Apr09
Good ol’ Chet and his Honda Civic. The “energy crisis” of the 70s spurred on the experimentation of using old frying oil in diesel engines. Actually, it was tried in the 1930s as well, according to Wikipedia. I know, Civics did not have diesel engines… it’s a cartoon, you should just relax.
So, with Chet frying up some French fries (are they really French?), I thought what a better way to end the week then with a little Carlin talking about sex in commercials.
New comics, well freshly drawn ones that is, return next week with a Comic Convention theme for the week as Bud and the gang end up at a comic convention by mistake… kinda like me.
Have a good weekend!
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Any chance of an egg, sunny side up?
With a side of hash browns… ummm….
Y’know, when it comes to Bud and Jeff, ‘hash browns’ takes on a whole new meaning…
So Chet invented Biodiesel? Far out!
It’s amazing what the 1977 gang has done…
Like all great inventors he was a terrible marketer (Ron Popeil excluded of course)
Volkswagen Rabbits had diesels in the ’70s
Mr. Ram
A few cars had diesels back then. In the early 80s they became somewhat popular and my Father had a couple cars with diesel engines. Always had to wait for the glow plugs to warm up and then you’d get that good old diesel cranking sound and a wonderful smell. But, for a big car, it got decent mileage and back then diesel was cheaper than gas.
I had one diesel car… and Oldsmobile Wagon. The least stolen car in America, so I left a key in the ignition with the doors unlocked all the time. My office complex was broken into and cars vandalized one night. The only car not touched… my diesel wagon. It even had a good cassette deck in it, but the crooks knew not to mess with that ugly car!
Best advice if you’re gonna do this for real: Do NOT use McDonalds’s throwaway oil. Make an arrangement with a Chinese restaurant.
McDonalds typically use their oil until it is cracked and nasty, destroying all the lovely dieselly goodness.
I heart Chet. He’s exactly the sort of friend everyone needs in their life for when stuff breaks so bad only Teh Geeniuz will get you back in the game.
The “real” Chet in my life knew everything… how is that possible? Did he go to night school for that stuff? Or did I just sleep away my high school years in shop? Either way, he’s an invaluable friend to have for sure!
Me: “Hey, my sump pump isn’t working…” Him: “Did you try…” Me: “How the hell did you know that?” Is how almost all of our conversations went.
So Chet is going to solve the energy crisis and end world hunger at the same time? Nice.
Looking forward to seeing you at C2E2.
YES! Let’s hear it for Chet!
YES! I’ll have at least *one* visitor at C2E2! I don’t bite…
Oh man, that yellow is classic. My first car was a 70′s Civic 3door hatchback. (don’t remember the year). The passenger side door had a flip latch for a lock and top speed, down-hill with a tailwind was 45mph. good times… good times.
The “real” Chet had I think a ’73 or something? Had a freakin’ 2-cylinder engine in it! With both of us in it, it hardly made up to highway speeds. Fun car. It fit on sidewalks, making for excellent escape paths sometimes.
Not that *we* would do anything wrong… no….
i knew a guy who converted a 75 Rabbit to run on veggie oil. When he drove by, all you could think about was french fries. (he got the oil from either a Wendy’s or McDonald’s)
I have heard many reports that the cars do smell like fries. For me, that would be fine as I have no sense of smell, but for everyone else, I think they’d get fat just smelling the car fumes…
FYI: To answer your question, French Fries are not French. It’s short for French Cut Fried Potatoes. It’s the cutting method that’s French, not the final product.
Very cool! Like a French cut dress? No, wait, that’s something else…
Well, then I’m expecting my French-Canadian friend to bring me some authentic fries next week at C2E2!
