Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for November 19, 2015
November 13, 2015
November 20, 2015
Transcript:
Enjoy this Classic Tom the Dancing Bug Every Thursday Vintage 1992 Panels from the annals of the Tom the Dancing Bug archive Check back every Friday for a fresh, brand new Tom the Dancing Bug! Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Doug: Max, I'm announcing my new diet. It's totally HARM-FREE to all living things. Max: You mean vegetarian? Doug: Ah, but vegetables are living things, and I will not kill them to satisfy my base cravings. Max: Not even vegetables? Doug: Nothing organic shall pass my lips! Max: But EVERYTHING you eat HAS to be organic! Doug: Au contraire! There is ONE food that is made of nothing that was EVER living!! Doug: I speak, of course, of MARSHMALLOWS! Max: What ARE marshmallows made of anyway? Doug: I'm not sure. I think they're a by-product of the oil refining process... Doug: Marshmallows, the polyester of foods, is the only wholly moral food! Max: But won't you get sick of eating JUST marshmallows? Doug: Nonsense! They're a surprisingly versatile staple! Here's a typical week's dinners... MONDAY Doug: Simple and elegant -- right out of the bag! TUESDAY The classic: roasted! WEDNESDAY Marshmallow taffy -- just mush it up! THURSDAY "Fluff," right out o' the jar! FRIDAY Rice Krispies treats -- hot out of the oven! Max: Now hold on, Doug! Rice Krispies?! And besides, I think marshmallows are made of corn syrup and gelatin... Doug: Ah, quit yer nitpickin'!
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Stryk428 almost 9 years ago
Also corn starch.
gammaguy almost 9 years ago
Where does the marshmallow get its name? From the “marsh mallow” plant, which is the origin of its flavor.
dadoctah almost 9 years ago
There’s also salt. And unlike marshmallow, it’s low-carb.
rpG Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Oil of course is a fossil fuel and thus organic in origin.
Matthew Davis almost 9 years ago
Is that a chicken leg he’s eating in the last panel?
Kip W almost 9 years ago
I think Bolling’s on to something. I’ve long suspected that many popular foods came about as some sort of chemical accident or a by-product of a manufacturing process, and they added salt and sugar to taste.
Malcolm Hall almost 9 years ago
Yes, I think it’s a chicken leg-shaped marshmallow. Or may just an inorganic chicken leg.
Spyderred almost 9 years ago
I admit I’ve never really become attached to high-sugar food, perhaps the reason why I am older and not diabetic. I imagine it’s sort of where each person’s sugar limit is. To me, marshmallows are way too sweet and sticky to boot. I’ve roasted and eaten some to be polite, but that’s it. Strawberries and home-made tamales on the other hand …
Grover Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Rice krispie treats don’t have to be baked.
kapock almost 9 years ago
Doug must be happy that this comic is now largely being viewed on device screens (cruelty-free, except for Congolese and Chinese people), rather than killed tree products, as in 1992.