FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for May 22, 2010

Hm, I’m starting to see where Danae from Nonsequitir gets the whole “booger-brained boy” thing.

Nah, Danae’s just being stereotypically…stereotypical. She’s more trouble than any ten Calvins or Lios, but like most people she can see everyone’s weaknesses but her own. (That fact is a very deep well of humor for cartoonists of all stripes.)

That said…there is a Dragon of Competitiveness in even relatively gentle boys like these, which it is perilous to stir. I try to keep mine under heavy chains, given what it can do to me and others when it’s loose. :)) And nothing brings it out faster than a bottle of Tabasco sauce…

One year I grew a row of what looked like Sweet Bell peppers but were so hot they would ring your bells. Being a generous person, I gave them at work without warning.

You are EVIL, Lewreader!! LOL

Hungarians, Lew. They fool you every time.

Usually guys aren’t this foolish unless there’s a woman around to “impress.” Oh, wait, they’re brothers, aren’t they?

I see the testosterone kicks in early among the Fox men (yet Jason still regards the opposite sex as anathema – go figure!)

put poo in one!

Competitive weenies? Is that Andy, Roger or Paige speaking?

Lew - Great move! We have occasional BBQs here at work and I brought some bottles of Dave’s Insanity sauce and placed them on the table along with the other condiments. I now have some permanent enemies.

Actually, I believe that Dave’s Gourmet has toned it down some since the early 1990’s. I used to touch the tine of a fork to the inside of the cap and spread that over a tamale and, sometimes, it was too much. Now I can eat a burger with an entire drop on it without dying. Dave’s Gourmet was the only one I know who got kicked out of the New Mexico Fiery Foods Festival because people were getting hurt.

Also, I love the scene in “Fireproof” where the fire captain challenges the young, macho, self-impressed fireman to a hot-sauce drinking contest. The young guy about kills himself trying to out-do the captain - only to find out later that the captain’s bottle only had tomato juice in it!

Tobasco sauce. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitsch