The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 27, 2023

Do you at least slice the carrots? Also-are the potatoes cooked?

I would opt for the mixed veggies, a carrot and a green bean.

Hurry Brutus before all that’s left is parsnips.

add a side of broccoli…

Two average sized carrots would leave little room for the meatloaf. Two Brussels sprouts would be better.

Wouldn’t the OTHER vegetable be the potato in the mashed potatoes?

Around my neck of the woods there is nobody that thinks a potato is a fruit.

I half expected her to ask “Do you want fries with that?”

I would call that misleading advertising.

My wife cooks carrots, potatoes, onion, and bell pepper in the pan with the meatloaf. Good stuff, Maynard.

That is good thinking Brutus, don’t ask any questions about the meat in meatloaf. Very wise.

Are the two carrots sliced a la julienne?

Sounds like the yield from my garden.

are they at least whole carrots or just the baby carrots. :/ yum carrots. :g

Spouse and I like Cracker Barrel. Sometimes my two “sides” are pinto beans and pinto beans.

And when you eat the carrots you have to say: “What’s Up, Doc?”

If it were peas And carrots… He would eat every carrot AND Pea on his plate!

You asked Brutus .

Can I get one carrot raw and the other cooked?

Hey! At fancy restaurants those two carrots would be a pricy a la carte offering.

I’ll just take the carrots. Haven’t eaten meatloaf since a nasty bout of food poisoning when I was 10.

Isn’t that special.

I’m surprised the other vegetable wasn’t a sprig of parsley.

I wouldn’t mess with that waitress Brutus, she looks like she could be Mother Gargle’s younger sister.

Must be big carrots at keast. Some specials are better than others. You can always choose one of your favorites off the menu. Hamburgers with all the trimmings are always my go to…

Yay, two carrots!

Ok, this is your lucky day, you can have two more choices. “Take it or leave it.”

The way things are going, that’s about right – two carrots and that’ll cost you $10.

“OK” says Brutus, “extra gravy please”, she replies “no gravy with the special”, Brutus comes back with "can I get ketchup at least?…(guess what she said)…

Does he not ever wonder why he generally eats alone in there at lunch time?

And no refills for you either!

keep it up and it’ll be two peas