April 1st, 2009
#732 - Ricotta
I learned a lot about food from cartoons. For example, corn on the cob is meant to be eaten like you are a typewriter. Complete with “ding!” sound effects at the end of each row. Spaghetti is supposed to be slurped, splashing sauce all over your face. I could never get the hang of eating peas with a butter knife though. They always made that one look so easy but the peas refused to line up in a neat little row. It was easier to just stab them one at a time with a fork like a normal person.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:02 am Edit
Ah, so he can talk.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:06 am Edit
oh no speech bubbles
April 1st, 2009 at 12:11 am Edit
WHA!? HE CAN TALK!?
April 1st, 2009 at 12:12 am Edit
wow, so Biff finally gets a voice?
April 1st, 2009 at 12:17 am Edit
…Biff can…talk? Hmm……..
April 1st, 2009 at 12:26 am Edit
EVERYTHING THAT I EVER KNEW WAS WRONG.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:27 am Edit
Holy father of Biff, he can talk?
April 1st, 2009 at 12:29 am Edit
Talking!Biff makes me all happy inside.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:31 am Edit
Donkey! Nooooooo!
April 1st, 2009 at 12:48 am Edit
anyone know what mfgr stands for? i can only think of jones soda n m f grape.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:50 am Edit
I think biff was better without the talking. Please keep Biff silent! He is so perfect when he can silently get his point across so well without a voice and it makes you think on the comic when you only have a little blurb to go on. Once you get that “Woah I get it!” it makes the comic much better than it would be otherwise.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:53 am Edit
EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIIIIIE
April 1st, 2009 at 1:02 am Edit
ZOMG!
BiffSpeak!
And his toaster is sentient, too!
As for the peas..?
“I eat my peas with honey
“I’ve done it all my life
“They do taste kinda funny
“but it keeps them on my knife!
April 1st, 2009 at 1:05 am Edit
For some reason, it didn’t occur to me that Biff had never talked. Rather, I thought: thinking toaster? Or is Biff just imagining that?
April 1st, 2009 at 1:10 am Edit
I love the new direction with Biff! It’s about time he got a wise-cracking sidekick. I was hoping for Washing Machine, but Toaster should do just fine.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:12 am Edit
Clearly, it’s his eye doing the talking.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:12 am Edit
Hello there, toaster. How are you today?
April 1st, 2009 at 1:13 am Edit
im scared and confused… is it scare and confuse greenimp week?
April 1st, 2009 at 1:26 am Edit
The F***!? that toaster can think!
April 1st, 2009 at 1:37 am Edit
Is that a cake or lasagna? Either way, if Donkey falls, it will be a delicious return to the top.
Is Biff thinking for the unplugged toaster as well?
April 1st, 2009 at 1:57 am Edit
A small part of reality dies, as one of the unspoken laws of the universe is broken.
Other than that, at first I thought there was a strip of bacon in the pan.
(by the way, can anyone see the pun?)
April 1st, 2009 at 2:41 am Edit
Biff… talking… MY WORLD NO LONGER MAKES SENSE!!!
April 1st, 2009 at 2:47 am Edit
aha! so he does talk, i didn’t think he could get into all those crazy situations without talking, but now we have proof!
April 1st, 2009 at 2:49 am Edit
@Nanu: I sense a Weeble&Bob reference .-)
@Chris: the whole of this comic is impossible: a talking Biff, a cracked pan of lasagna (or watsit), and a thinking toaster? Come on, the toaster isn’t even plugged in! And wait, what! speech bubbles? Nonsense. Next time you’ll tell us Biff’s got an invisible car, or something.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:11 am Edit
BIFF CAN TALK!? All I never knew was a lie!! -dramatic pose-
April 1st, 2009 at 3:25 am Edit
definitely foreign foods. Sushi, Tacos, and now Lasagna.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:51 am Edit
wow…….there goes the whole silence motif >.>
April 1st, 2009 at 3:51 am Edit
If you ever decide to make an animation of that comic, or a sound clip to accompany it, I’d like to be the voice of the Toaster, please.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:52 am Edit
Biff…talked… I… honestly dont like it and strangely this confused me more then normal
April 1st, 2009 at 3:53 am Edit
wat
April 1st, 2009 at 4:18 am Edit
He speaks!
April 1st, 2009 at 4:47 am Edit
where can i buy a toaster like that?
April 1st, 2009 at 4:54 am Edit
mfgr?
April 1st, 2009 at 5:22 am Edit
MY MIEND ESHT BROKEHNNNN!!!!!!!!
O_O
April 1st, 2009 at 5:23 am Edit
I HATE THIS COMIC NOW!!!!
THOSE WHO LIKE IT ARE RETARDED!!!!
April 1st, 2009 at 5:51 am Edit
Glad I’m not the only one that thought “WTF?! He spoke!” I wonder what the odds are that the next comic will be about the fact that he spoke.
I already kind of prefer silent Biff though
April 1st, 2009 at 6:06 am Edit
Yeah, I don’t know what the big deal is. I never said Biff couldn’t speak. I just never wrote a comic that required it before.
April 1st, 2009 at 6:13 am Edit
wait… he has speech bubbles now?
April 1st, 2009 at 6:15 am Edit
Food week?
April 1st, 2009 at 6:18 am Edit
I for one am against the word bubbles. Before, I could interject as to what Biff would say. Oh well, It’s not that bad. I just hope you don’t turn it into an animation like they did over at PVP *shiver*.
April 1st, 2009 at 6:41 am Edit
WHAT?
April 1st, 2009 at 7:14 am Edit
No…no…NO! CHRIS! How dare you do this to Biff? How DARE you make him talk? I DEMAND that you either fix this comic or remove it. Yep, that’s how upset I am. Upset enough to suggest removing a Biff comic. Biff isn’t supposed to talk! Just…no! There has to be some sort of law against this. What’s wrong with putting captions at the bottom of comic? Why can’t they be a punchline that goes along with the comic? If Biff talks, he’s not really Biff anymore. This one must be an imposter!
Now I’m all broken up inside.
April 1st, 2009 at 7:20 am Edit
And the lasagne / riacotta has a gap, WHY? lasagnes should be eaten whole, especially at that size.
April 1st, 2009 at 7:23 am Edit
Wait… BIFF SPOKE! ZOMG! I think the world will end in T minus 10. Nice knowing you!
April 1st, 2009 at 7:44 am Edit
Unexpected. I wonder what biffs voice sounds like..
As for the pea-thing..
Use a goddamn spoon, dude.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am Edit
Peas are like soup - you can only ever use a spoon, otherwise it’s just weird.
Biff talking is…odd…I’m not too sure if I like it or not.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:20 am Edit
It’s not so much the talking but the lack of a caption that irk’s me. And of course the toaster can think. Although it seems to be a different model to the one that had the snake DNA. And hid in his shoes, messed up the place if it wasn’t fed etc etc etc.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:20 am Edit
In order to keep balance in the universe, I was sincerely hoping that Biff’s ability to speak would possibly remove said ability from say….my loud co-worker. But alas, the pain continues.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:24 am Edit
@Dal - It’s the same toaster. I just draw it slightly different each time.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:55 am Edit
Hey… not cool Biff talking, I mean I love when I can relate the frase to the image and I hate when u do all the work and I like more his thoughts than his words…
April 1st, 2009 at 10:58 am Edit
But… but… speach? Never has he spoken before!! The world, She is broken!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:58 am Edit
@Orange - I don’t see why it really matters. As long as the comics are as hilarious as today’s you should be happy.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:02 am Edit
He speaks! What a momentous occasion. I think it’s funny that of all the plastic/resin creatures Biff could be playing with, it’s a donkey. random. Oh wait, that’s what this comic is all about
April 1st, 2009 at 11:08 am Edit
Simply adding to the social pressure, Chris, hope you don’t mind. *insert standard complaints over unwanted change here*
April 1st, 2009 at 11:08 am Edit
BIFF FINALLY TALKS, YAY!
XD
April 1st, 2009 at 11:18 am Edit
MY EYES!!!!!
Nah i`m just kidding it`s a funny twist having Biff talk after all this time.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:25 am Edit
ooh biff spoke, oh noes lets be dramatic. Ya know, Chris made this comic to entertain you, not to go by your assumption that Biff speaks, so you have to use less brainpower (like it ever took any to get these comics) to get the point, even though its mostly summed up by the caption under the comic, stop being attention whores and being dramatic, enjoy the comic and live life….. OMG a dog ive always heard quiet bark…the real world isnt what i know it once was!!!! ppffft…comon kids.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:38 am Edit
@Chris - I believe it’s the shock of biff’s first words ever that’s getting to most of the fans. After all, he’s gone for 731 comics without a single word being said.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:44 am Edit
I find humor in the fact that people can accept the talking toaster over a talking Biff.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:45 am Edit
I knew the instant that I saw this comic that if I went to the comments, the first 20 or so would all be not unlike, “zomg, Biff is talking!” … I was right
April 1st, 2009 at 11:50 am Edit
…but indeed, only The Duck should speak!!!
April 1st, 2009 at 11:51 am Edit
Kinda ruins the effect for me when he speaks
April 1st, 2009 at 11:56 am Edit
@Gene - I know right? I mean I’ve never drawn a plastic donkey before either but nobody is freaking out about that. I don’t see what the big deal is.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:18 pm Edit
Ah!!! Change!!! We hate change!!!
I am, of course referring to the appalling fact that the toaster is a single slicer. Everyone knows that toast must be eaten in pairs, or else it will cause toenail cancer. But only in the 2nd toe, since it is the gateway to the realm of leprecauns and markers that smell like black licorice.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:29 pm Edit
My grandma eats peas with a butterfork. Just she holds it upside down (so it’s a hill instead of a hole). something to do with where she from…
But really peas with a fork ain’t difficult lol.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:29 pm Edit
Heinrich - mfgr=manufacturer (Don’t ask me where the “g” came from.)
April 1st, 2009 at 12:40 pm Edit
Does he have a high-pitched squeaky voice?
April 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pm Edit
Clearly, it’s his eyebrows that are speaking.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:26 pm Edit
Maybe only inanimate objects are the only things that can hear him. Somebody ask the curling iron.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:03 pm Edit
Another comic defines anthropomorphism as when “a toaster flips you off”. Toasters must be real jerks, as they’re the only appliances I see anthropomorphized.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:04 pm Edit
@Chris - the big deal is that it’s something new and people have a hard time adjusting to new things, it’s not like it’s bad biff talked, it’s just different! and it’s nice to know biff has the same mentality as a child at times, ’cause i do too!
April 1st, 2009 at 2:21 pm Edit
As I type this, I have yet to actually read today’s comic… I am almost afraid… Biff… talks…. I better check outside for the other signs of the oncoming apocalpse.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:33 pm Edit
He speaks?!
MY WORLD HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN!!
April 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm Edit
This isn’t just the first time Biff has talk, I believe it’s the first time another character has appeared, inanimate or not.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:14 pm Edit
@clintendo - I mostly want people to get used to the idea of him talking so that it will be easier to do more product placements in the strip. There’s just more money available when you can have your characters say the brand name of the product that is being advertised.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:25 pm Edit
It’s not that I’m not adapting to change, it’s that I don’t think it’s the same Biff anymore. One of the things that make Biff is the fact that he’s silent. The talking toaster doesn’t really bother me.
April 1st, 2009 at 4:28 pm Edit
i thought the donkey was an animal cracker. Way to break another wall, Chris!
April 1st, 2009 at 4:37 pm Edit
I’m wondering if that is actually lasagna or super thick peanut butter brownies… *squints* or maybe its deepfried ice cream cake.
April 1st, 2009 at 5:17 pm Edit
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HOW COULD YOU!!!!
Biff may never talk, he may never do so!!!!!
This is horible my life has been ruined!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 1st, 2009 at 5:28 pm Edit
OH. MY. GOD.
Toastersnake is totally right, that is unfair!
April 1st, 2009 at 5:31 pm Edit
Well, it actually degraded the humor when you made him talk.
Subtitling humor just seems way better in Biff comics.
Something like: “the toaster often wonder why it can’t play with it’s food” (though I didn’t find neither of them funny this time… sorry Chris)
April 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm Edit
Biff finds out that carving a canyon in a lasagna is not worth the effort.
Uhh, yeah… Chris is right, this did need speech bubbles; That is the best caption I can think of.
April 1st, 2009 at 5:43 pm Edit
I just finished going through the entire archive and i have to say that Biff is impressively funny!
April 1st, 2009 at 6:35 pm Edit
THIS IS MADNESS
Hmm.. what would Biff sound like?
April 1st, 2009 at 6:41 pm Edit
Does this mean that toaster is now an official character?
April 1st, 2009 at 8:29 pm Edit
@ZackDark - Well perhaps it’s time to move on then. I don’t think you will enjoy next weeks comics where Biff will talk about the joy of Pepsi Cola™
April 1st, 2009 at 8:48 pm Edit
OMG!!!! Biff said is first words!!! Get the camera!!!
April 1st, 2009 at 9:07 pm Edit
I did the butterknife thing. It sucked only because I actually hate peas.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:41 pm Edit
this might be the downfall of biff.. i was a lil shocked when i saw him talk.. oddly enough i wasnt as shocked at the toaster thinking.. and i just cant see the humor in this one.. but.. what i had never expected was chris selling out..
April 1st, 2009 at 9:47 pm Edit
@faeriian - Seriously, you better not be insulting the crisp refreshing Pepsi Cola™ company. I won’t have any of that this far down the page.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:19 pm Edit
OMG A PLASTIC DONKEY!
I am appalled. Biff never had a plastic donkey before…
Sorry, I read one of your previous comments, and I just had to.
Really, I don’t see what the big deal is regarding Biff being able to talk and all. This particular comic wouldn’t be quite as funny, I think, without actual spoken words. Sure, I’ve enjoyed the previous 731 with subtitles (and yes, I had to go force myself to get all caught up), but it’s still great like this, I think. Keep up the great work, Chris. Your comics always brighten my day.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:35 pm Edit
well, as long as you’re not advertising Coca-Cola… cause, ya know, Pepsi is so much better… especially the smooth sweetness of Vanilla Pepsi Cola…
oh dear, i may be visiting the grocery store tomorrow.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:01 pm Edit
I don’t have a problem with Biff talking,
I think people are overreacting. But
I don’t really agree with the product placement thing but it is your decision chris. I will continue to view future comics, speech bubbles or not