Yikes.
What?
I don’t want to judge.
And yet there you are. Judging.
All right, I’m judging.
what is your problem with my dinner?
If you added any more mustard to that sandwich you wouldn’t need meat. Just bread and mustard.
This is hardly the first time you’ve seen me eat, Jacob.
No, I know, but it always baffles me.
And yet you have waited years to say anything? Why now? What has changed?
Nothing.
Oh no, dearling, you brought it up for a reason, something.
It’s just, you put mustard on turkey.
Yes. A lot of good, spicy mustard. All over the turkey. Yes I do.
And you like mustard on roast beef…
Oh yes.
But I’ve never seen you put mustard on ham.
No, I don’t like mus… wait.
Did you think you ordered something else?
Yes!
You didn’t even look, did you?
No!
I hate it when that happens.
Me too, yes, very!
You could send it back…
For ordering the right thing but being stupid?
Well… I mean if you put it like that, they’d probably take it back.
They would, wouldn’t they? But no I would feel like I was wasting food then.
Then you’ll have to eat it.
I could scrape the mustard off.
We both know that you can scrape the mustard off but it will always and forever still be mustardy.
It will, won’t it?
That’s why I don’t trust mustard. It never leaves.
But it is so tasty normally on other things.
This is the price you pay. The evil mustardly price.
I don’t want to pay a mustardly price.
So send it back.
I don’t want to waste food.
So eat it!
I hate this. What if I hid the mustard with too much mayo?
Dangerous. It could backfire. You could compound the mistake.
Damn it, we have to try something!
You’re playing with forces you don’t understand!
We can’t just do nothing!
We sound like a Michael Bay movie.
We do. The hell with it, I’ll eat the stupid thing.
That’s the spirit!
Mmm. It’s so tasty.
I don’t want to laugh but… your face.
What? I am loving this sandwich.
Stop, before you make me choke on my own food!
Sooooo tasty.
Stop it!
I think I’ll order a second. Mmm. Mmm. Good.
February 25th, 2010 on 10:06 am
Ah, the sweet taste of misery!
February 25th, 2010 on 10:22 am
This strip is a great example of this new(ish) format that you’ve created. Matteo’s illustrations of the expressions are not giant in number, and yet, the way that you use Tashi’s ‘sad’ face with her dialogue – it really expresses a lot with very little.
Nicely done as always. I really like the tone of this conversation.
February 25th, 2010 on 11:41 am
Dangerous. It could backfire. You could compound the mistake.
Damn it, we have to try something!
You’re playing with forces you don’t understand!
We can’t just do nothing!
We sound like a Michael Bay movie.
WIN.
February 25th, 2010 on 11:45 am
Nerds: So yummy!
Lich: Yeah that sort of moment is why I wanted to do it this way. It doesn’t always work in but when it does … yay!
Thebes: Don’t you ever do that and realize it and just feel… dirty?
February 26th, 2010 on 6:02 am
There’s so many great lines in this one, I can’t pick a favourite!
February 26th, 2010 on 7:13 pm
More so when I accidentally rhyme, but yes.
February 27th, 2010 on 2:12 am
Excellent use of the face/icon/things. This one definitely belongs in a “best of” collection.
February 27th, 2010 on 2:12 am
Thanks, man.