Ah, yes! The old Smarties slogan; that takes me back a bit. The new one is "Show your colors". In any event, it's good to see April making a bit of headway in at least one area of her life. Heaven alone knows that she's got a fight on her hands in a few months if John, Jim and Iris can't talk Elly down.
john, not sure if you're making a joke, but there are no white Smarties in Canada, except in the special Valentine's mix. (They're candy-coated chocolates, flatter than M&Ms, whose chocolate is IMHO a bit less over-sugared than those.)
Keep an eye on the bunsen burner. snerk Love it. I totally enjoyed this week's strips. Feel free to get buried in work anytime if this is what comes of it. ;)
IMH - In the United States, Smarties are a flat little tart disk that does have white ones in them. That's what John's referring to. I've had both and I prefer the Canadian version!
Megs, yup, we call those things "Rockets" north of 49.
I'd make (lame) jokes with American friends about the superiority of Canadian Smarties when I moved down for grad school. I mean, what's not to like about a country where Smarties come in *chocolate*? :)
What, what, smarties aren't chocolate in the U.S.?
What is the point of living down there! ;)
What I love most about this strip is that it shows that life goes on outside of the strip - the bunsen burner comment, for example - without expecting us to just sort it without there being any mention of it. (Perhaps I'm not explaining that very well.)
I think what confused me is that there are two separate conversations going on at the same time- Smarties, Pudding Cake and April's grades all in the same few panels overtaxed my lame head :>(.
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Ah, yes! The old Smarties slogan; that takes me back a bit. The new one is "Show your colors". In any event, it's good to see April making a bit of headway in at least one area of her life. Heaven alone knows that she's got a fight on her hands in a few months if John, Jim and Iris can't talk Elly down.
Hmm, I always saved the white ones for last.
john, not sure if you're making a joke, but there are no white Smarties in Canada, except in the special Valentine's mix. (They're candy-coated chocolates, flatter than M&Ms, whose chocolate is IMHO a bit less over-sugared than those.)
Keep an eye on the bunsen burner. snerk Love it. I totally enjoyed this week's strips. Feel free to get buried in work anytime if this is what comes of it. ;)
IMH - In the United States, Smarties are a flat little tart disk that does have white ones in them. That's what John's referring to. I've had both and I prefer the Canadian version!
Megs, yup, we call those things "Rockets" north of 49.
I'd make (lame) jokes with American friends about the superiority of Canadian Smarties when I moved down for grad school. I mean, what's not to like about a country where Smarties come in *chocolate*? :)
What, what, smarties aren't chocolate in the U.S.?
What is the point of living down there! ;)
What I love most about this strip is that it shows that life goes on outside of the strip - the bunsen burner comment, for example - without expecting us to just sort it without there being any mention of it. (Perhaps I'm not explaining that very well.)
US Smarties = Dextrose Nightmares
That's what I call them, anyway. And I love the white and yellow ones.
You can get five-pound bags of them at Sam's Club.
*now craving Smarties*
Okay...maybe I am being a lame brain here...
But why is April happier over getting a B than an A+??
*confused*
me too- I didn't get any of this, at all :>(
She's happier about getting a B from a difficult teacher than she has been about getting A+s in easier classes.
Yup, that would pretty much be it. Some of the pre-vet classes are *much* harder than her high school and university options.
OH!!! See, I thought she was saying that she was happier with a B than an A+ from THIS professor. Thank you for explaining that.
I think what confused me is that there are two separate conversations going on at the same time- Smarties, Pudding Cake and April's grades all in the same few panels overtaxed my lame head :>(.
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