geysershitdick
+34 -0
Eating eggs is not intuitive.
Eating eggs is not intuitive.
flynn
+126 -0
Much is owed to dudes of past times willing to put any old thing in their mouth.
Much is owed to dudes of past times willing to put any old thing in their mouth.
ghostd
+15 -0
Another good example: lobster.
Another good example: lobster.
flynn
+138 -0
What is for lunch today?
This horrifying sea spider!
I .. uh .. oh what the hell.
What is for lunch today?
This horrifying sea spider!
I .. uh .. oh what the hell.
yaotzin
+2 -0
I like to think many of these aren't as extreme as they seem. Eggs Artichokes and other plant/fruit/animal produced matter could possibly be explained as simply a case of monkey see monkey do.
Things like oysters and lobster could have came from them being accidentally caught while net fishing. If these fish are good for food, why not try these things as well.
And even crazier things, like caviar, I would assume came from the need to make use of every part of an animal. Turning it into what it is today could be explained by french fishmongers/fishermen taking it home to eat themselves since it wouldn't sell. The same thing happened with some choice cuts of beef that where thought to not be marketable but would instead be taken home by the butcher.
Those same cuts of meat we now use for things such as stews and fajitas and steak sandwiches and country fried steak to name a few.
I like to think many of these aren't as extreme as they seem. Eggs Artichokes and other plant/fruit/animal produced matter could possibly be explained as simply a case of monkey see monkey do.
Things like oysters and lobster could have came from them being accidentally caught while net fishing. If these fish are good for food, why not try these things as well.
And even crazier things, like caviar, I would assume came from the need to make use of every part of an animal. Turning it into what it is today could be explained by french fishmongers/fishermen taking it home to eat themselves since it wouldn't sell. The same thing happened with some choice cuts of beef that where thought to not be marketable but would instead be taken home by the butcher.
Those same cuts of meat we now use for things such as stews and fajitas and steak sandwiches and country fried steak to name a few.
kazad
+2 -0
Aye, or an oyster.
Aye, or an oyster.
evolume
+4 -0
artichoke.
artichoke.
deusoma
+1 -0
Pineapple.
Pineapple.
stuart
+1 -0
Caviar.
Caviar.
apocowarg
+5 -0
milk
milk
stuart
+0 -0
Baby animals drink milk.
Baby animals drink milk.
stuart
+7 -0
Shit, baby humans do it instinctively.
Shit, baby humans do it instinctively.
apocowarg
+26 -2
the first person to pull on a cow's udder then drink what came out had issues.
the first person to pull on a cow's udder then drink what came out had issues.
vaseline
+4 -2
issues like thinking "huh, babies do this, baby cows do this, and it looks basically the same, why don't i try it?"
issues like thinking "huh, babies do this, baby cows do this, and it looks basically the same, why don't i try it?"
apocowarg
+27 -1
ALRIGHT ALREADY YOU'VE BROKEN ME I RETRACT MY MILK COMMENT. I RETRAAAAAAAAACT
ALRIGHT ALREADY YOU'VE BROKEN ME I RETRACT MY MILK COMMENT. I RETRAAAAAAAAACT
i_love_kate
+7 -0
...
Pizza!
...
Pizza!
canusdivinus
+9 -0
Early man would have been lactose intolerant. The ability to break down milk is lost when the baby stops drinking milk. It's just that these days, people keep drinking milk after breast-feeding has stopped, so the body doesn't lose the ability.
I would NOT want to have shared a hut with the first dude to drink cow milk.
Early man would have been lactose intolerant. The ability to break down milk is lost when the baby stops drinking milk. It's just that these days, people keep drinking milk after breast-feeding has stopped, so the body doesn't lose the ability.
I would NOT want to have shared a hut with the first dude to drink cow milk.
carpetbag
+4 -0
Milk tolerance doesn't work that way. It's a mutation that allowed for the existence of pastoral nomads and the like, and so has survived. It's also why certain ethnic groups have much higher rates of lactose-intolerance than others.
I accidentally chubbied you when trying to click reply. Oh well
Milk tolerance doesn't work that way. It's a mutation that allowed for the existence of pastoral nomads and the like, and so has survived. It's also why certain ethnic groups have much higher rates of lactose-intolerance than others.
I accidentally chubbied you when trying to click reply. Oh well
satellitetv
+17 -1
Cheese.
It's fucking MOLD
Cheese.
It's fucking MOLD
bourbonsamurai
+2 -0
Cheese don't make sense. The dude who figured out to eat that stuff was some kind of whacked out caveman.
Cheese don't make sense. The dude who figured out to eat that stuff was some kind of whacked out caveman.
drskradley
+37 -0
Mushrooms.
"Sure, this one's poisonous, and this one's poisonous, but why not try this other one! It may be fine! Or, I might die like all my relatives did!"
Mushrooms.
"Sure, this one's poisonous, and this one's poisonous, but why not try this other one! It may be fine! Or, I might die like all my relatives did!"
rowboat
+23 -0
Smirnoff Ice.
Smirnoff Ice.
spinynorman
+35 -0
Alcohol.
Remember when you were a youngling and you sipped whisky for the first time and you practically wanted to die? Someone tasted that for the first time and thought, "You know what. I'm going to stick with this. Hold my ground. You never know, something good could happen."
And yeah, something good did happen, but Christ what a way to find out.
Alcohol.
Remember when you were a youngling and you sipped whisky for the first time and you practically wanted to die? Someone tasted that for the first time and thought, "You know what. I'm going to stick with this. Hold my ground. You never know, something good could happen."
And yeah, something good did happen, but Christ what a way to find out.
apocowarg
+65 -0
It's possible that the discovery of alcohol came after man witnessed animals eating fermented fruit. Which would mean we discovered the effects before the taste. Why you'd want to emulate a bunch of spider monkeys that played the same goddamn Blackeyed Peas song over and over on the jukebox all night then had unprotected sex with an ugly guy in a football jersy that has his own name on the back, I have no idea.
It's possible that the discovery of alcohol came after man witnessed animals eating fermented fruit. Which would mean we discovered the effects before the taste. Why you'd want to emulate a bunch of spider monkeys that played the same goddamn Blackeyed Peas song over and over on the jukebox all night then had unprotected sex with an ugly guy in a football jersy that has his own name on the back, I have no idea.
hereward
+4 -2
If anyone is interested, some think that the eating of new food & early discoveries of new techniques for processing food were gained through intuition and sometimes insights granted in dreams, native american & aboriginee shaman-style.
If anyone is interested, some think that the eating of new food & early discoveries of new techniques for processing food were gained through intuition and sometimes insights granted in dreams, native american & aboriginee shaman-style.
boredom_man
+6 -1
Other people think they were gained by the careful experimentation of sentient beings who were developing language for this purpose, what's your point?
Other people think they were gained by the careful experimentation of sentient beings who were developing language for this purpose, what's your point?
dougthehead
+0 -1
I'd quibble about what you mean by "careful experimentation," but otherwise, your post makes an important point: if you state something on a message board that cannot be confirmed through the scientific method, you'd better shut the fuck up.
I'd quibble about what you mean by "careful experimentation," but otherwise, your post makes an important point: if you state something on a message board that cannot be confirmed through the scientific method, you'd better shut the fuck up.
presterjohn
+0 -0
A comment left by presterjohn was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by katethegreat, dinner, yingkaixing)
A comment left by presterjohn was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by katethegreat, dinner, yingkaixing)
stuart
+2 -0
Remember when you were a brand of Pennsylvanian beer because that makes a lot of sense
Remember when you were a brand of Pennsylvanian beer because that makes a lot of sense
greenkoolayd
+0 -0
the brewery is like... 40 mins from where i live. haters call it 'pottsville piss-water'.
the brewery is like... 40 mins from where i live. haters call it 'pottsville piss-water'.
stuart
+0 -0
You wouldn't happen to be the Something Awful Forums Spiny norman, would you? Because if so you would certainly be the one to know what good things happen from whiskey.
You wouldn't happen to be the Something Awful Forums Spiny norman, would you? Because if so you would certainly be the one to know what good things happen from whiskey.
spinynorman
+1 -0
Hahaha, yeah, that's me. : )
"Good things" is a term with many varied meanings. I guess it could be used in my case.
Hahaha, yeah, that's me. : )
"Good things" is a term with many varied meanings. I guess it could be used in my case.
zapatos
+0 -0
I think he was french, and from twenty years in the future.
I think he was french, and from twenty years in the future.
ndpjohnny
+0 -1
It's all marketing:
Cheese. It's fucking mold! :oD
It's all marketing:
Cheese. It's fucking mold! :oD
yaotzin
+0 -0
Well somewhere down the line, someone had to barrel up some milk I'd imagine, have it get lost or put away in storage for some time in a warm climate, and come to find that is had turned into a odd sour water with a strangely tangy curd settled on the bottom of the barrel.
Sure that first wave of funk burning your nostrils would send many people today running, but if you where low on food and low on money or trading goods, gotta give it a shot yeah?
Well somewhere down the line, someone had to barrel up some milk I'd imagine, have it get lost or put away in storage for some time in a warm climate, and come to find that is had turned into a odd sour water with a strangely tangy curd settled on the bottom of the barrel.
Sure that first wave of funk burning your nostrils would send many people today running, but if you where low on food and low on money or trading goods, gotta give it a shot yeah?
soticoto
+0 -0
Ackee Fruit
Ackee Fruit
mattylite
+2 -0
Meals
Meals
flynn
+4 -0
I don't really like...meals.
I don't really like...meals.
akarroa
+0 -0
Around here (Texas), a common delicacy is Rocky Mountain Oysters . Also, Geoduck . Personally, I have eaten neither.
Around here (Texas), a common delicacy is Rocky Mountain Oysters . Also, Geoduck . Personally, I have eaten neither.
shutup_shutup
+0 -0
You eat geoduck down in Texas too? That's a thing up here in the NW as well. It's popular at sushi places.
You eat geoduck down in Texas too? That's a thing up here in the NW as well. It's popular at sushi places.
afterward
+4 -0
Geoduck is a Pokemon.
Geoduck is a Pokemon.
luckypyjamas
+0 -0
also crab
also crab
luckypyjamas
+0 -0
also tripe
also tripe
sp1derbaby
+0 -0
also brains
also brains
catgrl131
+5 -1
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINS
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINS
pigeon_street
+0 -0
*oral sex joke*
*oral sex joke*
katal
+0 -0
This comic makes me feel old.
This comic makes me feel old.
centipede_damascus
+2 -2
Little Nephew has completely missed out on musclebound Pittsburghians hurting people a lot.
Little Nephew has completely missed out on musclebound Pittsburghians hurting people a lot.
kilroywashere
+0 -0
Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh?
gouldgonewild
+1 -0
Philly, buddy.
Philly, buddy.
centipede_damascus
+2 -0
Dang I'm an idiot.
Dang I'm an idiot.
thatskotkid
+3 -1
If I had a word like "Pittsburghian" rolling around in m'noggin, I'd use it at every opportunity, whether it was accurate or not.
If I had a word like "Pittsburghian" rolling around in m'noggin, I'd use it at every opportunity, whether it was accurate or not.
gouldgonewild
+6 -0
How Pittsburghian of you!
How Pittsburghian of you!
natashamarie
+0 -0
its pittsburghers... i ... i think.
i am from the burgh. i should know these things. damnit.
its pittsburghers... i ... i think.
i am from the burgh. i should know these things. damnit.
aliiis
+1 -0
Yeah um in Edinburgh where I live we have the same problem, there is no neat terminology for us. People say Edinburghers or 'Edinburgers' but with a sort of questioning intonation, but I never heard anyone say Edinburghian. Mayhap it is the same for all burghs?
Yeah um in Edinburgh where I live we have the same problem, there is no neat terminology for us. People say Edinburghers or 'Edinburgers' but with a sort of questioning intonation, but I never heard anyone say Edinburghian. Mayhap it is the same for all burghs?
solobuttons
+1 -0
Edinbergers Syndrome
Edinbergers Syndrome
deusoma
+1 -0
Dammit, Assetbaristas, now I crave burgers.
Dammit, Assetbaristas, now I crave burgers.
zapatos
+0 -0
If? The word is right there, ripe for the pickin'
Try to use 'hypothetricality' sometime, see if anyone tries to open a round of fisticuffs.
If? The word is right there, ripe for the pickin'
Try to use 'hypothetricality' sometime, see if anyone tries to open a round of fisticuffs.
steerpike66
+8 -0
I want more Little Nephew; I like watching ray wrestle with the maddening condescension of the young. And then crushing their punk asses with references to puberty and masturbation.
I want more Little Nephew; I like watching ray wrestle with the maddening condescension of the young. And then crushing their punk asses with references to puberty and masturbation.
crinklebat
+1 -0
Yeah! We had to watch it in History class! Rocky!
I totally bust out this kind of shit on my parents' generation all the time. Oh, man, yeah I heard Bob Dylan, it was totally in my class in College! That song about Maggie's Farm, guys!
Yeah! We had to watch it in History class! Rocky!
I totally bust out this kind of shit on my parents' generation all the time. Oh, man, yeah I heard Bob Dylan, it was totally in my class in College! That song about Maggie's Farm, guys!
saucy_jack
+0 -0
The thing is that in College they have classes about Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The thing is that in College they have classes about Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
estutius
+8 -0
WE CAN EAT EGGS?!
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!
WE CAN EAT EGGS?!
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!
farqussus
+6 -0
That's why he's SIR Isaac Newton.
That's why he's SIR Isaac Newton.
ctrl_z
+0 -0
Remember when Little Nephew used to look up to Ray?
Remember when Little Nephew used to look up to Ray?
megadan
+0 -0
One of my top strips of all time. That made me laugh out loud, for a couple minutes at least.
One of my top strips of all time. That made me laugh out loud, for a couple minutes at least.
tttt2
+0 -0
we watched Rocky IV in history class
we watched Rocky IV in history class
kylemcjuicy
+1 -0
Ray seems like the type that would have an automatic dishwasher. And not use Little Nephew.
Ray seems like the type that would have an automatic dishwasher. And not use Little Nephew.
zapatos
+0 -0
Washing the dishes builds character.
Washing the dishes builds character.
crankheart
+0 -0
late as the dickens...escargot. i can't eat anything whose asshole i don't know the location/existance of. screw grammar on this one...i couldn't dammit. I CAN'T!
late as the dickens...escargot. i can't eat anything whose asshole i don't know the location/existance of. screw grammar on this one...i couldn't dammit. I CAN'T!
fuzzyshoo
+0 -0
Oh man that is some excellent sass from LN.
Oh man that is some excellent sass from LN.
missbee
+0 -0
Actually I did watch Rocky (4) in my history class.
Actually I did watch Rocky (4) in my history class.
boredom_man
+0 -0
Hooray for the Opposite of Learning.
Hooray for the Opposite of Learning.
missbee
+0 -0
That's what I thought too. My teacher loved Opposite of Learning.
That's what I thought too. My teacher loved Opposite of Learning.
carlyle
+0 -0
WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO [verb]?! [action movie star]?!
WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO [verb]?! [action movie star]?!
Oh man, those egg jokes crack me up.
Little Neph's burn is pretty raw.
... meant in a not-so-ironic sort of way.