Three’s Company
Ronnie, from the webcomic Whomp!, is into chicken nuggets in a big way, literally and figuratively. One might consider it an addiction. We all have at least one. Woody is addicted to diet soda. Joseph’s old, so he’s accumulated the classics: sex and cigarettes. Renee has work. Isabel has hope. I’m sure Timmy has one by now too, but I’m not sure what it is.
I think chicken nuggets would make a pretty good currency if you didn’t think about it too hard. They’re small, so you can hold them in your hands and pockets, they smell good, and we all want currency that smells good, they can keep you warm on cold days and, best of all, you don’t need to go out to spend them when you’re hungry, you can just eat them.
If you haven’t already, spend some time reading Whomp! It’s sad dark fun.
Have a great weekend.
– Ben
The dollar used to be on the gold standard, meaning it was backed up by its equivalent value in gold. Now it is backed up by … mass delusion. Perhaps you are onto something. Every clear thinking American would support switching to the chicken nugget standard. Even its name has a goldy sound to it. We merely need to develop a way to print on nuggets with edible inks.
It depends on who’s chicken nuggets it is we’re using as currency, and if they’re self heating so they never get cold 😀
Excellent point. Chicken McNuggets, like McFries, are completely inedible after a few hours and must be sold as sawdust. Perhaps Hostess Nuggets would have the staying power of Twinkies. The last Twinkie was fabricated in 1940, and they’re still as good as the day they were printed.
I laughed so hard when I saw Ronnie, I love Whomp! and I love the way WAH brings in cartoonists from around the web.