#806 – Reaction

What a strange job “Royal Food Taster” must have been. Go ahead and have a bit of everything and lets see if you die… no? Okay, get out of here while all the cool people party on down. The taster’s reward should have at least been the privilege to sit at the table and eat a full meal. But I suppose if that were the case they wouldn’t have “taster” in their name. I wonder if there are people that still fill this role in modern times.

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35 thoughts on “#806 – Reaction”

  1. SamFisher202 says:

    He really should of been suspicious, I can only imagine how the spell on him will be broken, kiss from a prince or princess? For his sake I hope it’s a princess.

  2. skywerwolf says:

    well knowing biff he will be immune to most of the poision. it still looks bad. also its fariy tell week!

  3. Space Butler says:

    I assume that Biff took the bigger bite of the apple.

    Also, I will bet anything that there are taste testers still employed around the world. Althought they’re probably only used by unscrupulous people who would be targetted by their equally shady enemies.

  4. gelugon2105 says:

    Which fairy tale was it again that involved a poisoned apple? Snow White?

  5. Micah says:

    I pity the prince who has to kiss him to wake him up.

  6. SharkJumper says:

    Chris, there are: test pilots. Except they’re sometimes the only ones who get to party in the planes. One of them showed off a commercial jet by putting it through a full barrel roll, iirc.

  7. Madness says:

    I wonder who has to kiss him to wake him up? Maybe a female version of Biff? lol

  8. Nicoli20 says:

    Female Biff….sorry, but I can’t process that image in my mind.

  9. Cyantre says:

    This comic made me laugh out loud, fantastic job on this one. I won’t soon be forgetting this one, definitely one of the best.

  10. Matt Lee says:

    @Nicoli20 and Madness

    Besides that would break the rule of no one appears in the comic but Biff!

  11. SoySauce says:

    I’m not sure if Biff is even capable of true love (since it’s the kiss from one’s true love that breaks the curse, not necessarily royalty). Doesn’t that get traded away for his invincibility?

  12. Linzleh says:

    Biff should know that unconscious women, lying on the ground are not offering food! He swiped that apple, hopefully not prying it from her lifeless hand…When he revives he needs to go home and unzip a kiwi fruit for snacktime.

  13. Booky says:

    Silly Biff. Eating stuff that’s lying on the ground, next to an unconscious/dead woman… I wonder if we’ll see something about glass slippers tomorrow?

    There’s also real-life tasters in modern times. Like in the old days, it’s a dual measure. If the high-ranking person gets sick, but the taster doesn’t, you can rule out poisoning. If both gets sick, it was poison.

  14. Nebulous says:

    At the moment, How can Biff realize anything?
    He’s Pome-atose.

  15. Silversaraph says:

    Palace: How on earth did the king perish? A royal food taster had tasted the food!!!

    Nobles: The taster must have been in on the act! Off with his head!

    Assassin: No, you fools, it was a fast acting VIRUS. I happen to know the taster has had his shots, while the king was afraid of needles. I’m the new king now!

    “Stunned silence”

    Hooray for lord king (stereotype!) I never liked him anyway.

  16. Steriema says:

    Hey! He didn’t peer pressure the apple!

  17. Chris says:

    @Cyantre – Yay!

  18. Max says:

    All US presidents have food tasters: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2772/does-the-president-have-an-official-food-taster

    It seems logical that other heads of states would do so too, for same reasons.

  19. sco3tt says:

    Snow Biff? I like it.

    Biff and the Beanstalk?

    Biff-punzel? Trapped in the tower, he lets down his freaky golden eyebrows so the pizza guy can deliver a dbl cheese and pepperoni.

  20. Tigergulp says:

    @sco3tt: LOL! XD

  21. JezMM says:

    I always found the food tester thing funny… I mean surely the best poison would be tasteless and take a few hours to work? The food would be cold by then!

  22. baughbe says:

    I wonder, do they check that a taster has the same food allergies as who they are tasting for? Could be a sneaky way to get past the taster.

  23. Tukikagami says:

    There is actually a secret service guy who tastes President Obama’s food for him. Comes in real handy, especially with all the over seas trips he seems to take.
    Royal food tasters didn’t get to sit at the table and eat a full meal for a reason. Typically they were given the job as a stay of execution. Meaning I did something very bad. Instead of being killed for my crimes against the crown, I am now the King’s personal oh shit man. I taste the food, when I don’t die I gtfo. Really getting through the day alive probably meant more to those guys than the actual food.

    Think about not knowing when you would die. The next bite of yummy puffy pastry could be your last. Horrible way to live. A perfect punishment.

  24. }o{ Chelsey-Wa }o{ says:

    Actually yes there are still food tasters in some countries who have kings queens emperors grand poobah sort of people, but usually only in places that have a reason to think someone would want to poison the dear old king…

  25. Ziggy Stardust says:

    Oh, Biff, Biff, Biff… didn’t your mama tell you not to take fruit from unconscious people?

  26. iv says:

    @SharkJumper: “…one of them”? Sure, the Dash80 (707 prototype) test pilot got in trouble for barrel rolling it, but TWO of the CONCORDE pilots barrel rolled one, multiple times.

  27. ZeoViolet says:

    Only the poison of a toad princess will counteract the poison of a hag-made apple.

  28. Radical Edward says:

    Yeah I thought that royal food taster was kind of weird. But the logic was that after one king was poisoned to death, they created this position.

    Either way, I never eat someone else food unless I was given permission. (I also have the notoriety of being able to eat people out of house and home. Unless your snacks have tomatoalmond ingredients, I will eat your snack cakes and chips)

  29. i.half4 says:

    @ Nebulous: Whether you’re writing a poem or psalm, it’s cheating to try to rhyme comb with pomme.

    Or am I confusing French apples with Pom Fritz?

  30. BIFF-PUNZEL, BIFF-PUNZEL, LET DOWN YOUR HAI-
    . . .
    Er, you know what? I’ll. . . Just be going now.
    NO NO NO. KEEP THEM UP THERE.

  31. ChrisM says:

    Lol! and yay, I guessed this week. 😀 I feel special. 😛

    congrats ChrisH, for another wonderful comic. xD

  32. Dzelda says:

    … Biff manages to once again get himself in a pickle.

  33. Matt Lee says:

    @Chris

    How did you get you comics published to start out. I have a comic I would like to get published.

  34. Marscaleb says:

    This one made me laugh out loud.

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