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Carrot smiled, and then nodded at the cook behind the counter and cleared his throat noisily.
‘I think I might have a throat sweet somewhere —’ Angua began.
‘I was ordering breakfast,’ said Carrot.
‘You know the menu off by heart?’
‘Oh, yes. But it’s written on the wall as well.’
Angua turned and looked again at what she’d thought were merely random scratches.
’It’s Oggham,’ said Carrot. ‘An ancient and poetic runic script whose origins are lost in the mists of time but it’s thought to have been invented even before the Gods.’
‘Gosh. What does it say?’
Carrot really cleared his throat this time.
‘Soss, egg, beans and rat 12p Soss, rat and fried slice l0p Cream-cheese rat 9p Rat and beans 8p Rat and ketchup 7p Rat 4p’
‘Why does ketchup cost almost as much as the rat?’ said Angua.
‘Have you tried rat without ketchup?’ said Carrot.
Think how the Dodo Bird might have survived, if they could only be eaten with unavailable condiments. Their evolutionary misfortune was to be both slow and delicious.
GreasyOldTam almost 4 years ago
Wonder how many licks it would take to get to… never mind.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I guess these characters are in poor taste.
Doug K almost 4 years ago
Was that Mikey the Alien? He doesn’t like anything.
Sanspareil almost 4 years ago
Hmmmm, maybe they can market ketchup to aliens!!
Could be mega Quatloos in the making!!
chuckcork1 almost 4 years ago
Carrot smiled, and then nodded at the cook behind the counter and cleared his throat noisily.
‘I think I might have a throat sweet somewhere —’ Angua began.
‘I was ordering breakfast,’ said Carrot.
‘You know the menu off by heart?’
‘Oh, yes. But it’s written on the wall as well.’
Angua turned and looked again at what she’d thought were merely random scratches.
’It’s Oggham,’ said Carrot. ‘An ancient and poetic runic script whose origins are lost in the mists of time but it’s thought to have been invented even before the Gods.’
‘Gosh. What does it say?’
Carrot really cleared his throat this time.
‘Soss, egg, beans and rat 12p Soss, rat and fried slice l0p Cream-cheese rat 9p Rat and beans 8p Rat and ketchup 7p Rat 4p’
‘Why does ketchup cost almost as much as the rat?’ said Angua.
‘Have you tried rat without ketchup?’ said Carrot.
Gent almost 4 years ago
Well, you was lucky those alien kids didn’t eat junk food.
P51Strega almost 4 years ago
They were one letter from being consumed. Kids love PBJs. Good thing they had Cliff with them.
awcoffman almost 4 years ago
Meddle not in the affairs of aliens for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
Frer Squirrel almost 4 years ago
So is Pam really steering, while Brewster has a training yoke?
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
Spared empty calories, lucky buggers!
trainnut1956 almost 4 years ago
Ketchup? No thanks.
Mayor Snorkum almost 4 years ago
For Pete’s sake, every space squid knows you put mustard on a human, never ketchup!
tims145 almost 4 years ago
The trick is to have some Vogon poetry memorized.
geese28 almost 4 years ago
Just be happy they didn’t have bbq sauce
WCraft almost 4 years ago
Diving into that hot sauce bottle was a great idea, too.
mistercatworks almost 4 years ago
Think how the Dodo Bird might have survived, if they could only be eaten with unavailable condiments. Their evolutionary misfortune was to be both slow and delicious.
bakana almost 4 years ago
Sometimes Brewster comes up with the Correct answer.