FurBabies by Nancy Beiman for April 06, 2024

Perfect timing!

A Total Basket Case NOT My story

(My family and I decide to stop at a moon pie store. They are running a special: 12 mini moon pies from a bushel basket of assorted flavors with a specialty commemorative box purchase. It seems like a good deal, but the bushel basket is running low on the chocolate ones. There are a lot of full cardboard boxes next to the basket (12 to a box), so I pick up one of the chocolate full boxes and carry it with the commemorative box to the counter.)

Me: “Since the basket is running low and I want all chocolate, can I just take the full cardboard box and empty commemorative box for the deal price?”

Clerk: “No, the mini pies need to come from the basket.”

Me: “Yes, but there aren’t 12 chocolate pies in the basket.”

(The clerk then proceeds to take the cardboard box from my hand, open it, and then dump it in the basket.)

Clerk: “There, there are now there are enough in the basket.”

Me: facepalm

I think they’ll still be eaten.

Was Kate making the moon pies in anticipation of Monday’s total solar eclipse?

Is floof a regular reader of Samuli?

The cats give them Ten paws up!!

The horse comment made me laugh out loud. the apron splotches make an eclipse face.

I always get a kick out of comics referencing other comics.

Your dark moon pie splotches remind one of Sparky’s mud for Peppermint Patty’s football games . .

Cute dialogue today.

Moon Pies!!

My wife’s speciality !!

Scared me for a second, I though the burned moon pie was Floof.

Time to grab an RC cola!

Huston, we have a problem.

Nice shout out! The cat clearly has a wonderful sense of humor!

Yup. With a bowl of tigertail ice cream

As my son said when he was little, "If at first you don’t exceed try try again. " :))

Hmmm…I guess I need to go check out another strip…

Nice nod, Nancy! I sense an eclipse joke coming on.

The cat gets it! ツ

What on earth is a moon pie? (please excuse the semi-pun!)

Moon pies are often the butt of a joke. I blame overexposure.

She made S’mores instead. Not a big deal.

I find it educational to eat my cooking disasters.

Very tempting to at least nibble around on it. You start by being picky, but it often becomes a bit of a frenzy.

Of course there is that curiosity about added a ‘little’ whipped cream, or ice cream, or peanut butter, some banana slices, Red Hot candies… and surveying the panty and secret stashes for Inspiration and ideas for the next attempt.

Clean as you go. Hides the evidence. Good or bad.

A bit surprised no one in the comments made a reference to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Perhaps they did and I just missed it.