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Safety First - Gator Days
August - Alligator - A soft spoken single father who works in IT. Gustopher's dad.
Gustopher - Alligator - An easily excitable boy who loves making friends. August's son.
Mewbert and Nougat - Cat - Animal - August and Gustopher's pet cats.
Transcript
Panel 1
Setting - August and Gustopher's home at the kitchen table.
Gustopher is drawing when August checks to see what he's up to. August is holding and petting Mewbert. Mewbert is having a great time. Nougat is supervising Gustopher's drawing.
August: What are you doing?
Gustopher: Drawing you and the cats.
Panel 2
Gustopher's drawing shows Mewbert and Nougat in the air wielding nunchaku. August is drawn rather large and round and has no weaponry to defend himself from the evils of the world.
Panel 3
August dramatically looks up in the air as his glasses flash. Mewbert senses his dissatisfaction and is also annoyed that he has stopped petting her.
August: I am disappointed.
Panel 4
August: Why do the cats get nunchaku but I don't.
Gustopher: You'd hurt yourself.
August: That's... True.
August has to admit to himself that he would break several things an potentially several of his own bones. Mewbert doesn't care about any of this. She is furious that no one is petting her right now. Nougat reaches for a marker. She wishes to draw herself eating fried chicken.
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Are you tried of me asking if you had anything to eat today? Because I'm going to do it again. I had a ham sandwich and coffee when I get up. No beans. I'm very sad about the lack of beans. I made a Great Northern Bean hummus last night that was excellent and I was planning on saving some of it for this morning but it was too delicious and didn't make it through the night.
Beans are amazing, but as I've aged, they mess my stomach up so BAD. The worst gas ever. If anyone had any methods to make bean eating easier, I'm all ears, because I love chili, bean soup, etc.
Beano has worked for me. I also typically used rinsed canned beans for convenience.
Beano has been very hit or miss for me. I use it a lot, but half the time it feels like it does nothing.
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Rinsed canned beans: This is the Way!
I think I read something about the more often you eat beans to less gassy they make you as your body gets used to them. Lean into the mighty beans!
I'm not sure about this one as my family eats a LOT of beans. Cheapz delicious protein!
But I've never acclimated. Maybe my body just sucks lol
Everybody is different! Maybe it's to do with magical gut biome bugs, but I'm not sure!
Look into FODMAP diets. I've changed beans up for lentils in my recipes. It's not quite the same texture, but they are just as tasty.
I do love lentils!
I've heard that anise used as a seasoning when cooking beans can help. Vinegar towards the end of the cooking process (or after they're fully cooked but you're letting them simmer for an extended period to soak in more flavor) is also supposed to help, mostly because if you add it too early then the beans will harden.
Rinsing them and soaking the beans while discarding the water until the water you discard is clear can also allegedly eliminate a lot of the gassy volatiles.
I've tried the water method, and it didn't help much, but I will note those other tricks for future use!
This could be something as simple as just not being used to that level of fiber. Slowly bring up the level of fiber you are eating in small amounts of beans and eventually you can get to the point where you can eat an entire can of beans at once. Cooking the beans hells and soaking them in water for ~30 min before cooking also helps
Mewbert is having a great time. Nougat is supervising Gustopher's drawing.
The cats are really the highlight of this story
August is drawn rather large and round and has no weaponry to defend himself from the evils of the world.
He doesn't need one. His body is his weapon. For he is dad. Also he might hurt himself
Mewbert senses his dissatisfaction and is also annoyed that he has stopped petting her.
Honestly fair.
Are you tried of me asking if you had anything to eat today? Because I'm going to do it again.
I am not tired and I appreciate it. I am happy you ate. I too ate a sandwich but from the hospital. They make these peanut butter jelly sandwiches that are loaded with nuts and granola. Super good but like 1k in calories. It's no Great Northern Bean hummus but it'll do
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I still haven't recovered from the horror and confusion I felt when I read the words "Corn Hummus" on one of your previous posts.
So naturally I've had a bowl of Peanut Butter Chili to fight the food horror with a horror food of my own.
Yes, I have eaten. I had a granola bar and a cup of yogurt, a sugar free energy drink, two multivitamins and two D vitamins.
Hello! Long time listener, first time caller. Are you taking a break from the Great News series? I did not see a part 4/4.
Edit: just saw your other comment.
Sometimes things don't last and you say to yourself "aw beans" when you realize this.
Hummus is just a vehicle for delicious tahini. You are allowed to eat it straight; you don't have to act like you love beans.
I actually prefer for my hummus to be light on tahini. I'm actually at a point where I'm not sure I'm making hummus half the time. It often doesn't have tahini in it and sometimes it doesn't even have chickpeas. I don't know what to call it. Bean Spread? Fiber Paste? I Can't Believe It's Not Hummus?
I'm disappointed
Hi Disappointed, I'm son!
Sorry that was a long hanging fruit but I had to take it. I love that this doesn't even phase Gus at all. Like he knew his dad would be upset. Which leads me to think there might have been a ninja self injury that has happened in the past for poor August.
Even went as far as to give August the anime glasses glare
A thought occurs to me, suddenly making more dad jokes would be a hell of a way to foreshadow that the Missus was expectating.
It's like a primal urge. The jokes will come. Whether you want them to or not
I now need to see August in the Gendo Pose.
Poor August, getting a reality check from his son, haha! Then again could be that August is good at hand to hand combat!
He does have a natural death roll special attack.
He seems to accept the judgement rather quickly. I think prior attempts may have been made.
OH! And the campaign for the game I've been working on with u/JasonAnarchy launched today! It has wholesomeness, un-wholesomeness, and a frog named McRibbit who has hot dogs.
https://gamefound.com/projects/jason-anarchy/wholesome-adventure?refcode=6lKcaOaYFk69ONv3F\_-hnQ
And part 4/4 of Great News will be up later today.
I misread that as "Safety Fist" and I was concerned.
New term for Way of Mercy monk.
Hit people until they feel better.
Sounds like a badass band name, though!
Heck yeah.
as if the cats aren't also going to hurt him
Today I learned the original name of nunchaku.
Fun fact to pay it forward: A person who has practiced using nunchaku is referred to in Japanese as *nunchakuka.*
Are Mewbert and Nougat nunchakukats?
Wait, where is the 4th panel of the other comic
It will be up later today. I won't be able to post on Friday so today is a two-for-one deal.
As a minister's kid I have a personal investment. Thanks for the update.
A TWOFER!?! ..Hot Dog!!
Interrupted to bring you this special bulletin, I'd wager.
I'm gonna get so much use out of this picture.
Also those nunchuck cats are sick as hell.
From my experience, when learning how to wield nunchaku, there's a 100% chance of hitting your forehead or your groin.
And no, the choice is not yours.
I've owned half a dozen cats in my lifetime, and I'm absolutely positive that every single one would have also found a way to injure themselves with nunchucks.
August is the final boss, with his cat minions serving as guards.
He now needs four generals, because there are always four. Someone contact Ember, she would be up for the position.
Ninja Kitties.
Ah, but I am being redundant.
August gets a grappling hook instead.
Oh don't tell me August is getting Donatello'd and gets the staffs.
When i saw the yellow eyes, I was expecting the other cat to have pink eyes 😅
Grab the other ends of the nunchaku and flail around the cats as your weapons.
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