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A table is being served at a restaurant. The diners (human) are staring daggers at the one diner who is a dog, who sits there with an eager grin on its face. The waitress says: “I have your veal cutlet, ma’am, and here’s your wedge salad, sir… and who ordered the possum roadkill with extra maggots?”
Is a dog right? Should it be a vulture or a coyote? They’re more associated with roadkill, but dogs are funnier.
This is more of a “Far Side” joke than I usually do — in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this actually is a Far Side comic that I’m subconsciously plagiarizing. But if I am… well, it’s subconscious, right? I’m crossing my fingers and hoping it’s original. Does anyone recognize this joke?
My son is reading a Robert Heinlein novel — “Tunnel in the Sky” — one of his “juveniles.” Here’s another Heinlein story, “Space Trip to the Moon:”
His juveniles are probably his best books. I think they’re more satisfying than any of his later philosophical stuff. His actual writing, of course, is much better than whoever adapted his story for this comic book. I’m including this page specifically for its thinly-veiled Donald Duck rip-off.
Draw my comics. I’ll post them here.
Also, some restaurants allow dogs in. I don't know any that welcomes coyotes or jackals. Also, dogs spend more time with humans and have their ways of showing a poor opinion of us.
A turkey vulture and a crow were having a stand-off over a piece of bread in our backyard yesterday (our neighbors insist on putting out bread for the critters every day - I suspect they're attracting rats, but they scare me a little - the neighbors, not the rats - so I'm not going to say anything). I didn't realize that turkey vultures ate bread before. The crow won, btw! No idea why I felt compelled to say that just now, it has nothing to do with your post, but I guess your joke somehow joggled it out of my head. I'll spare you any more insane ramblings.