# "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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/41 "2024-01-01T11:49:18Z")
Pull back to reveal wall sized autographed poster of Lionel Ritchie behind the record producer. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/42 "2024-01-18T03:13:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Except that porcupines are allergic to raisins. > > Failure, Mr Jones, is hardly very original. Sit down. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/43 "2024-01-18T23:58:41Z")
Gorbachev sings tractors. Turnip! Buttocks! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/44 "2024-01-19T00:19:23Z")
_Run with the Devil_ _Shout Satan’s might!_ _Death tongue Death tongue_ _The beast rises tonight!_ ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/45 "2024-01-19T01:07:54Z")
"This is penguin lust at its _ugliest."_ * * * “What _is_ ‘feminine protection’, anyway? A chartreuse flamethrower?” * * * “This is the face of…a statesman!” “A politician.” “A statesman!” “A politician.” "A _STATESMAN!"_ “A statesman…is a dead politician.” “…” “Lord knows, we need more statesmen.” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/46 "2024-01-19T15:01:14Z")
“Sustained, of course, by serious, full-gonzo goofing.” ---
**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:** [January 19, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/47 "2024-01-19T16:57:52Z")
Found it! > **[Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for January 22, 1987 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/1987/01/22)** > > January 22, 1987 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/48 "2024-01-19T17:04:07Z")
Eat the peas They’re squooshy Eat lead! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/49 "2024-01-19T17:07:28Z")
No nukes, no nukes! **BAM!** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/50 "2024-01-19T18:53:46Z")
That strip has been on my classroom bulletin board for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/51 "2024-01-19T22:01:02Z")
One step closer and we lick the pot roast! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/52 "2024-01-19T22:35:06Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > No nukes, no nukes! > > **BAM!** “Gun control! Gun control!” “Ow! Socialized medicine! Socialized medicine!” ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/53 "2024-01-19T22:41:47Z")
“Drug humor isn’t funny, Roger”. “_You_ read it, Tom!” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/54 "2024-01-19T22:47:00Z")
“Judge Wapner knows how to handle these delicate cases.” “Bailiff, kick those two in the butt.” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/55 "2024-01-19T22:56:22Z")
“Yo yo yo yo…something.” “HERRING WHOPPER, HEAVY MAYO!” “…Hold the head.” “Fold back foil to expose tater tots.” “I want the biggest, tallest, most expensive, glamorous… HERRING HEAD!” ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/56 "2024-01-20T00:29:04Z")
“Senator Belfry is a public servant. Can you say ‘public servant’?” “Bozo.” “Good! I knew you could!” A want ad: “Into spanking…” “That’s BANKING!” But my two favorites, already mentioned more than once each I believe, are “pear pimples for hairy fishnuts” (“look, just cough up some dough, Mac”) and “banana walrus wafers” (“There’s no such THING as banana walrus wafers!” “Well, there SHOULD be.”) When Bloom County was good, back in the day, it was very, very good. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/57 "2024-01-20T04:50:28Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > “Senator Belfry is a public servant. Can you say ‘public servant’?” > “Bozo.” > “Good! I knew you could!” I have this on my refrigerator ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202/58 "2024-01-23T01:10:56Z")
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