
Having never been to America, I’d no idea what the people (ok woman) were eating. I’m intrigued that it is such a love/hate thing – is it the taste that divides opinion or texture or something else?
Good morning and happy Thursday/Purrsday to all orbsters and orbabies. We are heading off to the cabin later today, so I will be incommunicado until Tuesday (I’ll be home sometime Monday, though, and will be reading all the comments back to today). May all Canadians who follow this strip have a happy Thanksgiving – try not to overdose too much on turkey and cranberries and stuffing/dressing and pumpkin pie or apple pie with whipped cream!
Oh, dear God, don’t let me near those. I will consume an entire bag without a second thought if I’m not careful. Those and the robin eggs that come out around Easter.
No matter what “flavor” they put in it, candy corn is nasty in taste and texture to me. When I was a child in a tiny town my disappointment was boundless when someone would toss those tiny packets of it into my treat bag. The only thing worse was home made popcorn balls, which always came from homes where you would be afraid to eat anything that you knew was not pre-packaged. These were immediately confiscated upon returning home. Long live Reese’s Cups!
There must be some sort of genetic on off switch for those things. Just the thought of eating one is ruining my breakfast. The texture is even worse than the taste. Blech
I like candy corn. I wouldn’t say I absolutely LOVE it (with the exception of Starburst candy corn which has been discontinued), but I don’t mind it. I’ve tried some interesting flavors too. Someone had s’mores flavored which was good and a grocery store had tangerine in bulk.
I came to like candy corn thanks to my grandfather, who’d somehow always seem to have a secret stash of candy corn on him that he’d slip to us grandkids whenever (usually to get us to behave).
It is a well known fact that Christmas fruitcake is one of the most durable substances know to Man and is the perfect material for the construction of emergency shelters. What is not so well known is that Candy Corn, after being softened with a little water and then mashed into a paste, is the perfect mortar to use with fruitcake bricks, making said shelters truly indestructible.
One or two or three is great but always turns into ten or twelve which kicks in the HFCS system reaction as ten or twelve turns into thirty or forty – and then you die.
I used to love candy corn. I’d eat it one color at a time. Yellow was my favorite. Then they started making it with cheap fructose, and it now tastes nasty. Oh well, I can’t eat candy these days anyway.
I wonder if there is a genetic split (I’m not kidding) about candy corn as there is about cilantro? I like candy corn sorta medium-level, so I’m neutral on that score, but to me cilantro ruins anything you put it into, because it tastes like soap flakes! I found out several years ago that I am neither crazy nor alone, and it is an actual genetic taste reaction.
On a more serious note, friends, can I please ask the Mega-Orb to reach out and support one of our readers? Pam Yurocko, also known as ppyfss, had been out of touch since September 27. I usually communicate with her every day and had not been able to get in touch with her. I called the Edgewater police department and they sent a constable to check on her. She had had an obvious fall and was bleeding and incoherent. The constable says that her condition is grave. Can we please send her support and healing bumps, hugs, boops and prayers? Thanks in advance, I know I can depend on all of you.
Dear Georgia,Oh, how I wish I could go to Comic Con to meet you, etc. Perhaps someday we could have a Comic Con in Western KY, or better, a Georgia Dunn-Con.
The hardest thing about diabetes is that I can’t have candy corn any more…or maybe I’ll just buy one bag & save it for when I start going hypoglycemic. It’ll be hard as a rock by the time it’s all gone, but it’s an excuse…
I am trying to find out where Pam is. I know there is someone else that lives around us, but don’t know who it is. Here in WheatRidge. If it is anyone of you, please let me know, if we can take care of her cats.
But for cats I’m sure Kibble is just like candy for us :) I’m not a huge fan of Candy corn hey but I’d rather eat candy corn instead of cat food like Kibble :)
skykey over 5 years ago
He’s baaaaack!!
skykey over 5 years ago
…And in this case he agrees with the man (don’t care for sugar-infused paraffin)
poppet bear over 5 years ago
Lupin and his “fangs” in the last panel … and I’m laughing too much apparently as dirty looks are being directed my way by my feline overlords :D
skykey over 5 years ago
My dear friends and dedicated Orbsters, I cannot tell you enough how grateful I am for your well wishes. It is a fact that positive energy can heal, and I had so much to go on I’ll probably live to be 100 (ok, maybe that’s optimistic- the men on my dad’s side averaged 75 or so and I’ve already lived longer than mom). But the boops, bumps, and even the Ecards were a genuine joy. I am profoundly happy to be a part of the Orb, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ****************************************************************************The surgery itself went well. I came home and slept, and slept some more. I already knew the lesion was pre-cancerous from an earlier biopsy, I’ll know if they got that tiny little remnant on my follow-up in two weeks. Confidence is high. Thank you all again.. -gil (aka skykey)
CrazyPri over 5 years ago
Nutritionally bankrupt is the best kind of treat there is!
over 5 years ago
You can’t go wrong with candy corn!
Sionyx over 5 years ago
I’d tell you to send the unwanted candy corn to my dad, as he LOVED the stuff, but it looks like the Woman’s quite capable of making sure it goes to a good home.
Olive O'Sudden over 5 years ago
Is that ‘Aww!’ in the first panel a cute or angry ‘aww’?
knight1192a over 5 years ago
MrsXandamere over 5 years ago
I’ve never heard of a candy as polarizing as candy corn. Those who love it will defend it to the death, and those who hate it do so with the power of a thousand burning suns. There is no in between.
Jungle Empress over 5 years ago
Awww, Lupin with his candy corn fangs. He just keeps being adorable. :D Heehee, people treats.
Robin Harwood over 5 years ago
I ate that stuff when I was in the US. Loved it. Never understood why it was called “corn”, though. Doesn’t look like corn to me.
cat19632001 over 5 years ago
Man, I am with you! Or as Puck himself says …
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE!
cat19632001 over 5 years ago
Elvis has the compact and nutritionally bankrupt parts right …
skykey over 5 years ago
<<Bob was waiting for them, and he guided the two cats past the gold ropes and to their seats.>>
“Let’s go with a Grasshopper and I think my friend will have your best “Whole”, neat. Give us about ten minutes after that, then bring the ‘Grand Indulgence’. Megan acted like this was as common as a human ordering burgers from a drive-thru. Tre-C was impressed, however. “Megan, there’s catnip on the Grand…” “I know, Kitten, but it really depends on where they get it as to how good it is. We’ll see. In the meantime, keep your eyes open. I want to see how things are run here. Just remember- be cool.” “No problem, Meg, as long as no-one pulls my tail…” This, Megan would observe later, was not a joke. As it happens, one of ’Kitten’s’ biggest no-no’s was having her tail pulled. “Megan, I know what the humans do in places like this, I’ve seen it on TV. But I have to ask- are the cat trees for the entertainment, or for us?” “Not for just us, Tre-C. For them, but possibly for both. Sit tight, I think our drinks are coming.
Lady Bri over 5 years ago
I’m sorry but I’m with the man! One Halloween I over-dosed on candy corn and haven’t been able to eat them since!! lol! Happy Purrsday Mega Orb!
WoodEye over 5 years ago
When I was a small child, I called them “candles”. I might have been about pre-teen when I began to recognize them as corn. They tasted better as candles.
Robin Harwood over 5 years ago
And following yesterday’s theme, those who want some owl-related spookiness should try this:https://www.tor.com/2011/10/31/trapped-in-a-pattern-the-owl-service/
Set in rural Wales (which is creepy enough without owls) and full of mysterious goings-on.
Strob Premium Member over 5 years ago
Elvis, I think your treats are probably balanced, unlike ours. And I agree, almost never. I’ll save the NEVER for the big orange circus peanuts.
DennisinSeattle Premium Member over 5 years ago
Woman, don’t dribble any onto that fuzzy blanket!
tkstuber over 5 years ago
Grew up with candy corn. Harvest Glory.
enigmamz over 5 years ago
The Man’s name is Lewis Black?
Rosette over 5 years ago
Poll: Your favorite Halloween candy! I have two: Three Musketeers and Warheads. Two unpopular opinions, I know!
YatInExile over 5 years ago
In my best Homer Simpson voice: Mmm, candy corn…
shaunnmunn over 5 years ago
Gonna have to stop commenting. Another toothache; it’s a doozy!Be back another day. I love you all!!!
Blessings!!! >^.,.^<
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 5 years ago
Lupin knows, candy corn is actually for makeup.
Argulus over 5 years ago
Having never been to America, I’d no idea what the people (ok woman) were eating. I’m intrigued that it is such a love/hate thing – is it the taste that divides opinion or texture or something else?
Pekaneze over 5 years ago
I love Lupin’s fangs in the last panel; my brother used to do that over 50 years ago.
Grace Premium Member over 5 years ago
There is now maple candy corn. I can’t even go down that aisle or I will end up eating so much of it I’ll get sick.
ladykat over 5 years ago
Good morning and happy Thursday/Purrsday to all orbsters and orbabies. We are heading off to the cabin later today, so I will be incommunicado until Tuesday (I’ll be home sometime Monday, though, and will be reading all the comments back to today). May all Canadians who follow this strip have a happy Thanksgiving – try not to overdose too much on turkey and cranberries and stuffing/dressing and pumpkin pie or apple pie with whipped cream!
Miss Mina over 5 years ago
Lupin fangs!
Alicelth Premium Member over 5 years ago
Wonder what is the Man’s favorite Halloween candy or treat – maybe something such as candy popcorn or popcorn balls?
Ron Nacker over 5 years ago
I’m in between, I can take ’em or leave ’em
kathybear over 5 years ago
As Lewis Black says- all the candy corn in the world was made in 1911.
Ravioli's Gale Premium Member over 5 years ago
The Woman is eating those wrong…you’re supposed to dump them in the garbage and eat Rolos or something instead.
davanden over 5 years ago
I’ll eat them if offered. I don’t buy them. I love the cat perspective on people treats.
Kitty Katz over 5 years ago
There’s the Cat of Adventure, Fluffapurrus Rex, and now the Candy Corn Vampire!
skipper1992 over 5 years ago
Oh, dear God, don’t let me near those. I will consume an entire bag without a second thought if I’m not careful. Those and the robin eggs that come out around Easter.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 5 years ago
One of my guilty pleasures.
After Halloween/Thanksgiving, when they go on sale, i stock up.
I have the last of last years in a candy dish now.
SunflowerGirl100 over 5 years ago
Off Topic: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/ According to her Facebook, Georgia is now there, flew in yesterday (minus the reporters.)
Catmom over 5 years ago
No matter what “flavor” they put in it, candy corn is nasty in taste and texture to me. When I was a child in a tiny town my disappointment was boundless when someone would toss those tiny packets of it into my treat bag. The only thing worse was home made popcorn balls, which always came from homes where you would be afraid to eat anything that you knew was not pre-packaged. These were immediately confiscated upon returning home. Long live Reese’s Cups!
lpayne.1632 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Lupin fangs!!! =)
Sabrina17 over 5 years ago
I love Lupins “fangs” Yes, autumn is candy corn season, and it’s the only time of the year I can find any. Yum!
diskus Premium Member over 5 years ago
There must be some sort of genetic on off switch for those things. Just the thought of eating one is ruining my breakfast. The texture is even worse than the taste. Blech
judyuinms Premium Member over 5 years ago
Lupin’s Candycorn fangs—adorable!
Biskits over 5 years ago
The right way to eat candy corn is to bite off and eat the white tip first, followed by the orange middle and then the yellow bottom.
bookworm0812 over 5 years ago
I like candy corn. I wouldn’t say I absolutely LOVE it (with the exception of Starburst candy corn which has been discontinued), but I don’t mind it. I’ve tried some interesting flavors too. Someone had s’mores flavored which was good and a grocery store had tangerine in bulk.
scyphi26 over 5 years ago
I came to like candy corn thanks to my grandfather, who’d somehow always seem to have a secret stash of candy corn on him that he’d slip to us grandkids whenever (usually to get us to behave).
LarryWestby over 5 years ago
It is a well known fact that Christmas fruitcake is one of the most durable substances know to Man and is the perfect material for the construction of emergency shelters. What is not so well known is that Candy Corn, after being softened with a little water and then mashed into a paste, is the perfect mortar to use with fruitcake bricks, making said shelters truly indestructible.
NORTHIDAHO over 5 years ago
One or two or three is great but always turns into ten or twelve which kicks in the HFCS system reaction as ten or twelve turns into thirty or forty – and then you die.
marilynnbyerly over 5 years ago
I used to love candy corn. I’d eat it one color at a time. Yellow was my favorite. Then they started making it with cheap fructose, and it now tastes nasty. Oh well, I can’t eat candy these days anyway.
GrandmaMae over 5 years ago
I wonder if there is a genetic split (I’m not kidding) about candy corn as there is about cilantro? I like candy corn sorta medium-level, so I’m neutral on that score, but to me cilantro ruins anything you put it into, because it tastes like soap flakes! I found out several years ago that I am neither crazy nor alone, and it is an actual genetic taste reaction.
ladykat over 5 years ago
On a more serious note, friends, can I please ask the Mega-Orb to reach out and support one of our readers? Pam Yurocko, also known as ppyfss, had been out of touch since September 27. I usually communicate with her every day and had not been able to get in touch with her. I called the Edgewater police department and they sent a constable to check on her. She had had an obvious fall and was bleeding and incoherent. The constable says that her condition is grave. Can we please send her support and healing bumps, hugs, boops and prayers? Thanks in advance, I know I can depend on all of you.
zippykatz over 5 years ago
Try a candy corn with a handful of buttered popcorn. Instant popcorn ball!
rs0204 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Candy Corn…my personal nemesis. I wonder if the Betty Ford Center has a program?
b.garrelts over 5 years ago
same thing for “peeps”
stairsteppublishing over 5 years ago
Dear Georgia,Oh, how I wish I could go to Comic Con to meet you, etc. Perhaps someday we could have a Comic Con in Western KY, or better, a Georgia Dunn-Con.
Darienhbk over 5 years ago
It looks like Lupin is holding a pokeball in the last panel hehe
scaeva Premium Member over 5 years ago
Fortunately (for my screen and keyboard) my mouth was empty by the last panel.
anomalous4 over 5 years ago
The hardest thing about diabetes is that I can’t have candy corn any more…or maybe I’ll just buy one bag & save it for when I start going hypoglycemic. It’ll be hard as a rock by the time it’s all gone, but it’s an excuse…
scaeva Premium Member over 5 years ago
Folks, check out today’s “Non-sequitur,” it’ll make you feel good.
Eric S over 5 years ago
Even more polarizing are the candy pumpkins!
Mx Crazy Cat Person over 5 years ago
Can some one tell me what candy corn tastes like (I assume it isn’t just a corn flavoured sweet) as we do not have this lolly in NZ.
lexit07072017 over 5 years ago
Can hardly find the Valentine Mello cremes anymore. I always look. Sometimes I hit the jackpot. Reminds me of grade school.
Slappy Squirrel over 5 years ago
If you mix candy corn with salted peanuts, it tastes like a payday bar.
MDMom over 5 years ago
. . . Breaking Georgia Dunn News! Enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDunnStudio/photos/a.447790771933015/2098013746910701/?type=3&theater
LadyTopaz1944 over 5 years ago
I am trying to find out where Pam is. I know there is someone else that lives around us, but don’t know who it is. Here in WheatRidge. If it is anyone of you, please let me know, if we can take care of her cats.
LadyTopaz1944 over 5 years ago
Wheatridge or Egewater or even Denver.
LadyTopaz1944 over 5 years ago
I’m am sure she has emergency numbers on her lease, I would think her ex husband would be on it. Lets hope, I am so shook up.
LadyTopaz1944 over 5 years ago
If I find out anything I’ll let you all know.
Daeder over 5 years ago
What? The man doesn’t like candy made from sugar and ear wax?
MVMartinek over 5 years ago
Hmmm – in panel 2, there’s just a hint of circular brushwork in Elvis’ face – does he have a mouthful of kitty treats?
Wendy Emlinger Premium Member over 5 years ago
504 posts, about candy, that has to be some sort of record!
Fuw. almost 3 years ago
But for cats I’m sure Kibble is just like candy for us :) I’m not a huge fan of Candy corn hey but I’d rather eat candy corn instead of cat food like Kibble :)
Fennec! at the Disco about 1 year ago
Lupin’s “fangs”!