You don’t really live much longer if you eat healthy, it is just that you think you are as time drags on eternally when you exercise. 1 minute of exercising is like a month long.
Mr. Pastis is giving us cyclists an undeserved slap. The multiple winner of the World’s hardest, craziest ultramarathon, The Race Across America, was won by Lon Haldeman; and he did it on junk food. One of his kale-drinking competitors confessed to complete demoralization when he saw Haldeman pull into a McDonalds.
I don’t get why Pastis has such a vendetta against cyclists. I’m not hard core or anything, but I like taking the bike out. I also like onion rings and beer.
Cyclists around me drink beer. There’s about 16 micro-breweries along the W&OD Trail in northern Virginia. There’s 4 breweries along a bike trail in DC.
Reminds me of the opening scene of “The Road to Wellville” where Bridget Fonda upbrades the man sharing their table on the train for eating oysters. “Their in their own piss, piss!” Great movie.
Could not agree more that people who are driven by ego and competition do not tend to be happy people. But as for healthy food, it can be way more delicious than junk food if you know how to cook. And being healthy keeps one a lot happier than being sick.
BE THIS GUY over 5 years ago
The superiority of being miserable.
DarthRevan over 5 years ago
DRINK kale? No thanks.
matjestaet over 5 years ago
Add more joy, add beer !
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
don’t give in, Fred, to the crunchy, fried, fattening delicious onion rings!
gbars70 over 5 years ago
Didn’t know you could drink kale.
SheitlQueen over 5 years ago
Is a member of the spandex mafia about to cross over into the forbidden land of onion rings?
B UTTONS over 5 years ago
Little does Jef or Fred realize, Joy serves Pig his onion rings.
DennisinSeattle over 5 years ago
Pig is on the Marie Kondo diet.
macky87 over 5 years ago
“Extra grease”? I’d say more like ‘extra love.’ And when is that a bad thing? More love please!
Robin Harwood over 5 years ago
No, Fred. Take it from me. Joy is not an option, even if you like onion rings. They, too, will be a disappointment.
SonicFan91 over 5 years ago
I hate all of you cyclits. What, they’ll take that as a compilment
wmwiii Premium Member over 5 years ago
Jef may be superior physically, but his grammar could use a little improvement.
matjestaet over 5 years ago
And yet it IS possible to eate kale: the German/Dutch/Scandinavian way, voilà: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnkohlessen
matjestaet over 5 years ago
I forgot to tell that Grünkohlessen involves much beer and schnapps…..thus: joy to the world !
the lost wizard over 5 years ago
We can cycle back to this one Jef.
Yontrop over 5 years ago
What Jef is doing is Kale abuse.
c001 over 5 years ago
“Frazz” instead of “Fred” would’ve be nice.But maybe “Fred” is an allusion.
Troglodyte over 5 years ago
Pig’s words have the ring of truth!
jackhammer165 over 5 years ago
Cyclists have rules (http://www.velominati.com/), rule #5 being particularly important, but fortunately kale consumption isn’t mandatory!
everett_r0 over 5 years ago
You know you aren’t going to get out of this life alive, so you might as well enjoy what it has to offer while you’re here….
HeckleMeElmo over 5 years ago
Jef and Fred do not spark joy. Throw them out!
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 5 years ago
Cycling brings me joy. Onion rings also brings me joy.
chris_weaver over 5 years ago
Resist temptation and drink only the Kale-Aid!
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Pig you need a Cheeseburger to go with those onion rings (More Joy ! ) ……. Croc Power !
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 5 years ago
You don’t really live much longer if you eat healthy, it is just that you think you are as time drags on eternally when you exercise. 1 minute of exercising is like a month long.
Geophyzz over 5 years ago
Mr. Pastis is giving us cyclists an undeserved slap. The multiple winner of the World’s hardest, craziest ultramarathon, The Race Across America, was won by Lon Haldeman; and he did it on junk food. One of his kale-drinking competitors confessed to complete demoralization when he saw Haldeman pull into a McDonalds.
cdward over 5 years ago
I don’t get why Pastis has such a vendetta against cyclists. I’m not hard core or anything, but I like taking the bike out. I also like onion rings and beer.
Joseph Shelby Premium Member over 5 years ago
Cyclists around me drink beer. There’s about 16 micro-breweries along the W&OD Trail in northern Virginia. There’s 4 breweries along a bike trail in DC.
wrd2255 over 5 years ago
Many hate Beemer drivers. In Boca Raton, snooty cyclists are who Beemers hate.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 5 years ago
Fans of kale should see today’s (04/30) “Heathcliffe” kartune!
Snolep over 5 years ago
Jef’s buddy should be Ffred.
josballard over 5 years ago
Kale is good – you just have to cover it with enough butter and salt.
jonesbeltone over 5 years ago
Reminds me of the opening scene of “The Road to Wellville” where Bridget Fonda upbrades the man sharing their table on the train for eating oysters. “Their in their own piss, piss!” Great movie.
Gent over 5 years ago
I don’t want your onion rings, Pig. I want you!
Squoop over 5 years ago
Could not agree more that people who are driven by ego and competition do not tend to be happy people. But as for healthy food, it can be way more delicious than junk food if you know how to cook. And being healthy keeps one a lot happier than being sick.
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
Fred is freaking out just like PIG always does!
Smokie over 5 years ago
I see Fred going to the dark side. MMMMMM!! Onion rings with extra grease!!!!
mattro65 over 5 years ago
I’m a cyclist and I love onion rings. My onion rings, however, are superior to yours.
Ray over 5 years ago
It’s “we cyclists”, Jef.
JohnDough over 5 years ago
We drink kale, not us drink kale.
William Robbins Premium Member over 5 years ago
Well… holier-than-thou people aside, fit & healthy people are happier. Not hard to find goodies that fit into the lifestyle.
Masterskrain over 5 years ago
Jef really IS an insufferable @#%, isn’t he??
Ermine Notyours over 5 years ago
Last week I saw a bicyclist smoking. It was at night, and it was the only light he was putting off.
Ivan Araque over 5 years ago
God knows I love healthy food, but I’m having those onion rings for BREAKFAST!
El Cobbo Grande over 5 years ago
Still don’t know…..
hooglah over 5 years ago
Beer is more fun.
gigagrouch over 5 years ago
Feh… speaking for myself and most of my fellow cyclists, nothing is off the menu! (except kale and quinoa)
gigagrouch over 5 years ago
Must be Triathletes.
Radish the wordsmith over 5 years ago
Make that donut with extra grease, this one’s for the chief of police.
walstib Premium Member over 5 years ago
I never read the book or saw the movie, but is this what “Lord of the Rings” is all about?
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
The only thing worse than kale is Brussels sprouts. Ugh.
garysmigs over 5 years ago
I loved my two wheelers as a kid growing up, and even more when I found out you could get them with an engine and they were called Hogs!
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
Thanks for the suggestion – White Castle here I come!
Masterskrain over 5 years ago
Interesting thought… why are people who ride Bicycles called Cyclists, but the people who ride Motorcycles are called Bikers?
Shouldn’t it be the other way around???
57BelAir over 5 years ago
I get joy from riding my bicycle, beautiful scenery, raised heart rate, burn calories, drink more beer later.
Bookworm over 5 years ago
Now I have this urge to go to a local drive-in for a double order of onion rings. At my age, I’ll take my joy where I can get it.
jvn over 5 years ago
Cheese on onion rings? Whoa whoa whoa… is that an option?!
William A Short Premium Member over 5 years ago
while us cyclists?-OMG. It’s we.
soaringblocks over 5 years ago
hahaha! This is a WINNER! You totally captured it!
Stream of conscience over 5 years ago
Smoothie
Bonita Voigt over 5 years ago
Yes… onions rings do “spark joy.”
magdala666 over 5 years ago
If more folks had joy in their lives, “what a wonderful world this would be.”
TheLetterista.com over 5 years ago
Good going, Pig. That’s better than a hit and run.
well-i-never over 5 years ago
I was number 333!
alison over 5 years ago
Choose joy! If you have a choice, choose joy. Always.
Chris Sherlock over 5 years ago
Is it the onion rings that bring joy or the grease in them? With me, it’s definitely the latter!
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
Fred the Apostate! Jef the Cyclist will have to get him off the road now!
Pig, on the other greasy hand, has made a convert! Evangelize the whole biker gang, Pig!
Cavenee Lonnie Premium Member over 5 years ago
And cyclists wonder why everybody hates them.
dwkiser28603 over 5 years ago
Give into the dark side Fred,you know you want to!
aunt granny over 5 years ago
No way those guys could get 600 kcal/hour of fuel out of kale.
Come to think of it . . . I don’t recall “Jef the Cyclist” ever being depicted on or near a bicycle.