# What would make a good food/dining cartoon? I need ideas. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736 "2000-05-28T14:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_c38f64651bbfc0fca993c5b066c30099](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Anonymous\_c38f64651bbfc0fca993c5b066c30099](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_c38f64651bbfc0fca993c5b066c30099)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/1 "2000-05-28T14:49:12Z")
I got the grand job of making the “filler” cartoon for my neighborhood weekly (it only rates bottom-inside-margin position). Pay? Not a cent above my regular pay for classified ad phone-in data-entry. But I like to draw so I volenteered. I had 5 ideas and used them all. Help! Ideas don’t have to be great. My first: A billboard for the isolated diner in the desert background: “Wilma’s Cafe - validated parking” ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/2 "2000-05-28T16:30:29Z")
A couple in the sidewalk section of a cafe. Obviously nude but descretely masked by other people/ferns/etc. The waiter is scowling. The man points to the sign saying “Then what does it mean?” The sign reads Alfresco Dining. ---
**Author:** ![HotMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HotMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotMama)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/3 "2000-05-29T22:40:42Z")
In the grocery Loaf of bread: “Boy, that was quick! And they didn’t even have a going away party” Other loaf, on the “Day Old” shelf : “Good luck kid! You may need it.” ---
**Author:** ![WhoaNellie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@WhoaNellie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhoaNellie)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/4 "2000-05-30T04:31:51Z")
A priest a rabbi and a policeman come into a bar. ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/5 "2000-05-30T21:18:00Z")
That’s almost a joke, actually. You need 3 people associated with food. How about a fisherman? Then the cop orders fish & chips The fisherman orders a kosher pickle And the Rabbi orders donuts. Or, mix in some other people with food cliches. ---
**Author:** ![BarnStormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@BarnStormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnStormer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/6 "2000-05-31T08:25:45Z")
You might try the half-jokes you see in New Yorker. Like a bear asking the grocer for nuts and berries. Or a clown with curly hair buying an identically-shaped broccoli. ---
**Author:** ![enteem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@enteem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enteem)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/7 "2000-05-31T16:03:14Z")
**Will they look like Slug’s drawings?** Or can’t you draw people well? ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_c38f64651bbfc0fca993c5b066c30099](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Anonymous\_c38f64651bbfc0fca993c5b066c30099](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_c38f64651bbfc0fca993c5b066c30099)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-a-good-food-dining-cartoon-i-need-ideas/20736/8 "2000-06-04T20:35:55Z")
(I’m not sure Slug can draw like Slug. Every picture seems stranger than the last.) **HELP!** I need ideas! It sounded so easy, but now I’m blanking totally. (boo hoo hoo…sniff)