Unofficial Tex Murphy

When I played the Tex Murphy games, I was a child; one of about nine or ten. A lot of the jokes went over my head in substance, but still gave me a laugh in delivery. One of the beauties of going back now as a young adult is finally getting the jokes.

One such joke:

"Clint's Enchanting, Chocolate, Chili... Does that come con carne?"

"Read the sign again bonehead, it says: 'Sorry, no carne."

I know the feeling. I remember enjoying the Muppet Movie as a child and re-watching it as an adult. I had no idea there were so many jokes in the movie.

There's this one scene where Kermit says "Bear left" to Fozzy, and then Fozzy says "Right Frog". As a child I never understood the pun they were going for until later in life.

It's great when we find new things to love about our old favorites.

I'm getting a feeling there's more to the carne joke than I'd first thought.

Please explain it to me as if I was a simpleton

(I cannot miss anything. Anything at all.)

-Fred

best laugh I got was when talking to clint & one time I clicked on comment on the rug, & it
was putting $#it on his hair piece & then the mother insults. It crack up when I think about it.

Argh...I don't get the carne joke either... Please pity us, we poor european people with weird native languages...

I... don't get it either. But I'll bet if someone explains it, I'll be like "OOHHHHHH Well DUH!"

Three things:
1. Chili con carne literally means chili with (con) meat (carne).

2. By tex asking if the chocolate chili comes with meat (con carne), while exhibiting a look of yuk! and disgust, it seems he was a little worried about Clint's choco-chili. Was there a joke there? Don't know, but, to me, it would be similar to eating chocolate pudding with fried ground beef in it.

3. Some chili chefs will use odd additions to their chili in order to make them more unique. For example, I have seen chili recipes that call for cinnamon or chocolate, namely, chocolate baking powder. Personally, I have used ground cloves in soups and stews with the same end game in mind. Unlike cinnamon, ground cloves has a peculiar "bite" to it and can actually enhance the soup's flavor (if used in moderation).

Yeah, I know all that... but where does "sorry, no carne" fit in? Is it that Clint doesn't know any Spanish?

Clint doesn't like anything BUT Chocolate, so therefore he isn't going to have any Carne due to the fact that it is Meat Not Chocolate...

ok actually i did get it. i thought there was a real pun.

A highly spiced dish made of red peppers, meat, and often beans

Jim the old guy wrote:Three things:
1. Chili con carne literally means chili with (con) meat (carne).

2. By tex asking if the chocolate chili comes with meat (con carne), while exhibiting a look of yuk! and disgust, it seems he was a little worried about Clint's choco-chili. Was there a joke there? Don't know, but, to me, it would be similar to eating chocolate pudding with fried ground beef in it.

3. Some chili chefs will use odd additions to their chili in order to make them more unique. For example, I have seen chili recipes that call for cinnamon or chocolate, namely, chocolate baking powder. Personally, I have used ground cloves in soups and stews with the same end game in mind. Unlike cinnamon, ground cloves has a peculiar "bite" to it and can actually enhance the soup's flavor (if used in moderation).

gee jimbo, thanks for the cooking lesson

So now I'm craving both chili con carne and chocolate. Great.

Poor Anne-Lise! It's bad enough for a woman to have an affinity for chocolate but to have a yearning for chili is ......... Awesome! Note to self: A hearty bowl of chili followed by several mouthfuls of Hershery's dark.....stay close to a toilet. Ah! The life of a man! Hey! It's a guy thing!

Never been more happy to be a woman, Jim!