Herman by Jim Unger for June 05, 2023

Ewww gross!

He elbowed the noodles in the soup … and called it macaroni.

A better way to test the temperature of the soup would be to dip his toes in it. Everybody knows that.

Would be anyway by the time they stop discussing it.

This cartoon was written before microwave ovens were common and reheating things were a chore.

I remember my mother teaching me how to check the temperature of my little brother’s bottle by sprinkling a bit the warm formula on my elbow. Not sure why the elbow, seems like (in retrospect) the back of a hand would have been just as good, perhaps even better.

And now it’s dirty too.

We used to check the bath water like that for the temp, and sprinkle milk on our inner wrists so baby had the right temp to drink.

But a cook sticking his elbow in the soup is a no no! ☺️☺️☺️☺️. Ew

Hey Mac! You’re not testing the babies bath water…

And it tastes like human sweat

Tastes like elbow

I hope that’s not the elbow he coughs in.

Just nuke it and be did widdit.

Now that you’ve tested it, you can take it back and dump it.

A great waiter, never put finger in soup…

you doubt your mother?

well, you ordered the vichyssoise