[0801] The 12 Star Restaurant
└ posted on Thursday, 7 July 2016, by Novil
Sandra and Woo continues to include food in jokes dealing with completely unrelated topics. Someone should calculate whether Sandra and Woo or Garfield has more food related jokes. I believe it’ll be a close call.
- Sign: The world’s only 12 star restaurant
- Larisa: Here’s your grilled corn cob, cultivated without pesticides and prepared without artificial additives.
- Cloud: Excellent.
- Larisa: Also thank you very much for selecting our “Ram it down my throat!!” option.
- Cloud: Uhm, no, I’m pretty sure I didn’t order that.
- Larisa: May I also interest you in our special “Buy 3, get 2!” offer?
- Larisa: Kann ich Sie vielleicht auch noch für unser “Zahl 3, bekomm 2!”-Angebot begeistern?
- Cloud: GGRRRKL!!
- Sandra: Check, please!
I get it.
I mean, I mostly get the metaphor, but does the corncob represent some specific policy or program or is it just EU regulations in general?
And is this Novil’s way of telling us he wants a Deuxit? 😉
Well… there are still people who don’t understand all the downsides… 52% is damn close…
Xezlec wrote:
The latter.
A “buy one, get all” offer would be much more appropriate
Trust me as a Briton. Brexit was a bad idea.
Thank you, commenters above me, because as an American I certainly didn’t get it from reading the comic. Despite the attire I thought it was talking about China or something.
What country is Cloud?
Oh, I understand – it´s parody of Transantlantic trading pact – Larissa as USA and Cloud as EU.
@ Matthew G:
He’s an American by citizenship, part ethnic Burmese by ancestry.
Lucario wrote:
Seconded. Actually going read some news later.
“The world’s only 12 star restaurant” Great hint!
I saw Larisa and no fire and was like WTF? 😉
I could say something sexual about this. I could say something political about this. Heck, I could be picky and point out the German version in the transcript! Instead, I choose to express my disappointment in Sandra. Cloud’s life is in danger, and all she can think about is the bill. Shameful…
Could have been made better by Larisa offering ala carte items which are rejected by Cloud, but then Larisa brings all the items that were rejected out as part of the meal and charges them, saying you have to have these items or you can’t eat anything.
Could also have Larissa telling Cloud and Sandra to get out while secretly telling another waiter to chain them to the table…
@ TvTropesgotmehooked:
She’s hiding the fact that she is training an army of Pyromaniacs (for the “protection” of Cloud and Sandra) if the scenario is to be consistent.
@ MarqFJA87:
I meant what country is he representing in Novil’s joke 😉
Always read the ENTIRE food description.
MarqFJA87 wrote:
He meant metaphorically, not actually.
From my possibly-flawed ‘murican POV, Larisa is Germany, Cloud is France, and Sandra is the UK, trying to leave.
athroughzdude wrote:
I don’t, but I was never a big political humor fan.
…Oh. It’s about politics. Ok. Sure. Whatever.
@ All-Purpose Guru:
I think Larissa is representing the EU.
New favorite sound added to dictionary: “GGRRRKL!”
@ yellow103:
Hahaha! 😀
My favorite ‘sound effect’ is still “unhinge” from http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2016/02/18/0762-bloodline/
@ ColRhys:
The problem kind of is that staying is not a good idea either.
IT is just bad and worse, and it seems impossible to decide which is which.
Oh my god Novil…
@ Paeris Kiran:
Actually it’s pretty clear from an objective standpoint that leaving the EU is worse than staying. There are very few legitimate arguments for leaving (as proven by the British Leave side’s disavowal of several of their big talking points after they won), but I fear this may be already getting too political. With the billions of pounds of direct and indirect benefits that the UK gets from the EU, staying isn’t too shabby of an option in comparison.
It’s cloud… He should be ninja enough to… Wait it’s Larissa… Never mind
@ RJoeLurk:
Sure, if you ignore the billions the EU is taking in taxes. I know leaving the EU is scary, but trust US, it’ll be fine. Soon as we throw our current scum out of office.
And we’ll be needing that bust of Churchill back, if you don’t mind.
Not usually fond of political satire in webcomics, but I have to say this pretty much sums up my feelings. There may well be benefits from staying in the EU, but what price freedom from interference?
My comment on Brexit can be found here:
http://comicfury.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=26758&page=7#p698851
It’s a few years old but this is one of the best explanations of the Euro Crisis I’ve heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KUcu5HdhYI
I honestly don’t get what all the complaining is about?! Yes there are a shitload of EU regulations coming down from Brussels, but 99.9% of them are about harmonizing trade and safety regulations. Regulations that governments would enact anyway, like no lead in kids toys, flame retardant materials in certain applications and food safety regulations, like all milk products must be pasteurized. (If you happen to be a french cheese maker that has a problem with the last one, yes there is an exception for cheeses that don’t work with pasteurized milk.) Now, instead of having to comply with 16 different regulations, you need only to conform to one.
So when is the UK (basically just England and Wales) leave the EU? The current situation is just embracing and creating economic uncertainty.
@ Francisco:
You may need to scroll down a bit (and the link for my name here leads directly to my blog).
@ Squirrelmaster:
Churchill invented the EU (well it’s fore-runner). The whole idea of the EU was that the ecomomies of European countries were so integrated that war was unthinkable — if anyone was crazy enough to attack their neighbour the cost to themselves would be too high.
Brexit was probably a good idea in the long run.
(Canadian, here)
Almost all regulations in the EU have to be approved of all countries. When a national government says, that the EU forces them to do stuff, then they are just to cowardly to admit, that they agreed to them. The EU is just a convenient scapegoat.
This pretty much sums it all up.
Pro Europe and Pro EU are 2 separate things. I like to think that the “Buy 3 get 2” offer at the end represents the EU’s response to our exit – “Oh, no. Europeans don’t like Homogenisation and are willing to leave us over it – lets solve the issue with MORE homogenisation!”
Everything looks pretty when you first turn up, but pretty is not everything and the EU is rotten to the core.
“Pretty is only skin deep,
Beauty runs through the soul.”
A. K. Moonfire.
Here’s a reality check:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35603388
This is worth a listen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07h2vjp
@ RJoeLurk:
They recieve if I remember correctly approximately 4-5 billion per year from the EU they put in 14-5 billion per year. So well there may be other benefits or negatives from the EU. The money recieved compared to money spent isn’t a benefit.
Ps. The numbers may be slightly off since I’m working for memory but the uk recieves approximately 1/3 third of the money they give to the eu.
@ Sylphilis:
The author did mention INDIRECT benefits as well. Not having to face import duties is a benefit. Having the same standards is a benefit. Import duties make it harder to sell your goods to that country. Having different standards means that businesses will have to redesign their products and services — may even need multiple versions, one set for each jurisdiction. That is a cost.
@ Sylphilis:
I can think of many more indirect benefits but I have to get to work.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoublePost
Francisco wrote:
All well and good… how about freedoms of individual men and domén in face of such a monster of government and economical power… it might not spark a war between states but it is well on the way of boeing and impressive all regulating regime in which individual freedoms are abolished for “greater good” chosen by “elite” with which most people scarcely agree.
In order not to be naberou this way, it would have to be purely economical construct with no political power what so ever…
And btw that was the concept of EU advertised when my country held the vote about joining…
Had EU been a corporation, it would be possible to sue it for false advertisement… the service is NOT what was produced…
@ RJoeLurk:
Oh, but there ARE very good arguments for leaving. I mean, The EU is NOT democratic. At all.
Sure, there is a “parliament”, but it’s mostly there for decorative purposes, as the REAL power lays in the hands of the Council (the presidents/leaders of the countries) and the Commission (who are NAMED, not elected).
To change the European institutions, you require a near-absolute unanimity from the member countries. The EU has more and more power over the members, but the people from those countries get to choose less and less about the policies.
And, even when they DO choose to refuse something (like Greece did, or like we did, in France), it gets forced on us by “pro-europeans” (for us, it was the president who put the very same text, amputated of the most “interesting” part, and keeping all the non-democratic parts in, for Greece, it was “We do not want you to be able to tax whomever you wish, you have to tax THESE people, not THOSE ones, you cannot get the money to repay your ‘debts’ THIS WAY, you have to do it THAT WAY, etc.”
In short, the UE is forbidding member countries (and the people in them) from applying policies the UE deems “unsuitable”. But when the UE creates a distorted market (by making different people compete with different rules, inside Europe), it’s “normal”, in their eyes.
The UE is aiming to make a very open, very little regulated market, where companies will be free to offer less wages to even poorer workers. Workers who’ll be forced to accept, or starve.
No, it’s definitely time for the UE to change. Or to crumble, in order for countries to build something better from scratch. Like, this time, a union where social regulations would be the same everywhere, where taxes would be the same, etc. And, above all, where the PEOPLE get to choose, not just a bunch of lobby-corrupt high politicians.
God this comment section lowers my opinion of the leave side even further.
I took a long time to understand that comic. Maybe there should be a subtle hint.
About the topic: I think the “Brexit” was not about the EU at all. It was about immigration. What Isis is doing is simple, blatant racism. And as long as left wing groups for some reason feel “unable” to at least organize a single “anti-racism” demonstration against Isis, people rightfully doubt their sincerity.
An euroskeptic, I presume?
Xezlec wrote:
Well, I’ve listened to opinions to some people who like Stating The Facts, and according to them EU is basically The Fourth Reich in the making. So Deuxit wouldn’t make much sense.
@ Kzwix:
Well if It implements same minimum wage everywhere… And same donations per unit in absolute value everywhere… fine by me…
But I do not see that happening. Current example… France wants to force anyone on bussines trip to receive at least minimum french wage plus travel benefits when on business trip in France… no matter that companies from most of the east, especially the transport ones for drivers simply can not afford that…
I would be for it, providing we here in the east could tax all imports from France… the tax should be a total sum of donations given for goods and service it received in France.
I am all for stopping the “social dumping” how your PM called it, however only under condition we will be able to stop your economic dumping. The tax money could be used to protect our production same way you try to protect your labour market.
I’m pretty sure Novil has not really concerned himself with the Brexit yet.
The far more appropriate metaphor would be if Sandra ate at the restaurant, refused to pay and jumped out of a door only to realize she landed in the kitchen where an angry cook drags her bag to the counter.
Brexit is not a damn bit about freedom. It’s about trying to screw over your partners in a contract and blindly stumbling in a direction without realizing you will still have to fullfill certain obligations (like free trade and free movement for the EU citizens and companies, the thing the right wing UKIP hates the most) if you want to enjoy certain benefits (like free trade and free movement for GB citizens and companies (which would fuck Britains economy big time if they were lost).