Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 27, 2010
Transcript:
Miss Bliss: Another Interesting Corn Fact - Corn is susceptible to a fungus called "corn smut." Beni: I don't think this corn maze is haunted at all. Alice: Miss Bliss, I feel yucky. Miss Bliss: Oh, dear, Alice. Dill: I'll bet she's got corn smut! Beni: In the movies, this is when someone turns into a zombie! Kevin: Alice is a corn-smut zombie! RUN!
margueritem about 14 years ago
Love Kevin’s reaction!
rayannina about 14 years ago
Ooh, wait ‘til I tell people there’s smut in today’s strip!
Sisyphos about 14 years ago
Arrgh! Corn smut zombies! Just when you thought it was safe to go out again!
(Personal: Old Wolf, are you reading this? Num, num, num.)
margueritem about 14 years ago
Sisyphos, I was thinking about Old Wolf, too. What is that dish called again?
pbarnrob about 14 years ago
Chupaquesos? Nah… huitlacoche.
Howard Tayler of Schlock Mercenary webcomic invented the chupaqueso, crisped cheese wrapped around melted cheese.
Then some huitlacoche and natto gently folded together, as a side dish for #2 on the menu… -as seen at Schlock Mercenary 08/08/08.
Sisyphos about 14 years ago
morgueritem, pbarnrob has it right: here is Old Wolf’s smutto video.
EDIT: had to edit that a couple of times to get it right: it’s good to go now.
cdward about 14 years ago
Genius! I had never seen Old Wolf’s video. I am in awe.
GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago
I think Attack of the Corn Smut Zombies would make a great movie.
twj0729 about 14 years ago
“Attack of the Corn Smut Zombies”, I think I saw that at a drive-in theater back in the 70’s.
Steve Parmelee Premium Member about 14 years ago
Poor Alice - she’s about to discover that she’s allergic to corn.
Digital Frog about 14 years ago
Night of the Corn Smut Zombies? - Sorry, I don’t watch corn…
Bargrove about 14 years ago
We went to Mexico and had “Corn Mushroom” soup. It turned out to be corn smut which I had seen often on the farm as a kid. Eating it seemed out of the question, except we ate it before it was identified and it was quite good. I have heard that it is available in Mexican grocery stores canned, but I have never seen it. Corn Smut Zombies is quite funny.
D Frog. You don’t watch corn. Come now you are the punniest among us. Where do you get it? I know: Your mother’s knee or some other low joint. Ack…..attack of those zombies!!!
cleokaya about 14 years ago
I think that there is a kernel of truth behind Kevin’s comment.
Destiny23 about 14 years ago
Corn smut really is quite disgusting, scary, alien-looking stuff. oozing out of the ear or taking over the tassel. Perfect for Hallowe’en! Although it’ll turn Alice into a pod person, not a zombie…
slypuma about 14 years ago
Poor Alice. Her facial expression in panel 2 makes me feel bad for her.
Steven Crofts about 14 years ago
I wounder if she has alergies. I could never go to farms because of my hay and animal alergies.
chromosome Premium Member about 14 years ago
DF, I can’t watch corn, either. I don’t have a cornograph.
billdi Premium Member about 14 years ago
run you fools!
uhohkid about 14 years ago
I guess Alice is going to be a vomiting pangolin for Halloween..
chaosandcake about 14 years ago
This is what happens when you allow two unrelated conversations to mix…
kfaatz925 about 14 years ago
Love it! (And also love how Dill’s hair detaches from his head in moments of great excitement…)
vldazzle about 14 years ago
I know I have seen that some love that corn product, I find it disgusting (but then, I also will not eat okra either). I have been learning new recipes and experimenting with my better/healthier versions, but those will NOT be among my ingedients.
Old Wolf’s vid was great and I see that he’s probably younger than my kids- I’m dazzlebirdy on utube and only posted one of Cuddles talking so far.
robert423elliott almost 3 years ago
We all have SOMETHING that disgusts us. With you it’s corn and okra, which I do like, and for me, it’s cheese. Any kind of cheese, I find it disgusting. If you’ve ever been anywhere that had a filthy men’s room where maybe someone threw up, then you know what cheese smells like to me. And the taste is even worse. And, yes, I eat pizza……just NO cheese. I’ve been eating it that way for over 50 years. (I’m 75) I didn’t have a pizza for the first time until I was in the Marine Corps at 17yo. So…….I guess 58 years.