Herman by Jim Unger for August 18, 2022

High capacity model

Let’s see your $ first, or do you have financing

You should be entering her in a hotdog eating contest.

And don’t spare the mustard.

Is the wife’s name “Ethel”?

Away back when I was young, when I couldn’t yet read or write, I often puzzled over the meanings of words that sounded similar to each other.

A case in point was the word “ethyl.” I well remember my father pulling his old two-tone Pontiac up to a gas station pump and announcing to the attendant, “Fill ‘er up with Ethyl!” [gasoline was priced 31.9 at that time.]

I watched reruns of “I Love Lucy” and wondered what Ethel on that program had to do with gasoline? There were many ? Marks hovering over my head in those years. And still are, actually.

Anyway, in my head I rearranged the caption to say, “Fill Ethel up.”

https://www.tricountytimes.com/story/opinion/2019/02/14/fill-8217-er-up-with/5995548007/

And stand back. It ain’t pretty.

He just bought out the hot dog vendor’s entire stock.

“Sorry sir. This one you’ll have to fill yourself.”

I remember the good old days of cheap gasoline. However, it really wasn’t so cheap compared to wages. And then they had to get the lead out because it was poisoning the environment.

And, I’ll need a half liter bottle of mustard as a chaser.

And you thought the price of filling up you car wash high, just wait till you get the bill for this one.

Not sure that I can. I only have a hundred pounds of them…

“…and don’t forget the Green Stamps.”

Joey Chestnut’s grandmother

He ain’t got enough wieners…

How about fill Ethel with ethyl?

Good luck with that.

You and me both!

Shades of the ‘Der Weinerschintzle’ “Super Dog”!!!

Big spender. Big supplier. Big biter.