It’s funny how this isn’t even an odd request anymore. Most places will make burgers into lettuce wraps now. I wonder which factors (keto, gluten-free, broader health awareness) or combination of them had the most influence on changing perception about it?
The milkshake, on the other hand…
Likely on both hands. And your lap. And the floor…
Just the way I likes it.
Gluten free I think, that was basically the only reason we made them back when I worked at a fast food joint
I used to order this way when I was doing the atkins diet. Now I am vegetarian and have ordered a whopper without the meat.
bloom county had an abnormally large place in my childhood. its strange that people today, even my age, just dont remember it.
im beyond happy to see a live feed from the fediverse. my instance is actually named for bloom county joke (http://moist.catsweat.com)
Have you read the 2015 revival? It stopped in 2020, I believe.
i was aware but havent really put any time into reading the new stuff until recently.
reeeeallly hit home… like, an almost painful nostalgia watching the gang brought back. its a testament to his character design maybe…messy as it is.
they feel like family… a family i hadnt seen in a long time.
Noice
Don’t slouch on Pogo, either.
“We have seen the enemy, and it is us.”
A milkshake without a cup seems like it would become a milk handshake.
I’ll be here all week, folks.
As someone who doesn’t remember those days, why was it so ridiculous to get a burger without a bun? Even without lettuce wraps, it seems like it would’ve been simple enough to throw/stack in the wrapper/box. Messy, but simple. These days, it’s commonly eaten with a fork.
What was different back then?
This is based on a marketing campaign back in the day from Burger King called Have It Your Way. At the time having things customized in the food industry, especially fast food was not common and food allergies/intolerance were not really acknowledged. If you didn’t like pickles or tomatoes, you picked them off instead of being made without for you. So when BK started this it was pretty revolutionary.
I’m so excited! Thank you for doing this! I had to buy the 2009 complete collection on paper to get high quality versions. Did you digitize all those years of strips?
Very welcome :) This will be a nice trip down memory lane! Pretty amazing how relevant it still is today.
I have the complete collection as well. I did not digitize them, as they are freely available on GoComics.com. I have noticed that GoComics sometimes is missing some days here and there, in those cases I will digitize.
Today I learned! You must have great patience, like Oliver Wendell Jones himself, to take on such a thing.
Is there any logic to their gaps? Censorship, complaints, intern put the physical copy in the shredder instead of the scanner?
My wife disassembles her burgers before eating them. (Chopped beef steak with a roll, what’s not to like?)
She’s such a weirdo.
It’s here! I never read bloom county (beyond a big book of comic history where it had some strips) but the countdown got me interested.
This is the first strip? For some reason I expected less of a non sequitur
