Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for February 26, 2012

dang, rerun

Well, it makes me think, who’s MY role model? I guess my parents. Bless them both. I was sure blessed to have them.

He’s on a roll.

NO-Joey Chestnut!!!!

Who is Balto never heard of him it or her this side of the pond

Hmmm, Carmen examining a green jacket or blouse that she will never wear.

“I now understand the Kobayashi-Maru.”

Yes, Starfleet’s original “Kobayashi Test” involved making officer candidates compete in an unwinnable hot-dog-eating contest against an animatronic replica of Takeru Kobayashi, but they had to scrap it when they started admitting Vulcans to the Academy (Vulcans are vegetarians). So they changed it into a rescue scenario, but they kept the original name as a nod to tradition.

never heard of balto before

Carmen’s would be the inventor of the turtle neck.

You made a good choice there, Poncho!

I can’t view the strip, the zoom icon just shows a string of numbers. Please fix it.

If Poncho eats a hot dog, is that cannabalism?

Balto was the dog that lead the dog sled carrying an serum to Nome Alaska to stave off an epidemic in 1925 that lead to the Iditarod sled race. Was a read dog while Lassie and Rin Tin Tin were not.