I don’t buy that French-ism theory. I think it’s just a case of Lynn making up fake, stilted “teen” slang. But in this strip it comes off as either Weed (that name!) is associating the pleasure he gets from the food with the pleasure he gets from smoking “bones,” or that Weed is so excited that it’s giving him a …. (I mean, what else could it mean?)
HA HA!! – No, I’m not laughing at Ellie’s punchline, I’m laughing at the idea that the mental midget, little April, would use the phrase “In fact” – !!
“As a matter of fact, Mother, now that I think about it…DAT SIGN GOTS TWO B’s!”
….She would NEVER say “In fact.”
Probably more like “Dat sign gots a B on it! No – it gots TWO, Mom! It gots TWO! Two B’s, Mom! Two B’s! Look, Mom! Look!”
Cool! Dare I say “Ditkoesque”?