No! No! No! You have no idea what could happen! You could bend the fabric of the universe!!! Don't! Don't! Don't!!! Ka-blam! Never... Ever mix pasta with anti-pasta.
This is the more funny inasmuch as I just last night made a big pot of spaghetti for myself (=dinners for three days). Luckily, unlike Monty, I never mess with antipasto (antipasta). Heaven knows, I wouldn’t want to be responsible for rending the fabric of the universe. I’m not so good at sewing….
The Perils of Modern LivingWell up above the tropostrataThere is a region stark and stellarWhere, on a streak of anti-matterLived Dr. Edward Anti-Teller.Remote from Fusion’s origin,He lived unguessed and unawaresWith all his antikith and kin,And kept macassars on his chairs.One morning, idling by the sea,He spied a tin of monstrous girthThat bore three letters: A. E. C.Out stepped a visitor from Earth.Then, shouting gladly o’er the sands,Met two who in their alien waysWere like as lentils. Their right handsClasped, and the rest was gamma rays.— Harold P FurthOriginally published in the New Yorker in 1956(A.E.C. stands for the Atomic Energy Commission, which in those days was in charge of nuclear stuff in the US.)
I’ve been told (from Italian-speaking families) that the word is actually “antepasta”, meaning “before the pasta”, referring to its position in the serving order.
Hey, but what do they know. They only speak the language. It’s not like they’re professional food columnists or something….
If you combine pasta and anti-pasta they will annihilate each other except for two green olives that fly apart at the speed of light. If the pasta and anti-pasta have enough mass the olives will have pimentos.
The problem is that Monti is not a proper Pastafarian. If he had been wearing the proper headwear, this would not have happened. http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/30513399/woman-allowed-to-wear-colander-in-drivers-license-photo-after-appeal
Andrew Bosch Premium Member over 9 years ago
Some call it antipasto.
Aussie Down Under over 9 years ago
Apart from the spelling, this is a clever cartoon :)
tattooedcyberidiot over 9 years ago
Maybe the ‘antipasta’ was a slip of the penne
PICTO over 9 years ago
My aunty matters to my uncle,I’m sure. They’ve been married 38 years, and BTW, she make excellent pasta.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
This is the more funny inasmuch as I just last night made a big pot of spaghetti for myself (=dinners for three days). Luckily, unlike Monty, I never mess with antipasto (antipasta). Heaven knows, I wouldn’t want to be responsible for rending the fabric of the universe. I’m not so good at sewing….
z.a.m over 9 years ago
What’s antipasta?
z.a.m over 9 years ago
Pasta and pasto don’t even share the same etymology: latin verb “pascere” (to feed on) for pasto and greek verb “passein” (knead) for pasta.
lonecat over 9 years ago
The Perils of Modern LivingWell up above the tropostrataThere is a region stark and stellarWhere, on a streak of anti-matterLived Dr. Edward Anti-Teller.Remote from Fusion’s origin,He lived unguessed and unawaresWith all his antikith and kin,And kept macassars on his chairs.One morning, idling by the sea,He spied a tin of monstrous girthThat bore three letters: A. E. C.Out stepped a visitor from Earth.Then, shouting gladly o’er the sands,Met two who in their alien waysWere like as lentils. Their right handsClasped, and the rest was gamma rays.— Harold P FurthOriginally published in the New Yorker in 1956(A.E.C. stands for the Atomic Energy Commission, which in those days was in charge of nuclear stuff in the US.)
shamino over 9 years ago
I’ve been told (from Italian-speaking families) that the word is actually “antepasta”, meaning “before the pasta”, referring to its position in the serving order.
Hey, but what do they know. They only speak the language. It’s not like they’re professional food columnists or something….
Strod over 9 years ago
The coloring is remarkably beautiful today.
dogday Premium Member over 9 years ago
Science, etymology, poetry, wit…I must say, everybody is really on their game here today! Well done, crew!
Jelfring Premium Member over 9 years ago
When I googled these terms I got that “antepasto” is Portuguese.
Coyoty Premium Member over 9 years ago
I thought anty pasta was what you get when you don’t watch your picnic food.
FunkerMarket over 9 years ago
If you combine pasta and anti-pasta they will annihilate each other except for two green olives that fly apart at the speed of light. If the pasta and anti-pasta have enough mass the olives will have pimentos.
Mike Parsons Premium Member over 9 years ago
Isn’t this how Olive Garden came to exist? It would explain their ‘bottomless bowl of salad’ and cacophonic atmosphere.
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
Greeting to all readers and commenters.-———-Great lessons learned here today. Thanks.-———-Have a pleasant day, my friends.
Carl R over 9 years ago
I’m sitting here eating pasta. Out of my concern for the safety of the universe, i did forego the antipasta.
kap622 over 9 years ago
The problem is that Monti is not a proper Pastafarian. If he had been wearing the proper headwear, this would not have happened. http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/30513399/woman-allowed-to-wear-colander-in-drivers-license-photo-after-appeal
Tossle Premium Member over 9 years ago
That is a truly beautiful, well drawn and coloured explosion.