I hadn’t originally planned on doing this page, I was going to leave it as wrote that spicy food was had, alarms sounded, etc, but then I thought of a joke then another and another and here we are. I’m actually fairly pleased with this page. If the art looks wonky at all in any places it’s because I did a lot of it over vacation on my drawing tablet instead of the Cintiq and it’s fair to say I’ve gotten spoiled on it.
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Love the The Kids in the Hall line. Sir Simon Milligan and Hecubus are awesome for references
Heh, I was wondering if anyone would comment on it, although I had only discovered it through Googling the suspicious phrase.
Guess I may as well mention the last, obvious reference, “Nom Nom”, from Sesame Street. Admittedly I am a bit old to know that first hand, I picked it up from asking why reading a book in D&DO made that noise. Since then I see it all over the place!
As in Cookie Monster? If so, I must say I’ve never thought of “Nom Nom” in his way.
Yep om nom nom.
Kids in the Hall had some moments of absolute genius, the Sir Simon/Hecubus ones were some of the funniest ones.
Sydney should have been singing “Gimme Danger, Little Stranger” by Iggy and the Stooges. I can hear it in my mind’s ear.
Awww, no more comics to read =’/
Someone commissioned me to draw Sydney with my web comic character Goat this weekend. I had never read Grrl Power so I thought I’d read a few pages to get a basic idea for the drawing…I read it all. Now I have to wait like a putz for the next installment. Really good read!
And here’s the drawing https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151250552852978&set=a.10151144549282978.471227.697312977&type=3&theater
*Peers at picture, from behind the sofa* (in fear of catching a dose of Shakespeare)
Cute. They do look like they would have fun together. And, she sure does have balls! ;-)
That’s great! They both look so cute. Can I add that to the fanart folder on my DeviantArt page? I don’t know what the etiquette is here.
Fine with me! Thanks!
heya dave hate to point out but the old panther is missing its cork also I love the comic. revenge of the noodle.
It is wholly intentional. That panel is an homage, and the cork is missing in the original. roguebfl linked the source earlier, see at 0:36 in the clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnU2s3P8LKE
I see panel 9 and all I can think is “IMPOSSIBRU!”
I would like to direct you to… “The Source” https://www.hotsauceworld.com/source.html
The look of horror on the waitress’ face is priceless. “Oh COME ON! That’s not even fit for human consumption! Satan would be crying like a girl who just lost her favorite toy from that plate of food”
The, um, sharpshooter, looks like whe wants to run away now.
hahahaha the bottles are from that episode of daffy duck =D
Oh, what terrifying things one can learn from webcomics!
Sydney’s comment in panel 10 made me wonder just how many Scovilles pure capsaicin would be (16 million, for the curious). Imagine my awe and horror when, in the same where I learned that little factoid, I learned also of the substance which is produced in plants of the genus <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia" title="Euphorbia“> and is a thousand times hotter than pure capsaicin! Worse yet, such plants were said by the Ancients to have powerful laxative effects. >.<!!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale — article on Scoville scale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resiniferatoxin — article on resiniferatoxin, the chemical 1,000 times hotter than capsaicin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia — article on Euphorbia plants which produce resiniferatoxin
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“For the second time in one day Stop,Drop, and Roll fails to prove effective!” had me laughing so hard the first time I read it. :)
Dave, I love the last 3 panels of the previous comic as well as this one. Any chance we could get them combined into one big full joke comic?
I wasn’t planning on rearranging the pages at all, but you’re welcome to splice the comic together however you like as long as you point it back here wherever you post it.
And Sydney gets just what she deserves for being a spastic, prying, rude little spitfire!
Oh, You like her too? Actually this is just a lesson in safety, Always wear your safety-glasses when using (or eating) caustic materials.
I started laughing, and could barely squeak out Sydney’s “Medic…” line, it was more of a squeak actually xD
I’m going to be a complainer again.
Sydney doesn’t know that pure capsaicin is a solid? With her love of the stuff?
Hmm. Having never gone within a 100 yards of the stuff, I didn’t, so I guess she doesn’t. Also I suppose a drop could mean “just a dab”
The event that occurs in the final two panels of this comic…. Actually happened to me. Though mine was not nearly as spicy as that it had habanero pepper on it so that would be about 100 – 200K on the scoville scale, and it was in soup so it was likely diluted. Still hurt like hell though, greatly more so than that time I had tabasco sauce in my eye.
Worst mistake I ever made. I was given a high strength capsaicin lotion to use for joint pain and heat. First time I used it I made the mistake of putting it on … and then going to the bathroom without washing the lotion off my hands before.
I’m told it was a manly yell and not a girly scream.
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is the first time a webcomic has made me physically cry
3 million scoville? I’m surprised she’s even impressed. After all, she asks for a drop of pure capsaicin, which is 16mil. I’d expect she’d carry around with her some dilute capsaicin, probably around some 8 million SHU. I think any proper meal to her would be garnished entirely with pure capsaicin, and she’d only be impressed by food garnished with pure resiniferatoxin (which tops the Scoville scale at approx. 16 billion SHU. It’s also highly toxic, as one may guess from the name)
All other ways in which this comic is excellent aside, the Looney Tunes reference totally justifies its existence.
Looking back at this, I’m slightly disappointed that the Unmaker, a hot sauce so powerful they had to stick it in a lead lined case inside of a lead lined case inside of an asbestos case, is only three million scoville.
Well the dish they made with it was 3 million scoville so the Unmaker is far more potent. When I use a hot sauce I add a little to the whole batch.
lol “the unmaker”
… Reminds me of the one chili cook off we had at work a few years back. One of the guys said he once cut jalapeños sans gloves, and forgot to wash his hands before using the bathroom. O____o
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Waiting for the store! It’s been almost a minute! (and I forgot to turn on “email when there are comments!”
They’ll have to rename that dish the Halo Server. Because not only did Halo first eat it, she survived. Also, it’s so spicy that if anyone else tries, they’ll be fitted for and served a Halo.
I’ve only just started reading Grrl Power (I’m a bit of a RWBY fan, so I suspect you can guess which recent comic caught the attention of that particular fandom), but it’s fantastic, and I’ve rarely been so happy to have so many years of back-issues to catch up on.
I’m commenting just now because the Daffy Duck reference cabinet brings great gladness to my heart.
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From now on, the restaurant should issue goggles when they serve something that hot.
That would actually be a great gimmick for the restaurant. Above a certain rating, the dish comes with a pair of safety goggles and an alarm button, so that you can signal for medical attention if your mucous membranes swell to the point that you can’t get enough breath to shout for help.
I read that in Scout’s voice from the opening to “Meet the Medic”. I don’t know if that’s what you intended, but that’s what I did.
Her nerve endings are dead to burns. That’s literally what happens when one “adjusts” to spicy food.
If someone poured acid on her skin or burned her skin off, she wouldn’t know until the other variety of nerve endings stepped in to clue her in.
If that food is made with Resiniferatoxin then 10 g is all it would require to kill her.
You know, what’s interesting is that after actually researching Scoville units sometime back, 3 million Scoville isn’t actually that hot. It’s hotter than the hottest pepper by about half a million, but that’s just a raw pepper. When it comes to actual seasonings/chemicals, particularly to someone like Sidney (who possess an above average tolerance for spiciness) Indian and other South Asian and Asian cuisine rates drastically hotter. When I was still in high school, one of our neighbors brought over a dish that probably rated at a little over 1 million Scoville (they used red naga). Now I’m no spice connoisseur and have not ‘acclimatized’ to skin searing concentrations of chemical heat, but I pretty much had Sidney’s reaction in panel ten. I was crying as I ate it, but it tasted so good.
However, as for the guy who made it, that level of spice didn’t even register to his taste buds. He made enough for our whole family but I was the only one interested in eating it. I finished it in three sittings, and after the third washed his dish and gave it back. He actually laughed when he saw my face and that I’d been crying.
One of my favorite pages. I have some friends who like spicy food so I sent them this page. Maybe they should serve goggles with meals this hot. Has Sydney ever visited the Capsaisin Lounge?
Arianna would love sticking Sydney and Maxima onto the tv show “Hot Ones”.