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  • Wizard of Id: Dragon Food

    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Sat Nov 8 16:50:28 2025
    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Lynn


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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 9 13:30:27 2025
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Lynn

    Not all dragons ...

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    ;-)



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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Sat Nov 8 20:37:11 2025
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bobbie Sellers@3:633/10 to All on Sat Nov 8 17:59:19 2025


    On 11/8/25 17:37, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Yes, vegan vampires, Duckula is it. Servitors were ashamed of their Duckula.

    bliss

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Mark Jackson@3:633/10 to All on Sat Nov 8 22:59:04 2025
    On 11/8/2025 8:59 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 11/8/25 17:37, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name˙ <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    ˙˙˙˙ https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked.˙ Henry forgot that.

    ˙˙˙ Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    ˙˙˙ <https://www.goodreads.com/book/
    show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires?˙˙ Get them away from my tomato plants!

    ˙˙˙˙Yes, vegan vampires,˙ Duckula is it.˙ Servitors were ashamed of
    their Duckula.

    Bunnicula.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
    or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
    is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally
    treasonable to the American public. - Theodore Roosevelt

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 9 17:29:14 2025
    On 2025-11-09 01:59:19 +0000, Bobbie Sellers said:

    On 11/8/25 17:37, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Yes, vegan vampires, Duckula is it. Servitors were ashamed of their Duckula.

    bliss

    Count Duckula is a Vegetarian Vampire Duck (a spin-off character from
    the Dangermouse cartoon), rather than vegan.

    But there are vegan vampires as well. Two from the world of gaming are:

    - Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire
    <https://store.steampowered.com/app/1952540/Voltaire_The_Vegan_Vampire/>

    - Draculaura
    <https://monsterhigh.fandom.com/wiki/Draculaura_(G1)>

    :-)




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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 9 17:34:45 2025
    On 2025-11-09 03:59:04 +0000, Mark Jackson said:

    On 11/8/2025 8:59 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 11/8/25 17:37, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name? <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    ???? https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked.? Henry forgot that.

    ??? Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    ??? <https://www.goodreads.com/book/ show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires??? Get them away from my tomato plants!

    ????Yes, vegan vampires,? Duckula is it.? Servitors were ashamed of
    their Duckula.

    Bunnicula.

    Even in the real world there is a shark species that can survive eating seagrass (more than 60% of their diet), but is really a 'flexitarian' / 'semi-vegetarian' / 'omnivorous' since they do eat various crustaceans
    as well.
    <https://www.earth.com/news/first-vegetarian-shark-seagrass/>



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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 9 20:29:44 2025
    On 2025-11-09 05:55:56 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:
    In article <10ep5l5$323jn$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-09 03:59:04 +0000, Mark Jackson said:
    On 11/8/2025 8:59 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
    On 11/8/25 17:37, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name? <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    ???? https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked.? Henry forgot that. >>>>>>
    ??? Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    ??? <https://www.goodreads.com/book/
    show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires??? Get them away from my tomato plants!

    ????Yes, vegan vampires,? Duckula is it.? Servitors were ashamed of
    their Duckula.

    Bunnicula.

    Even in the real world there is a shark species that can survive eating
    seagrass (more than 60% of their diet), but is really a 'flexitarian' /
    'semi-vegetarian' / 'omnivorous' since they do eat various crustaceans
    as well.
    <https://www.earth.com/news/first-vegetarian-shark-seagrass/>

    I read an amusing article somewhere once which claimed that Pandas
    are carnivores who have decided, for some reason, to eat only bamboo
    shoots. They still have a carnivore's digestive system, so they
    get almost no nutrition from their diet meaning that they have to
    spend almost the entire day eating and pooping, and furthermore
    that they get so little energy from it that they tend to avoid
    moving much at all and walk downhill whenever they can. How much
    of that is true, I don't know.

    It is true, although not so much of a 'decision' as an evolutionary
    change because bamboo is far more plentiful than anything else. But
    pandas are omnivores and do still occassionally eat insects, small
    birds, and rodents when they can catch them.




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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 9 08:58:17 2025
    On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 20:37:11 -0500 (EST), kludge@panix.com (Scott
    Dorsey) wrote:

    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon

    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!

    Not a vampire, more of a werewolf, but /Wallace & Gromit in The Curse
    of the Were-Rabbit/ has been described as "a veggetarian horror
    story". And for good reason.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Sun Nov 9 12:34:44 2025
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?

    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up

    pt

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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 10 14:59:17 2025
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon> >>
    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?

    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up

    Then there is Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan universe, where genetically modified tomatoes led to a plague that decimated humanity.

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 10 13:27:46 2025
    On 11/10/2025 9:59 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?

    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up

    Then there is Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan universe, where genetically modified
    tomatoes led to a plague that decimated humanity.

    Is that connected to the cinematic gem "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"?

    pt

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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 10 19:16:00 2025
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/10/2025 9:59 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that. >>>>>
    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?

    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up

    Then there is Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan universe, where genetically modified
    tomatoes led to a plague that decimated humanity.

    Is that connected to the cinematic gem "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"?

    Don't believe so. Harrison's storyline did, however, result
    in a vampire becoming president of the United States during the pandemic.

    They are filming a reboot of the AotKT movie this year.

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Tue Nov 11 11:12:32 2025
    On 2025-11-10 14:59:17 +0000, Scott Lurndal said:

    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon> >>>
    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?

    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up


    Then there is Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan universe, where genetically modified tomatoes led to a plague that decimated humanity.

    Then there are the 'documentaries':
    - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
    - Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988)
    - Killer Tomatoes Strike Back (1991)
    - Killer Tomatoes Eat France. (1992)
    - Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence (in production)

    ;-)



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bobbie Sellers@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 10 15:52:45 2025


    On 11/10/25 14:12, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-11-10 14:59:17 +0000, Scott Lurndal said:

    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name˙ <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked.˙ Henry forgot that. >>>>>
    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/
    show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires?˙˙ Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?

    https://archive.org/details/
    Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up

    Then there is Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan universe, where genetically
    modified tomatoes led to a plague that decimated humanity.

    Then there are the 'documentaries':
    ˙- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
    ˙- Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988)
    ˙- Killer Tomatoes Strike Back˙˙ (1991)
    ˙- Killer Tomatoes Eat France.˙˙ (1992)
    ˙- Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence (in production)

    ;-)


    Nothing to do with the virus infected tomatoes in Rachel Morgan's
    universe. Those were contrived and genentic engineering was outlawed.
    Spoiler:
    Ure Ryira oblsevraq vf n trargvp ratvarre naq fur jbhyq abg or nyvir vs
    abg sbe
    trargvp ratvarrevat ol uvf sngure naq uref.

    bliss

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bobbie Sellers@3:633/10 to All on Mon Nov 10 15:58:32 2025


    On 11/10/25 11:16, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/10/2025 9:59 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that. >>>>>>
    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?

    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up

    Then there is Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan universe, where genetically modified
    tomatoes led to a plague that decimated humanity.

    Is that connected to the cinematic gem "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"?

    Don't believe so. Harrison's storyline did, however, result
    in a vampire becoming president of the United States during the pandemic.

    Yes a vampire because the vampires need the human race and will do their best to
    make sure it gets through this difficult time. This is depite the Fae
    and the Demons various wizards and wise folk. Demons and elves do not
    get along as formerly the
    one was enslaving the other. Elves retreated to Earth and cross-breed
    with humans
    to counteract the curse put on them by the Demons.


    They are filming a reboot of the AotKT movie this year.

    And Rachel and her pals eat tomatoes.

    bliss

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Ignatios Souvatzis@3:633/10 to All on Tue Nov 18 15:27:24 2025
    Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/8/2025 8:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    In article <10eonb2$2v0lu$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-08 22:50:28 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    Wizard of Id: Dragon Food
    https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/11/08

    Dragons like their food crispy and over cooked. Henry forgot that.

    Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
    <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649015.Herb_the_Vegetarian_Dragon>

    What's next, vegan vampires? Get them away from my tomato plants!
    --scott

    Surely you're familiar with Damon Knight's "Eripmav"?
    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v014n06_1958-06_PDF/page/n100/mode/1up

    Then there is Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan universe, where genetically modified
    tomatoes led to a plague that decimated humanity.

    OTOH: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes(1978) - they are carnivores.

    -is
    --
    A medium apple... weighs 182 grams, yields 95 kcal, and contains no
    caffeine, thus making it unsuitable for sysadmins. - Brian Kantor

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