A Penny Arcade strip you like and why

erikg88 · 2011-02-06T21:03:45.000Z

sinnick:

Good lord.

I’ve been wondering what the origin of the dinosaur pictures is. So it’s like grandma tsk-tsking, but… why dinosaurs? Is it for extinct debates?

Sebmojo · 2011-02-07T01:45:38.000Z

erikg88:

I’ve been wondering what the origin of the dinosaur pictures is. So it’s like grandma tsk-tsking, but… why dinosaurs? Is it for extinct debates?

It means you should go here and continue your discussion.

erikg88 · 2011-02-07T02:10:27.000Z

Go on with your bad self, Sebmojo. It’s a PA thread Reconquista.

Sebmojo · 2011-02-07T03:23:19.000Z

erikg88:

Go on with your bad self, Sebmojo. It’s a PA thread Reconquista.

I’m the one on the horse.

Dejin · 2011-02-07T03:30:56.000Z

I was surprised to discover that Annarchy appears to be growing up. I presume this is an actual attempt to make her look older, not just random variations in drawing styles, although it’s hard to know for sure.

Earliest Annarchy (January 2005):

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Latest Annarchy (April 2009):

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unbongwah · 2011-02-07T10:27:41.000Z

Armando Penblade:

Am I the only one who REALLY wants some purple-prose mother-fucker to write up all 13 books of the Elemenstor Saga based upon the Wiki with as much ludicrous detail and atrocious writing as possible?

I’ll do you one better: once it’s published, we all pitch in to buy Angie the deluxe gift edition so she can write it up for all of us!

Dejin:

I was surprised to discover that Annarchy appears to be growing up. I presume this is an actual attempt to make her look older, not just random variations in drawing styles, although it’s hard to know for sure.

Isn’t she based on Jerry’s actual niece? If so, it would make sense that she’s aging in the strip, the same way Gabe & Tycho’s in-comic offspring seem to be aging.

Also, thank you for reminding me it’s been way too long since their last Annarchy strip. She’s like the cool niece I never got to spoil!

Sebmojo · 2011-02-07T12:50:03.000Z

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The way his intense, all caps expression remains the same whether he’s buying breakfast or warping back to the Cretaceous.

Rimbo · 2011-02-07T13:04:04.000Z

Sebmojo:

The way his intense, all caps expression remains the same whether he’s buying breakfast or warping back to the Cretaceous.

She’s turning down gold because “we stopped serving breakfast four minutes ago.” Or that a McGriddle would be worth going back in time for. (Or am I just weird for thinking life without McGriddles wouldn’t be all that ba… life without McGri… life… no life… must end all life… kill… killlllaAAAAAAIGH! OK, McGriddles still exist, pant pant it’s ok, it’s ok…)

Brian_Seiler · 2011-02-07T13:09:39.000Z

Rimbo:

She’s turning down gold because “we stopped serving breakfast four minutes ago.” Or that a McGriddle would be worth going back in time for. (Or am I just weird for thinking life without McGriddles wouldn’t be all that ba… life without McGri… life… no life… must end all life… kill… killlllaAAAAAAIGH! OK, McGriddles still exist, pant pant it’s ok, it’s ok…)

If breakfast only ended four minutes ago, she should have checked with the kitchen to see if there were any binned materials still left. When we switched over at 10:00, we didn’t just throw the sausage into a heap behind the restaurant - we’d still sell the stuff we had left until its dinger went off.

Now, the Big and Deluxe Breakfasts - those would be unavailable, because those come with scrambled eggs, and by the time you make the call to close down breakfast the cook you have on the eggs and pancakes side of the grill washing that side down and closing up, because, if it’s anything like my restaurant, it is a ninety billion year old woman who arrives every day before four in the morning and she’s ready to go home. I’m going to venture a guess that the McGriddle “bun” (such as it is) isn’t cooked fresh on the grill, though, since it’s infused with maple syrup (and just typing that makes me want to barf a little). I can’t remember whether the McGriddle has folded, poached, or no eggs (they came along after my time, and I’m proud to say that I’ve never felt the urge to order one myself), but both of those kind of eggs might still be kiestered in their drawers only four minutes after the grill flips.

God damn but I can take the fun out of anything.

JM1 · 2011-02-07T13:41:09.000Z

It’s a double act. Rimbo helpfully explains the obvious joke, and you then run with that until the entrails are all over the place.

jerri_blank · 2011-02-07T13:50:06.000Z

You’re giving me flashbacks, Brian.

MatthewF · 2011-02-07T14:29:53.000Z

Brian Seiler:

If breakfast only ended four minutes ago, she should have checked with the kitchen to see if there were any binned materials still left. When we switched over at 10:00, we didn’t just throw the sausage into a heap behind the restaurant - we’d still sell the stuff we had left until its dinger went off.

Now, the Big and Deluxe Breakfasts - those would be unavailable, because those come with scrambled eggs, and by the time you make the call to close down breakfast the cook you have on the eggs and pancakes side of the grill washing that side down and closing up, because, if it’s anything like my restaurant, it is a ninety billion year old woman who arrives every day before four in the morning and she’s ready to go home. I’m going to venture a guess that the McGriddle “bun” (such as it is) isn’t cooked fresh on the grill, though, since it’s infused with maple syrup (and just typing that makes me want to barf a little). I can’t remember whether the McGriddle has folded, poached, or no eggs (they came along after my time, and I’m proud to say that I’ve never felt the urge to order one myself), but both of those kind of eggs might still be kiestered in their drawers only four minutes after the grill flips.

God damn but I can take the fun out of anything.

McGriddles use the folded eggs:

I personally think they’re disgusting, as having only ever eaten one out of curiosity at the combination of a sweet bun and egg/cheese/sausage (not a good one IMO, but people apparently love these fucking things). I also know about the scrambled eggs in the Big Breakfast, but poached? What does McDonalds make that has poached eggs? Poached is actually my favorite method of egg preparation (and the healthiest, if we’re ignoring egg whites) so I wouldn’t mind getting something from them that was poached. Well, provided it doesn’t taste a like a fucking McGriddle.

Dave_Perkins · 2011-02-07T14:32:54.000Z

What makes me shudder is the idea of tracing those eggs back to the source and just taking a look around.

Andrew · 2011-02-07T14:43:28.000Z

Somebody should try to buy a McGriddle 4 minutes after they stop serving breakfast and see what happens.

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2011-02-07T15:02:05.000Z

MatthewF:

McGriddles use the folded eggs:

My god, that folded egg-substance looks horrible. It’s like someone has turned eggs into an industrial product that is pressed and cut on an assembly line.

CLWheeljack · 2011-02-07T15:12:26.000Z

Gus_Smedstad:

My god, that folded egg-substance looks horrible. It’s like someone has turned eggs into an industrial product that is pressed and cut on an assembly line.

Yes…almost exactly like that.

Dave_Perkins · 2011-02-07T15:13:37.000Z

Gus_Smedstad:

It’s like someone has turned eggs into an industrial product that is pressed and cut on an assembly line.

Substitute chickens for eggs, basically.

RepoMan · 2011-02-07T15:27:59.000Z

I’ll stick with the sausage biscuits, because at least it looks not much worse than ordinary sausage, the health implications of which I have already effectively blinded myself. To.

scharmers · 2011-02-07T15:41:34.000Z

Gus_Smedstad:

My god, that folded egg-substance looks horrible. It’s like someone has turned eggs into an industrial product that is pressed and cut on an assembly line.

Never eaten powdered eggs as a free school breakfast, or in the military, huh?

Makes these McEggs look like the very manna squeezed out of the asses of chickens owned by Jesus Himself. Powered eggs turn green, man, and you cut them up in cubes.

Pogo · 2011-02-07T16:05:03.000Z

Those eggs aren’t powdered.

As far as fast food breakfasts go, a bacon/egg/cheese on bagel from McD’s is my favorite, even eclipsing Dunkin Donuts (DD sells prepackaged cooked eggs and just microwaves the damn things, but they do serve it all day).