The reactions of the children leave no doubt that they understand what Elvis is saying. Fruit and veg for dessert? What bane could bring greater desolation to their souls?
Sunday Funday!!!! Ok, the Mega-Orb gives so much, I’d like to give back to the Orb, but of course, I can’t do it alone. Since soon we will no longer need a spoiler zone, I think if we had a designated spot each week for folks to share something fun, great news, a funny story, a joke, anything. This is not to prescribe that this is the only place or time to do it, if you have great news or something to share at anytime, by all means DO so!
Just like the spoiler zone, whoever thinks of it first on a Sunday should start it, even if you don’t have something to share!!!
Whoa – Elvis is poofing and yowling? Mr Angry Fussy Paws is really pissed. What’s next? A CN investigative report “Truth at Dinner – what is the Woman really feeding you?!”
My mother would do that, make regular meals sound exciting by calling them spooky or silly names. But I did not have a hyper-vigilant Siamese to tell me the truth. Still, this strip brought back good memories.
I never knew until I was in my 40s that for some folks, smashed taters are the traditional accompaniment to spaghetti. And for others, saltine crackers. As for me, I was probably a teenager or older before I ever heard of garlic bread. In my neck of the woods, we had rolls, or just plain bread and butter, with our spaghetti. And were not aware of any other type of pasta other than plain elbow macaroni.
Of course I always enjoy Breaking Cat News, but I don’t usually laugh out loud. That last panel, though, forced a laugh out of me. Oh the HORROR of fruits and vegetables for dessert!
Grrrrrr! She refused to eat her mouse on Friday. She kept refusing to strike at first, then struck but refused to coil, gummed the mouse a few times (remember, no teeth) then spit it out. I’ll wait until Friday and try again.
Technically…. the definition of fruits… as in the dictionary definition… includes the fact that they are traditionally served as desserts. Berries, pies, cobblers, baked apples…. So fruits for dessert is no big thing, I should think….
I mean, so long as The Woman’s food “lies” don’t include the words “Soylent” and “Green” I think they’ll be alright.
I worked at a place where we had a wonderful subsidized cafeteria (excellent meals, quality ingredients, for $5!!!!, and yes, this was recent) but I couldn’t eat there on Halloween because they would give the food creepy names on the menu that turned my stomach. I only remember French Fries were something like “skeleton fingers.” Yuck.
Relax, Elvis! That dessert is found with the candy corn because it is made with the same corn syrup and food coloring. I miss eating candy corn. I’d bit off each color separately. The yellow tasted the best.
I did sheppard’s pie topped with “ghosts” years ago for Halloween. The ghosts were just dollops of mashed potato formed up to look like ghosts with petite pea eyes and mouths. And for the last few years I’ve made birch bark/birch log sandwiches and backbones. Both are simple to make.
Birch bark sandwiches are a white tortilla wrap (try to get some brown spots to look like birch bark). Spread on one half the tortilla mustard and mayo. Layer one or two different sandwich meats of your choice (I like to use ham and turkey) and cheese slices again of your choice (I like Swiss) making sure they go over the the condiments from edge to edge. On the edge without any condiment, spread a little whipped cream cheese and add some alfalfa or broccoli sprouts so they just stick to the cream cheese. Roll up as tightly as you can, rolling the meat and cheese toward the cream cheese. Seal with the cream cheese, add slightly more if needed to seal. Slice in half on a diagonal (or slice it so you have a piece two thirds the original length on a short piece one third that long). Add a little more cream cheese to the top of one piece and set the other piece up against the first at the cream cheese. Finish by adding more sprouts around where the two pieces meet so it looks like moss growing on fallen birch logs.
Backbones are similar but have no cream cheese or sprouts and you cover the entire tortilla with mayo and mustard. You can also add lettuce and tomato. Roll it up and use mustard or mayo to seal. Put through toothpicks then cut to 1" to 1 1/2" thickness. Stack three to four rounds high, hanging over the edge of the one below just a little.
I once made a birthday cake for a neighbor’s son. Just an ordinary cake but I thought if I put gummy worms in it it would be a little spooky. It was Halloween as well as his birthday. Of course the gummies melted all through the cake. I thought it was a disaster, but the kid loved it and it was a big hit at his party.
RAGs almost 5 years ago
Sometimes, playing with your food is OK.
Sue Ellen almost 5 years ago
So Elvis also poofs when he’s frustrated! C’mon Elvis. Where’s your sense of fun, imagination, whimsy. Nevermind!
GreasyOldTam almost 5 years ago
“two starches…” no worse than spaghetti with bread, a staple of every restaurant that serves spaghetti.
dmah Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The Woman laughs in the face of the Beast-Known-As-Keto and doubles down on the carbs!!
DennisinSeattle almost 5 years ago
Elvis is more scary than Halloween dinner.
Strob Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“They were the monster mashed potatoes” – a graveyard smash!
Jungle Empress almost 5 years ago
This is, without a doubt, the most hilarious Elvis Poof ever. “SHE’S FEEDING YOU LIES! (poof)”
Le'letha Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The Elvis poof is adorable, but “wiggly-finger Lupin” is the winner here for me!
Keep practicing with those toesies, Lupin – one day you’ll be able to open cans, and then you’ll be unstoppable.
Robin Harwood almost 5 years ago
The reactions of the children leave no doubt that they understand what Elvis is saying. Fruit and veg for dessert? What bane could bring greater desolation to their souls?
WelshRat Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Elvis is lacking in imagination.
shirins Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Sunday Funday!!!! Ok, the Mega-Orb gives so much, I’d like to give back to the Orb, but of course, I can’t do it alone. Since soon we will no longer need a spoiler zone, I think if we had a designated spot each week for folks to share something fun, great news, a funny story, a joke, anything. This is not to prescribe that this is the only place or time to do it, if you have great news or something to share at anytime, by all means DO so!
Just like the spoiler zone, whoever thinks of it first on a Sunday should start it, even if you don’t have something to share!!!
Ruth Brown almost 5 years ago
The truth is horrible, Elvis.
Lady Bri almost 5 years ago
GASP Oranges and celery for dessert?! It’s a travesty! Cruel and unusual torture! LOL!!
Gent almost 5 years ago
Happy Funday, folks. Here’s a cute creature for you. Can anyone tell what this creature is?
https://twitter.com/GentBear/status/1183290052790517760
Gent almost 5 years ago
Oh the horror!
almost 5 years ago
Holy Whiskers! Evacuate the area immediately, People!
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Lupin toe beans!
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
I just love Lupin’s happy “monster” grin in panel three and his swishing tail in panel one.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Too bad Lupin can’t go “invisible” in those monster mashed potatoes.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
By the chyron, it appears to be Burt weighing in on the horror of two carbs for dinner.
wolfiiig almost 5 years ago
Read the current best-seller ‘Elvis and the Never-Ending Search for Truth’ for further details on Halloween deceptions.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Whoa – Elvis is poofing and yowling? Mr Angry Fussy Paws is really pissed. What’s next? A CN investigative report “Truth at Dinner – what is the Woman really feeding you?!”
FrannieL Premium Member almost 5 years ago
You can’t fool Elvis, he knows when you are trying to sneak healthy food past him. LOL
lsnielson almost 5 years ago
I love to play with my food at Halloween and serve “Lies” for dinner and dessert.
Nuliajuk almost 5 years ago
Spaghetti and mashed potatoes – it’s “starch surprise”!
rs0204 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
My mother would do that, make regular meals sound exciting by calling them spooky or silly names. But I did not have a hyper-vigilant Siamese to tell me the truth. Still, this strip brought back good memories.
YulanaLow Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Lupin is into the ‘spirit’ of the holiday, while Elvis is all about ‘truth in food.’
BenBerlin almost 5 years ago
sheesh who put a burr under his collar?
rydiacaller almost 5 years ago
I love Lupin’s face in panel 3. It doesn’t beat his frowny face from last week, but it’s still pretty funny.
Catmom almost 5 years ago
I never knew until I was in my 40s that for some folks, smashed taters are the traditional accompaniment to spaghetti. And for others, saltine crackers. As for me, I was probably a teenager or older before I ever heard of garlic bread. In my neck of the woods, we had rolls, or just plain bread and butter, with our spaghetti. And were not aware of any other type of pasta other than plain elbow macaroni.
Granny Roberta almost 5 years ago
Of course I always enjoy Breaking Cat News, but I don’t usually laugh out loud. That last panel, though, forced a laugh out of me. Oh the HORROR of fruits and vegetables for dessert!
NORTHIDAHO almost 5 years ago
OK !!! Who really serves spaghetti with mashed potatoes ?
willie_mctell almost 5 years ago
Perhaps a post-prandial amuse bouche.
XboxKing almost 5 years ago
Does anyone here watch PrestonPlayz?
Font Lady Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Pandora Report:
Grrrrrr! She refused to eat her mouse on Friday. She kept refusing to strike at first, then struck but refused to coil, gummed the mouse a few times (remember, no teeth) then spit it out. I’ll wait until Friday and try again.
Kit'n'Kaboodle almost 5 years ago
Technically…. the definition of fruits… as in the dictionary definition… includes the fact that they are traditionally served as desserts. Berries, pies, cobblers, baked apples…. So fruits for dessert is no big thing, I should think….
I mean, so long as The Woman’s food “lies” don’t include the words “Soylent” and “Green” I think they’ll be alright.
BillJackson2 almost 5 years ago
OT: Several cats
anomalous4 almost 5 years ago
Watch out, Elvis! If you =POOF= any harder, you’ll split your britches!
JLChi almost 5 years ago
I worked at a place where we had a wonderful subsidized cafeteria (excellent meals, quality ingredients, for $5!!!!, and yes, this was recent) but I couldn’t eat there on Halloween because they would give the food creepy names on the menu that turned my stomach. I only remember French Fries were something like “skeleton fingers.” Yuck.
marilynnbyerly almost 5 years ago
Relax, Elvis! That dessert is found with the candy corn because it is made with the same corn syrup and food coloring. I miss eating candy corn. I’d bit off each color separately. The yellow tasted the best.
SheMc almost 5 years ago
Good work Elvis, protect those cute kids!!!
knight1192a almost 5 years ago
I did sheppard’s pie topped with “ghosts” years ago for Halloween. The ghosts were just dollops of mashed potato formed up to look like ghosts with petite pea eyes and mouths. And for the last few years I’ve made birch bark/birch log sandwiches and backbones. Both are simple to make.
Birch bark sandwiches are a white tortilla wrap (try to get some brown spots to look like birch bark). Spread on one half the tortilla mustard and mayo. Layer one or two different sandwich meats of your choice (I like to use ham and turkey) and cheese slices again of your choice (I like Swiss) making sure they go over the the condiments from edge to edge. On the edge without any condiment, spread a little whipped cream cheese and add some alfalfa or broccoli sprouts so they just stick to the cream cheese. Roll up as tightly as you can, rolling the meat and cheese toward the cream cheese. Seal with the cream cheese, add slightly more if needed to seal. Slice in half on a diagonal (or slice it so you have a piece two thirds the original length on a short piece one third that long). Add a little more cream cheese to the top of one piece and set the other piece up against the first at the cream cheese. Finish by adding more sprouts around where the two pieces meet so it looks like moss growing on fallen birch logs.
Backbones are similar but have no cream cheese or sprouts and you cover the entire tortilla with mayo and mustard. You can also add lettuce and tomato. Roll it up and use mustard or mayo to seal. Put through toothpicks then cut to 1" to 1 1/2" thickness. Stack three to four rounds high, hanging over the edge of the one below just a little.
scaeva Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Lupin’s face in panel 3 is pretty demonic.
Who is yowwwling in the last panel, Elvis or the Man and the kids? All four?
Mx Crazy Cat Person almost 5 years ago
Totally loving angry Elvis today. He can’t handle imagination.
Code the Enforcer almost 5 years ago
The last panel has a ‘Soylent Green’ feel about it … At least for the meal, it’s not PEOPLE!!
With background music by Ren and Stimpy … (the one where Ren takes a bath)!!…
serenasakitty almost 5 years ago
I want to make sure that all the puns here mature properly so……GGGRRRRROOOOOOOAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN
serenasakitty almost 5 years ago
I once made a birthday cake for a neighbor’s son. Just an ordinary cake but I thought if I put gummy worms in it it would be a little spooky. It was Halloween as well as his birthday. Of course the gummies melted all through the cake. I thought it was a disaster, but the kid loved it and it was a big hit at his party.
Erin Pierce almost 5 years ago
Every year Elvis has a complete breakdown around Hallowe’en…every year the People wonder why
Daeder almost 5 years ago
“…the vegetables are coming from inside the house! Get out of there!!!”