That’s A Happy Meal I Can Get On Board With
One of the many things I like about working with Paul on WAH is that he comes up with good ideas that make the comic better. In this strip, for example, Paul added the finger waving in the second panel, which is something I didn’t think about when I wrote it. It’s a little thing, but that movement not only helps the sell the joke, it helps sell Woody.
Exactly five weeks ago, you may remember, I discussed my desire to improve the hamburger. You’re probably thinking that I was just trying to be funny, or, at the very least, fill up some space in my blog. Well, you’re right on both counts. But, at the same time, I was actually quite serious. After mulling it over for 864 hours, I’m extremely proud to announce that I have raised the hamburger bar.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present the next stage in hamburger evolution:
That’s right folks, it’s a bun made of French fries! Think about it for a minute. You’re going to eat fries with your hamburger anyway, so why not merge the two great tastes into one super-great taste. It’s a total time and space saver when you’re eating lunch on the go. Plus, you’re cutting carbs without sacrificing fun. The best part is that there is already ketchup on the burger, so it’s there for the fries as well.
Initially you’re going to think that my idea won’t work. Eventually, over time, you will come to understand its brilliance. Meanwhile, I’m off to patent it and make a fortune.
Many thanks to Jesse for his great illustration.
– Ben
I’ve been eating my burgers that way for years… head to the back of the bus Benjamin. I just poo-pooed on your parade. Muhahahaha!
Now if you can find a way to fuse all of the fries together and maintain all that delicious crunchy surface area without making the bun into one giant steak fry (the worst of all fries in my opinion) then you can come back up to the front of the bus.
You’ve turned the tables on me. Now I’m the one who’s hungry.
To maintain the crunchy surface area, simply weave the fries together like a thatched roof (and floor) for the burgoda (= combo of burger and pagoda). Fries would need to be 5 – 6 inches long, and weavers would seriously burn their fingers as fries must be kept searingly hot. But well worth it.
Weaving the fries is genius. I love it. Call the patent office. I suppose if we lost too many weavers fingers a slightly less damaging “Chick-fil-a” style waffle fry structure could be substituted. But the ketchup would probably ooze out of that version and make a mess.
As with most good things, Paul, tight weave is all.
Heh. Cool. Paula Dean has a burger that uses a krispy kreme doughnut as a bun.
Is it bad that the description in the last panel made me hungry?
There’s always tomorrow.