Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for May 15, 2020

I have never smelled Limburger myself. My father told it does smell pretty bad.

I smells like rotten toe jam left out in the sun to ferment.

Sluggo and my dad have similar tastes.

Is it on Gluten Bread perMr Wood’s gustatory recommendation?

Whatever it is, it ain’t for the boids…

“In a related story, the air quality in the suburbs took a serious nosedive”…

“Dis is cheddar—Youse is smellin’ da result of no indoor plumbin’!”

Smells so bad Ernie drew four rocks.

I like it, and at times I even crave it. Having said that, yes, it does smell awful.

Amazingly, and I don’t know if this is anyone else’s experience, the taste is not what the smell might make you expect. Yes, it is intense, yes it can dominate your taste buds for sometime after you take that last bite. But I like it.

I suspect its similar to the effect of the durian fruit. Some love it and seek it out. Some people gag at the odor of durian. In areas where it is commonly sold, some public spaces have signs banning it. Hotels are one place you see the signs, and I suspect it’s because some fans who can’t get it where they live want to pack some in their luggage… but the smell resists being sealed away.

I say I’ll try any food once… but I might draw the line at durian. Chances are, I’ll never have to put myself to that test, as I’ll probably never get to visit Southeast Asia. Unless someone wants to send be on a free trip to Thailand or Malaysia or Borneo or Sumatra.

You know how bad it is when the birds decide to move south early!

blue cheese, you left me standing alone, without someone to hug, won’t even call on the phone…

My doofy 8th Grade English teacher used to bring in Limburger Cheese for lunch, and eat in the students’ cafeteria.One day, after lunch, he walked into the library reeking of the stuff, and most of us ran out the emergency exit.Having Limburger for lunch must have been his revenge on us for the needling we occasionally gave him.

Maybe ten years ago I bought some Limburger, because it was on sale. Per the net, I had some with onion, on a cracker, and put the rest in the refrigerator. We went on a day trip to Eastern Colorado, passing through Ft Morgan. There are lots of feedlots in Ft Morgan, hence the whole town smells. Oh well. In the evening we returned to Denver. My Refrigerator smelled like a feedlot.

Location, location, location…..bye bye birdy!

Fun fact: The only birds with a sense of smell are vultures, seabirds, parrots, and kiwis. I DEMAND THIS STRIP APOLOGIZE TO US ALL FOR THIS EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE.

The Urban Dictionary traces the origin of the term “a sh** sandwich” back to limburger cheese sandwiches that were popular in the 1930’s. Probably. I didn’t bother to read what they wrote. Makes sense though. Now for the origin of “a sh** show”. (I got nothing)

Doesn’t smell dat good either.

Receptionist, to dentist who is working on a patient: Your wife called. She wants to know why you didn’t finish your second onion, garlic, and limburger cheese sandwich at lunch. – Don Martin

A man who dearly loved all kinds of cheese died, and to honor that love his wife put a piece of every kind of cheese in his coffin. As the pallbearers carried it to the grave, one of them suddenly dropped his corner. “If he did what I think he just did, he can walk!”

I want the old artist back! This new one stinks.

Enforced social distancing.