Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 13, 2011
Transcript:
Waitress: Zonk! Staff meeting - right away! Zonker: That can't be good. Waitress: McFriendly's here. Zonker: Mr. Big? What's he want? Man: Take a good look. This is Applebee's appetizer sampler - 2,590 calories! And this is Chili's Texas Cheese Fries - 2,100 calories! A full day's calories packed into an appetizer! That's the competition, ladies and gentlemen - we're getting killed on value! We need some hi-cal dish concepts fast! Zonker: I've got an idea, Mr. McFriendly - how about a hashish brownie sundae? Man: Are you serious? Zonker: Sure! It'd be like a regular 1,400-calorie sundae, except the secret ingredient would stimulate your appetite! So you'd... Man: You'd order another! Zonker: And another! And another! And so on! Man: Genius! Man: Employee of the month! Employee of the month! Woman: But who would produce the secret ingredient? Man: Yeah, who? To be continued.
rayannina over 13 years ago
Oh. Dear. Heavens …
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
Ask a silly question …
ronebofh over 13 years ago
After that secret ingredient, everyone will be McFriendlier!
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
They’ll hash it out.
wetidlerjr over 13 years ago
This will not end well…
Doughfoot over 13 years ago
Works for the tobacco industry. Only difference is that the planet got hooked before the drug could be outlawed. Now it’s too late.
lewisbower over 13 years ago
The Marines stationed me in North Africa and I didn’t grow fat. Probably too lazy to go to chow.
Sandfan over 13 years ago
The sundae would be named the McMunchies.
radconPU83 over 13 years ago
Shades of the Little Caesars Pizzas in FL in the 70s or 80s…
IncognitoPenguin over 13 years ago
Does it come with amphetamine sprinkles? Why Johnny can’t blink, indeed!
asa4ever over 13 years ago
Is it just me or is there a difference between pot and hashish as far as munchies go? When I was stationed in Turkey I didn’t get the munchies on hashish, but in college in the states I did get them on pot. I prefer hashish, a better high.
JR6019 over 13 years ago
This goes along with my concept of a series of hashish laced brownies, cookies, etc. I call them Bake You Back Goodies, because you bake them and they BAKE YOU BACK!
A million dollar idea.
odeliasimone over 13 years ago
Zonker says, “Well, by coincidence, I happen to have a large plant population already to be harvested.”
Alabama Al over 13 years ago
But the foods already have appetite stimulators that are perfectly legal – they are called “fat” and “salt.”
If you doubt this, try doing without foods loaded with these ingredients (Big Macs, fries, potato chips, most processed foods, etc.) and see how long you last. Unless there is a truly compelling reason for you to do so (e.g.: recovering from a heart attack) you won’t shun these foods for long.
heeyuk over 13 years ago
ooooh, ooooh, it’s good for you….that good old fashioned medicated goo. #Traffic
T Gabriel Premium Member over 13 years ago
lewreader,
shores of tripoli, huh?
The Marines stationed me in I Corps and I didn’t grow fat either. That came 41 years later.
FriscoLou over 13 years ago
I always thought Capt’n Crunch was addictive and self perpetuating. Quaker Oats already has that business model.
What’s in dem oats?
Defective Premium Member over 13 years ago
@Alabama_Al - You forgot sugar. The addicting trio is sugar, salt, and fat. McD’s fries have all 3. Yes, you heard right. It’s been a little known fact for years now. They’re cooked with beef fat, too. Makes ‘em tastier I hear.
Although, I haven’t eaten fast food in literally years. And when I cook for myself (all the time), I cook lean. Which is why I’m not fat. At all. And I don’t miss it. At all. Imagine that.
summerdog86 over 13 years ago
In the second panel, it looks like Zonk has a knife at her back.
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Throw some onion rings in with that hash! hhm, I never got munchies with hash either, but a little toke of pot always made odd things edible. Consider myself “overweight” at present, though still about 30 pounds under the “median” for my height and age, is just a little spooky.
jeanne1212 over 13 years ago
Where? Mama’s South Forty, of course. Amount needed? The % real pot to real meat would be just about standard “fast-food” requirement.
Dragoncat over 13 years ago
“Who would produce the secret ingredient?”
NEED THEY ASK?
I just hope the “Employee of the Month” does not end up becoming the “Inmate of the Millenium”…
pbarnrob over 13 years ago
@Summerdog, it’s a tray in both hands (silhouette).
All those stems and seeds go in the percolator with a few teabags, and soon you have tea that says you need more…
misterwhite over 13 years ago
The University of Illinois did a study in the late 1980’s that concluded that if every American was his/her medically healthy weight, America wouldn’t have to import a drop of oil.
Since that time, Americans have gained an average of MORE THAN 30 pounds.