# "A carton of Camels by noon, or permanent penguin pâté!"| {Bloom County} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [December 27, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202 "2023-12-27T03:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/1 "2023-12-27T03:45:14Z")
Just having a midnight snack of pepper pâté on water crackers. Every time I spread the pâté, that quote from Steve Dallas runs through my mind. 🙂 What Bloom County lines are still buried in your memory? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/2 "2023-12-27T03:50:48Z")
I quite liked the strip where a cockroach was telling Opus how the cockroaches would outlive all the other species on Earth, IIRC. The cockroach then asks what Opus had to say about that. Opus’ reaction: he stepped on the cockroach. _Splat!_ ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/3 "2023-12-27T04:09:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/4 "2023-12-27T04:10:29Z")
“Sweaty snugglebunnies” And I’m totally prepared if I ever need a rhyme for “jasper, wine, and sugar”. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/5 "2023-12-27T04:29:45Z")
Pear Pimples for Hairy Fishnuts! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/6 "2023-12-27T05:04:18Z")
McNope, but maybe McLater! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/7 "2023-12-27T05:14:23Z")
Just talking about that one a few days ago. * * * * * * @Northern_Piper I clarified the title a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/8 "2023-12-27T07:19:51Z")
**_“RUN that baby!”_** ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/9 "2023-12-27T14:59:18Z")
“A Bolshevik halfback stepped on my head, sir.” “It’s shaped like a burrito” “SEEN any?” “Sheep pimp.” “Meadow Party, eh? What’ve you got to go against Reagan this fall?” “A dead cat.” “Oh, what the hell.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/10 "2023-12-27T15:06:33Z")
“Your earlobes resemble fish heads.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/11 "2023-12-27T15:21:35Z")
“Must be able to grimace musically” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/12 "2023-12-27T15:23:41Z")
“Offensensitivity.” “Are humans white meat or dark meat?” “The Captain . . . has a tomato.” “Svelte, boyant waterfowl.” “You chowderhead. You effeminate Communist.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/13 "2023-12-27T16:03:31Z")
“Devil bunnies! I snort the nose, Lucifer! Banana! Banana!” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/14 "2023-12-27T16:27:45Z")
Regarding the Coke vs Pepsi controversy: “They both taste like malted battery acid”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/15 "2023-12-27T16:32:26Z")
Legs shaved? Halfway. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/16 "2023-12-27T17:57:50Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Just having a midnight snack of pepper pâté on water crackers. What kind of pate? A couple of times a year I have a craving for pate. Around here all I can find is pork liver and sometime with a bit of duck or goose mixed in. I did have some good braunschweiger a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/17 "2023-12-27T18:03:08Z")
_Yes, life is fine when things combine,_ _Like ham in beef chow mein,_ _But oh, this time, I think I mind,_ _They’ve put acid in my rain._ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/18 "2023-12-27T18:41:10Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > What kind of pate? A couple of times a year I have a craving for pate. Freybe is a Canadian sausage and meat company. Has a variety of pâtés and liver sausage that I like. Doesn’t look like they’re in the States. [https://freybe.com/products/?product\_types=pate-liver-sausage](https://freybe.com/products/?product_types=pate-liver-sausage) ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/19 "2023-12-27T18:52:54Z")
“It’s not the hind-lick maneuver?” (Outland, I think). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/20 "2023-12-27T19:11:56Z")
How I love to watch the morn with golden sun that shines, up above to nicely warm these frosty toes of mine The wind doth taste of bittersweet, Like jasper wine and sugar. I bet it’s blown through others’ feet, like those of… …Caspar Weinberger. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/W1PGpV6p/weinburger-opus.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/W1PGpV6p/weinburger-opus.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202.md?page=2)