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Pizza Delivery – originally posted [1-18-10]
If I had to break down the formula for my comics I’d say they consist of 20% relatable material and 80% utter nonsense. Today’s comic bucks that trend. I have experienced every panel of this strip.
What IS it with ordering pizza? My friends and I are fairly bright folks who are capable of using a telephone, possess basic math skills, and can answer a knock at the door. But when all three of these tasks are combined for the sake of pizza we act like we’re being asked to assist in a prison break a day before we’re on parole. We hem, we haw, we pray that SOMEONE ELSE will do one of these seemingly impossible tasks. And if we draw the short straw and are ordered to do one of them, we sure as hell won’t be doing the other two. How many times have you heard something like “Hey! I’m making the call so that means one of YOU will be answering the door!”
You know how in the movie Fight Club, Tyler Durden would hand out homework to his crew? That’s what I want to do with you guys right now. From now on, YOU be the one to handle all three tasks. I know this might sound crazy, but think of how differently your friends will look at you. You’ll be a damn hero! They might actually start listening to what you have to say. And oh, how they’ll lament your absence when they crave a pizza.
Friend 1: “Dude, you make the call.”
Friend 2: “No way! YOU make the call.”
Friend 1: “Dammit, (insert your name) usually handles this.”
Friend 2: “We are nothing without (insert your name).”
Friend 1: “True. We should buy (insert your name) a gift to show our appreciation.”
Friend 2: “Agreed. You call the gift store.”
Friend 1: “No way! YOU call the gift store!”
See how amazing your life could be? That could be YOUR friends bickering with each other!
You…You broke rule #1…
I will forgive you, but only because you’re reaaaally funny.
No new comic?
*sigh*
Thanks for ruining what might have been a beautiful day.
Oh wahh. Let the man have a break now and then. Surely you can survive a week of reruns.
Please tell me your joking? I love bug but it can’t really be the greatest part of your day to ruin it so badly. You should try going outside and maybe order a pizza.
Ouch.
You missed the blog post too, eh? I did that yesterday. D:
This is one of my top 3 favorite strips of yours!
I remember this one! One of my faves, too. They’re all good, but this one stood out.
“My foot’s asleep”. Brilliant!
I love how awkward he looks in that panel.
First rule of Bug Club…
I would gladly bicker with my friends like this…
…if I had any. :'(
I just realized that I never order pizza with friends. Usually his or my parents (depends on where we are) do everything.
… I can’t wait to live on my own, so I can see if that’s really true!
By the way, thanks for this re-post! One of my favourite strips!
Thanks! And when the day finally comes that your friends want to order a pizza, offer to handle it yourself. They’ll write songs about you.
But what if we disagree on the details?
This used to happen whenever my friends and I wanted to go out to do anything. We’d sit around talking about it for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. Finally I just took it upon myself to be responsible for making the decisions. Then it got to the point where two friends would be chatting and one would be like, “Hey, we should go do something!” and the other would say, “Okay, I’ll call Alex!”
True story!
This strip made me realize that it’s been a while since you’ve had more then one regular bug in the same strip. If you were to do the strip today more then likely you’d have regular bug, nerdbug and either douchebug or girl bug.
I hope Crucify is one of the strips that will be repeated, I crack up just thinking about it.
Your right. I kinda miss the old days when it was just a bunch of identical bugs. That’s what it was supposed to be in the beginning; anonymous drones.
The “Crucify” strip was one of the main contenders, but it didn’t make the cut. Maybe it’ll appear three years from now when I take my second vacation.
You’re* right. Comic artists aren’t allowed to make grammar mistakes, dag nabbit! :p
I have officially been an internet denizen for too long; the word “grammar” looked misspelled without an ‘e’.
Ey… you forgot Step zero: “argue about where you order your pizza”
And step 0.2 WHAT toppings
Surprisingly, that’s one aspect that my friend’s and I can agree on. We all like Glass Nickel. Not sure if folks outside of Wisconsin have heard of them.
Don’t forget the classic “I’m fine with what everyone else wants” move — you think you’re being helpful, but when everyone around the circle says the same SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION.
I’m afraid of phones too!
I feel your pain, man.
In the UK, there is website where you can order food delivery from any of the delivery places that deliver to your area. You can pay online too. So all you have to do is answer the door, grab the bags out of the delivery person’s hands and slam the door in their face.
On the other hand, on my regular RPing days we’d get pizza in person. We always designated one particular guy to make the order cause he always managed to (politely) brow-beat extra discounts out of the stoned cashier.
That’s what I love about being able to order online! Especially when you can ask for your friend that works there to deliver, so not only is there no phone, but they just walk in, so no door answering either. But the way I see it, “my house, yall chip in more than me or no eating in the fort!”
When I was a kid, I had pretty severe social anxiety–like, to the point that I couldn’t pick up the phone and call strangers, even if I wanted them to provide me with delicious, delicious pizza.
My mother used it to get out of ordering pizza all the time; she’d agree to pay for dinner if I’d order it, but I just couldn’t do it.
I think you went about this all wrong, you should have said nothing and waited to see how long it takes us to realize they were reruns.
The first comment I got on Monday’s strip asked why I was running an old strip. My readers are a sharp and savvy bunch.
Oh hell no we’re not.
This was the first comic of yours I had ever seen, I’ve been checking in ever since. When I used to work in an office I made the mistake of telling other coworkers I was going to subway for lunch. I should have thrown fecal matter and ran but instead, like an idiot, I went to subay to realize people weren’t exact about how they wanted their subs and no one gave me exact change. Since then, I made a habit out of screwing up their orders so they wouldn’t ask anymore.
Also the blurbs you’ve been adding to your comics is like finding out the donuts you asked for are free and they threw in an extra one just cause… so thanks for that
No prob. Figured I need to add some sprinkles to these day-old donuts.
My test kitchen friend told me sprinkles are called “jimmies” for some reason and the Brits call them “hundreds and thousands.”
Now you know.
You’re welcome.
It’s so funny to me that jimmies as a name are so weird to you. People here on Cape Cod use the words sprinkles and jimmies interchangeably, and while people occasionally wonder about the latter word’s origin, it’s considered commonplace.
from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles#Names
The origin of the name “jimmies” is unknown. It is first documented in 1930, as a topping for cake and although this may in fact be an error, the term “jimmies” became a popular name for sprinkles.[5]
Though the Just Born Candy Company claims to have invented jimmies and named them after an employee,[6] this is unlikely.[7][8] The rumor that the name somehow refers to Jim Crow is also likely false.[7][9][10]
What sort of “break” is it for Adam if he feels obligated to stick around for comments (unless he enjoys doing that)?
How can we miss you if you won’t go away?
(btw, these are all new to me so I’m happy)
go read the entire archive. now.
havent read these in a wile but still as hilarious as the day they came out 😀
This is one of my all-time favorites. 🙂
Bugs and pizza. I’m not liking this scene.
I’m not sure which made me laugh the hardest: the comic or the comment. Yes, I know it’s an old comic because of the reruns, but it’s always been one of my favs 😀
Awww. Bug 3 has my sympathies.
This was the first strip I read when I found this website. Definitely one of my favorites.
My problem with ordering group pizza is that absolutely everyone except me says, “I like Hawaiian”. I only like meat on a pizza. So we order meat, and Hawaiian. Then the pizza gets here, and everyone else says, “Who got Hawaiian? I want meat!” And then there’s no meat. And everyone else says, “Hey, look, Hawaiian!”
True story. EVERY TIME….. So I only order pizza for myself now.