- Boss: I’m pleased that we’ve found an acceptable compromise after these tough negotiations.
- Coworker: They’re gone.
- Boss: WE’RE RICH!!
- Richard: WOOO!
- Sandra: Why is the steak wrapped in gold foil?
- Richard: This is the new normal!
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[1248] The New Normal
└ posted on Monday, 22 February 2021, by Novil
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hitomi’s puzzled face is priceless
Good for you Richard! Well, the Norths seem to have been rather well of before given the size of the house and now there is surely no problem for Richard supporting a young wife. Or helping her to setup a maid café. 🙂
No, Richard, no! Live beneath your means, pay off all your debts, bank the excess until you’ve got a big contingency fund, save for your retirement, and then maybe you can afford to splurge.
I knew a lottery winner once. He burned through the money in six months. A fun six months, to be sure, but it was a heck of a let down when he had to return to his former lifestyle and come back asking if he could have his job back.
Oh, well, it will be funny next week when they find the “gotcha” in the contract.
Why would you ruin a perfectly good steak by eating it wrapped in metal?
Gold leaf, I hope, which is edible, not gold foil which wouldn’t be.
@ Brett P Bellmore:
This is bit different as this is on going income not a one off winfall
“I have a question, actually I have all the questions”
So are Hitomi and Richard properly engaged now? Married? The people demand answers!
@ Brett P Bellmore:
It’s why, although I haven’t won one, I have a plan about what I would spend it on and how I would make it last.
Whenever someone says to me that they could never spend £x million, my reply is, “Yes you can and if you have that attitude, you will be broke within a year.”
@ …:Indeed. It can only be for show, not for taste or any other genuine enhancement. Having your biochemistry interact with a heavy metal like gold enough to taste it is a really bad idea.
@ Sumguy: Some U.S. states have common-law marriage. But I guess the time in the S&W universe does not pass fast enough (unless it needs to because of the Rule of Funny).
The last year has REALLY put me off that whole “rich people” thing… Fuggin’ bourgeoisie, living like parasites, rigging the systems, permeating everything with corruption… Truly the love of money is the source of all evil… #EatTheRich
Francisco wrote:
My own plan is to take the annuity and not spend like a moron. That way I don’t have to worry about managing my finances, I’ll have a predictable large income every year for the foreseeable future, and it should be more than enough to cover my wants. I’d do some needed house remodeling, the same for my dad’s house, buy a new minivan, build a new computer that’s insanely overpowered and… okay I’m pretty much done. Oh yes, and hire some security immediately, because I’m sure I’d need it for a while after the announcement I won.
Sumguy wrote:
I was actually looking for a ring on Richard’s finger, but no one to be seen. But I am very thrilled to know what she answered. Perhaps she thought things were moving a bit to fast with Richard. And he has not made her a strawberry-cake as far as we know. 🙂
Fun fact: gold is non-reactive with the digestive system and can be consumed without any ill effects, and will actually come out the other end intact. Wrapping your meal in gold foil is just an #UpToEleven version of the high-class restaurant’s practice of adding small gold flakes atop your meal as garnish. True, wrapping the entire thing would make it harder to properly enjoy the flavour, but it could still be eaten as-is with no harm.
Also, love Richard borrowing Woo’s cheer in Panel 4.
Where is Melody!? Last time we saw her with Devil (#1000)…
So….Alissa got a job at Richard’s company after the explosion of Gaia?
Re: eating gold – it was good enough for the Israelites in the book of Exodus…
@ roguebfl:
Yeah, see if it’s still ongoing income in a couple of months.
Years ago my employer had a really good quarter, the bonuses were fantastic, we had steak at the company bbq.
A week later they found the typo.
DTIBA wrote:
Thus no flavor or nutritional value in it.
There must be a better use for Gold than making glitter-poop! (Electrical properties
anyone?)
I mean you need supernova explosions or neutron star collisions to make the stuff!
(In any significant quantity. ^_-)
Is this about US stimulus checks?
@ Brett P Bellmore:
Brett, do you happen to post regularly at the Volokh Conspiracy blog?
Did this come from betting on Zoey’s match, or something else?
Besides a display of wealth, gold foil was used for medicinal purposes, such as cleansing the kidneys. Drink plenty of liquids to pass it from your system.
Love the kissing executives in panel 4. Maybe they just found their true selves, maybe they have always been a couple, hiding it just until now, maybe they were just … uhm… overwhelmed and have a long time of awkward meetings, never speaking of this moment ever again…
I’d love to know more! 😀
stvsteve wrote:
I actually feel like it was a reference to the ending of Star Wars 9. Although maybe I’m just reading too much into it.
Have I missed something? Was this already in the works? Or is is a new surprise for the reader?
I’ve heard chefs like Gordon Ramsay talk about how stupid gold leaf is. It does nothing for the dish except jack up the price ridiculously and make it look more fancy.
So the Patreon account is paying off that well? Congratulations. Well at least he can afford to pay for the wedding to Hitomi, unless he has blown it all on gold leaf and Kobi steaks.
They can always send the gold to the prototype makers. Circuitry and all that. Richard works for a software company, so whatever new industrial program, or maybe MMO, that they just got contracted to make (hmm, airplanes are in this season), it’s sure to be a long late nights dealing with nonrunning code. Enjoy the family while you can, Rich-boy.
DTIBA wrote:
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! That is NOT accurate, that only true in tiny doses. IT is a Metal that can cause Heavey Metal Poisoning
Overexposure to gold may cause skin rashes; bone marrow depression; stomach and intestinal bleeding; headaches; vomiting; focal or generalized continuous fine vibrating muscle movements (myokymia); and yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes, and whites of the eyes (jaundice).
I had gilded fish once.
I legitimately forgot Hitomi was a character again until this, it’s good to see her again.
Hahahaaa!! Those two guys smooching each other off in the 4th panel. Joy can come in many forms!
Gold is a recognized food additive as color. For Europe it’s E-number is E175.
Grimm wrote:
DTIBA wrote:
Yes, I agree, great details and thanks for pointing out Richard’s exclamation! 🙂
@ Tom K:
Fairly regularly, yeah.
@ Donovan Harbold:
And the price premium is usually a huge ripoff as well, since the amount of actual gold used is tiny.
MrTermin8r wrote:
Richard’s company has either landed a big contract, or has sold itself to a bigger company, making its shareholders (including Richard) rich.
@ Marteri:
Is “ukk” some onomotopoeia from German that I simply don’t understand?
No one mentions the 2 older dudes kissing on the fourth panel…? I do not judge, but it was surprising me for sure!