It’s Better Cause It’s “Authentic”
The Philadelphia snob in today’s strip also goes by the name Erin Stalberg. She is the third member of an elite group known as the Cameo in a WAH Comic club. Unlike the first two members, Erin’s WAH appearance was purchased by my wife, Lisa, as a gift to Erin for being a wonderful friend and co-worker. My existence, meanwhile, is tolerated (by both Erin and Lisa).
Erin grew up in Philadelphia. During her young and impressionable years she was infected with the same disease that all Philadelphians are fed through the water up there: the undeniable truth that only their city can make a good steak sandwich covered with melted cheese. Whatever. I recommend finding someone from Philly and actually engaging them in this conversation at least once in your lifetime. It’s really a fascinating experience. They adamantly believe that their specific latitude and longitude make a significant difference in the taste of a sandwich, and they will not waver from that position, no matter how logical the counter-argument.
Do you want to be a member of this exclusive club too? Or, perhaps, like my wife, you’d like to give it as a gift to someone. There are all sorts of special occasions coming up, so why not give them immortality in a WAH strip? It’s cheap, it’s easy and it’s unique. In fact, due to the latitude and longitude of where the strip is written and drawn, it is the best strip ever. EVER!
Sold? Well, then, learn how by clicking on the Be An Instant Celebrity button located in the left-hand column on our site. It’s the one with the ecstatic-looking Joseph.
Have a great weekend everyone.
hey now.. I live in Philly and don’t consider myself a cheesesteak snob. Of course, I’m from Cleveland originally… so I don’t have the “born and raised” connection w/ Philly. And, I’m not a huge cheesesteak fanatic. I can account for these types of snobs, though.. I get it. I have also had cheesesteaks outside of Philly that were… um.. AWFUL. So… coming from a transplanted Midwesterner who’s not a cheesesteak fanatic, I can only say Philly has the best cheesesteaks I have tasted in my 31 years.
which isn’t saying much. So not sure why I felt the need to share.
Cleveland, however, has damn good pierogies.. and the baseball stadium mustard there is tops, man. But that’s really all I have to offer, lol. :0P
see, Ben, see!?!?! dgriff13 understands!!
Bah!
i feel totally honored!! thanks to both of you! and Paul, who made me look awesome! I’m gonna have to make her my new facebook profile picture, is that allowed??
Of course that’s allowed. Let me know which image you want and I’ll get you a hi-res one.
In Philly they actually use cheese whiz.
I think I smell a spin off.
But what would we call it? Two Women and a Sandwich sounds dirty.
Just north of Boston you can get a really fine pepper steak. Let’s sponsor an eat-off between these local icons. And how about throwing R.I. clam cakes into the mix?
I could totally go for New England clam cakes. Man, those things are frickin amazing.
I spent most of my life living in Ohio then married a man in the Navy and we lived just outside of Philly for three years. I love cheese steak. Here’s the thing though, I have had good cheese steak but while we were living outside Philly, there was this place we used to go get them right outside NAS Willow Grove and ever since I have not found a cheese steak as good as what we got there.
Truth be told, every area in the US has a food that the area is known for where it’s just a little bitter than everywhere else in the US. It’s some weird fact of life.
If you have a t-shirt with that first panel, I would buy it. Classic.
yea except it’s true, no one outside of philly uses the right bread