I can’t wait until Unity sees The Thing, most underwhelming roadside attraction I know of… and with the most billboards! If they take the Southern route, as weather forced us to… I hope their vehicle is just unshown. No backpacks or gear would make for a brief lifespan…
Unless Fearless Leader says otherwise… You were assuming *this* gang would take an efficient route? They could wind up driving the Antarctic Snow Cruiser through the famed Florida Forests of Jai Alai Billboards…
2 reasons: 1) Tip is her actual name. Calling her something else without consent would be kinda rude (then again, as rude as calling her “boob Tip”). 2) It’s possible none of the cast actually read anything by Baum. I mean, if they had, they might notice… who am I kidding, this bunch would never recognize _anything_.
That’s navy, but it doesn’t fit Weird Al’s rhyme, so we’ll assume it’s using the old comics tool of blue highlights (in this case LOTS of highlights) to keep black from being an undifferentiated mass.
Wait, the hamburger was born in New Haven, Connecticut? Wikipedia failed me!
(I also had a similar no congestion moment, when I drove down I-5 in LA and for some reason there was no traffic at all. Really late at night too. No, I wasn’t dreaming or drunk. Pity that never happens in Atlanta.)
Hamburgers in the sense of people born in Hamburg, Germany. The food was an American invention. So is the frankfurter, although it is at least based on actual German style sausage.
A lot of food that ‘Muricans think is foreign was invented here. General Tso’s chicken was most likely invented by an immigrant and post-dates the actual Generals Tso and Tsao by 150 years and nearly two millenia, respectively.
My understanding that originally “steak in the Hamburg style” was essentially a steak tartare patty, and was an import from Hamburg. Cooking it and putting it in a bun does seem to be an American invention.
Intersection of Highway 59 and Loop 610 on the West of Houston, Texas (one of the 5 busiest intersections in the US) at 5 pm on a Friday. Three other cars visible.
December 23, there had been a heavy (for Houston) snowfall that morning and everyone had left work and headed home between 10 am and noon so they wouldn’t be trapped at work over Christmas. This produced some 20,000 traffic accidents between 9 am and 1 pm.
Of course the snow ended by 2 pm, and had melted off the roads by 5 pm.
The lack of traffic was the single most unbelievable thing about Captain America: Winter Soldier. I could buy everything else – or at least forgive it, under Rule of Cool – but all those chase scenes had me laughing in disbelief.
The Big Bug should be Blue. He’s a termite and his name is Nibbles Woodaway, but everybody calls him the Big Blue Bug. The pest control company whose roof he’s on even changed their name to Big Blue Bug.
“Big Blue Bug” leads to a neat Wikipedia page… BBB is on top of a building, the cartoon is implying a *real* but green, big bug is nearby. Ditto Big Amish Guy… So the Screwfly Crisis is only one of the things to watch out for…
After dwelling in various DC suburbs for several years and frequently spending more than on hour to get 20 miles, that last panel made me laugh out loud (VERY loud, startled the snuggle cat out of my lap).
The kicker is that I moved to the greater LA area (supposedly the home of traffic purgatory) 25 years ago and have yet to experience traffic jams in this city even remotely as hideous as the almost daily hell of driving near DC in the early 90s.
So…how are they traveling?
Mojo?
Clearly, they’re traveling by montage.
I can’t wait until Unity sees The Thing, most underwhelming roadside attraction I know of… and with the most billboards! If they take the Southern route, as weather forced us to… I hope their vehicle is just unshown. No backpacks or gear would make for a brief lifespan…
At least they aren’t going by Wall Drugs.
Unless Fearless Leader says otherwise… You were assuming *this* gang would take an efficient route? They could wind up driving the Antarctic Snow Cruiser through the famed Florida Forests of Jai Alai Billboards…
Has it not occurred to any of them to call her Ozma?
2 reasons: 1) Tip is her actual name. Calling her something else without consent would be kinda rude (then again, as rude as calling her “boob Tip”). 2) It’s possible none of the cast actually read anything by Baum. I mean, if they had, they might notice… who am I kidding, this bunch would never recognize _anything_.
Wait, no, her actual name is Rebecca. What am I doing posting comments at 4am, anyway?
All the more reason — Tip is the name that she picked for herself, which makes it her name even more so than the one she was given.
Does anyone else hear the “off to see the Wizard” theme playing?
An Amish man (no matter how large) with a ‘tude? You know that’s unheard of.
But he’s not wearing buttons, he’s got a cool hat, and we all agree he really looks good in black.
That appears to be navy actually
That’s navy, but it doesn’t fit Weird Al’s rhyme, so we’ll assume it’s using the old comics tool of blue highlights (in this case LOTS of highlights) to keep black from being an undifferentiated mass.
Yep. For some reason, I think of Superman’s hair as the canonical example of this.
The whole ‘Japanese girls w/ blue hair’ meme came out of the same reason superman’s hair has that blue tint.
Personally I wish we could permanently change hair color. A head shave w/ a nanite paste (like face mask), then it grows in the desired new color.
Bonus if you can then take nutrient supplements that drive the color change, so you can change hair colors in a few weeks by changing your diet.
I thought the giant bug was the one saying “so lifelike” about boob tip.
Me as well
Wait, the hamburger was born in New Haven, Connecticut? Wikipedia failed me!
(I also had a similar no congestion moment, when I drove down I-5 in LA and for some reason there was no traffic at all. Really late at night too. No, I wasn’t dreaming or drunk. Pity that never happens in Atlanta.)
I’m willing to bet there are a good DOZEN “birthplace of the hamburger” roadside attractions scattered across America
Texas has the strongest claim that I know of.
How about Germany? ‘t Was Germans who brought the Hamburger over through Ellis Island….
They tell me it’s “die Frikadelle” in German, except for those corrupted by the Americans.
Also the only Hamburgers to come through Ellis Island are the people who resided in Hamburg. Ah, well, that must be who Unity is gnawing on right now…
Hamburgers in the sense of people born in Hamburg, Germany. The food was an American invention. So is the frankfurter, although it is at least based on actual German style sausage.
A lot of food that ‘Muricans think is foreign was invented here. General Tso’s chicken was most likely invented by an immigrant and post-dates the actual Generals Tso and Tsao by 150 years and nearly two millenia, respectively.
My understanding that originally “steak in the Hamburg style” was essentially a steak tartare patty, and was an import from Hamburg. Cooking it and putting it in a bun does seem to be an American invention.
Intersection of Highway 59 and Loop 610 on the West of Houston, Texas (one of the 5 busiest intersections in the US) at 5 pm on a Friday. Three other cars visible.
December 23, there had been a heavy (for Houston) snowfall that morning and everyone had left work and headed home between 10 am and noon so they wouldn’t be trapped at work over Christmas. This produced some 20,000 traffic accidents between 9 am and 1 pm.
Of course the snow ended by 2 pm, and had melted off the roads by 5 pm.
The lack of traffic was the single most unbelievable thing about Captain America: Winter Soldier. I could buy everything else – or at least forgive it, under Rule of Cool – but all those chase scenes had me laughing in disbelief.
It’s a matter of movie life. Why is it the characters always get a great parking spot right in front of where they’re going?
I read this at 6:30am as I am preparing to go get onto I-95 S towards DC *on a Friday*, and I just sort of want to laugh and cry and nod in agreement.
See how much Americana they miss out on when Nick flies them around?
That’s it, immersion broken! I can handle the made science, but no traffic on 95? Even the apocalypse couldn’t do that!
Seconded. There is no way this could happen without breaking the universe from sheer improbability.
One would at least expect the road to be full of dead cars.
The Big Bug should be Blue. He’s a termite and his name is Nibbles Woodaway, but everybody calls him the Big Blue Bug. The pest control company whose roof he’s on even changed their name to Big Blue Bug.
“Big Blue Bug” leads to a neat Wikipedia page… BBB is on top of a building, the cartoon is implying a *real* but green, big bug is nearby. Ditto Big Amish Guy… So the Screwfly Crisis is only one of the things to watch out for…
You know, without context “boob tip” is a pretty weird nickname.
After dwelling in various DC suburbs for several years and frequently spending more than on hour to get 20 miles, that last panel made me laugh out loud (VERY loud, startled the snuggle cat out of my lap).
The kicker is that I moved to the greater LA area (supposedly the home of traffic purgatory) 25 years ago and have yet to experience traffic jams in this city even remotely as hideous as the almost daily hell of driving near DC in the early 90s.
I’ve been to I-95 now and I can say, this really is a marvel.
I just realised why they are referred to as “boob Tip” and “not-boob Tip”.
The alternative would be to refer to Dr. Willkins as “dick Tip”, and we can’t be having with that.