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![[0648] Jelly](/comics/2015-01-08-0648-jelly.png "[0648] Jelly")
- Sandra: You’re really good. Do you play often?
- Luna: Yes, with dad.
- Sandra: You got something to eat? I’m starving.
- Luna: We’ve got bread and jelly. But I doubt you’ll like our brand of jelly.
- Sandra: I’m not a picky eater.
- Luna: Okay.
- Label: I Can Believe It’s Not Jelly!
- Sandra: How much are you getting paid for eating this stuff?
- Luna: $2.95 per jar.
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@ Greenwood Goat:
The sweater is supposed to be Old and Frayed.
Those are “Snags”.
Xellos wrote:
We have Aldi’s here and, if you pick and choose, there is some quite good stuff there too! (i.e. The Aldi’s version of Beef-a-roni is actually better than Chef-Boy-ar-Dee’s. :-))
Something about all of this hints to me that Luna’s family might be called “poor.” 😉
I’m going to guess that Sandra will help, at least by being Luna’s friend, and possibly in other ways later.
Yeah, Vegemite should never be ladled on like peanut butter. Vegemite is the nitroglycerine of spreads: a very little goes a long way, and its taste could be described as “explosive”.
(Now, Marmite… that’s the Atomic Bomb of spreads – never use it except as a last resort! *gag*)
There’s a good reason why, when Vegemite was first released, the advertisements said “Just a smear – too much spoils the flavour.” When they say “just a smear,” they mean it literally! You should be able to see whether or not you buttered the bread, through the smear of Vegemite.
This must be a REALLY weird substance if you can spread it on bread without ruining the bread, and yet not be able to bite into it at all due to how thick it is.
We’ll how cheap. Hey did you know people get paid when you click those stupid ads about one wierd trick to losing weight? This strip reminded me of that. I feel so sorry for Luna and her parents.
Neutrino wrote:
The whole story is certainly not placed in Germany but in the U.S.. So using US Dollar as currency even in the translation makes sence. If it was different you would have a real problem chosing the curency for the english version (Dollar (US, Australian, …), Pounds (British, Canadian ..),…). And even just with the language Germany the currency is not that clear since there are still options of native speaking german populations who do not have the euro.
Just ask yourself would Sherlok Homes pay for something in London in Euros or D-Mark just because the book is translated? No!
Whats up with Luna’s eyes? in every strip she’s been in the have been notable drawn different then any of the other characters.
Brian wrote:
We use dollars in Canada, for the record.
Sometimes the setting of a work does change when localized for other languages, or even other countries that speak the same language. Even when it’s blatantly obvious that it’s not actually set there. It’s weird, but it happens.
Andrew wrote:
That typically only happen when the setting is being released by a 3rd part, not when the auther themselves is the other language versions, after all there is typically a point why the author chose the setting in the first place.
@ abowden:
And, shame, with an aftertaste of Regret.
Hmmmm.
If Luna is getting Paid $2.95 per jar to Eat the stuff, is there some Illegal Human Testing going on?
Or is it more like she’s been chosen to star in a “Viral Marketing” campaign for the stuff?
Reading up on it’s History, Vegemite was originally a Tough Sell.
Then, the War came and there was a Shortage. Even of Vegemite.
Kinda like the way people in Hawaii somehow latched onto Spam as a favorite food.
I’ve never tasted Vegemite, but I HAVE eaten Spam.
Once. I was never tempted to buy a second can.
It wasn’t so much that it was Bad. It just wasn’t “Good” to my taste buds.
@ HeavenlySatanic:
That made me laugh. XD
@ dragonkingofthestars:
Dunno; no makeup maybe?
I don’t think she’s being blind. She’s still 12 or so. It’s a new experience, give the girl a break? She wasn’t raised in the ghetto or a third world country.
Implying you have to be paid to eat something is rather off-putting; getting an answer is worse. There are companies that need testers though. If she’s really getting paid $2.95 per jar, there’s a chance there’s skewed results on a much bigger scale. Labs see it; consumers as well.
I’ll Eat Yourself wrote:
Oh, she bit into it all right. Then she tasted it and didn’t want even to complete her current bite, let alone continue.
Methinks Luna is being underpaid, judging by Sandra’s reaction.
One new “picky eater” coming right up! 🙂
@ Iron Ed:
That’s damning with very faint praise.
Why don’t they just dump the jars down the sink and use the money to get real jelly?
This is one of your comics that makes me think the setting isn’t “actual reality.” Can you somehow get paid to eat jelly? Who pays you? Where do I sign up?
jelly is for little girls, grown up men eat there brown bread with vegemite, butter, lots of meat, tomatoes and lectuce and WITH onion! and they eat the real stuff not cheese vegemite! ha!
@ Not Australian:
vegeshite eh mate
oh wait you’re not australian
2,95 isn’t even cheap.