A Dozen 2016-08-15

[AnotherFairportfan]

Somebody called it.

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Oops. I misinterpreted it at first glance.

What the hell did Shelly do in the Library with that stuff?

[TazManiac]

Aw, maaaan- and here I went and Googled 'Pyrodex'... One more nail in my NSA Coffin...

[Sgt. Howard]

Pyrodex just fizzles unless it's compressed

[Opus the Poet]

But why would you make guac with a mild explosive? It ruins the flavor!

[Sgt. Howard]

But why would you make guac with a mild explosive? It ruins the flavor!

You load it into the jock straps aand... uh... these are BRAND NEW jock straps, right?

[Dave]

Awwww, man! Thanks so very much, Paul! I'm going to have a hell of a time getting to sleep tonight.

I just know my brain is going to be running simulations on about 1500 different versions of mayhem involving those ingredients... each one more disturbing than the one before.

But why would you make guac with a mild explosive? It ruins the flavor!

It's a trade-off. If you use a high-brisance explosive, you get too smooth a texture. You want the blast to leave the avocado at least somewhat chunky.

[jwhouk]

Behold, the Noodle Incident!

[FreeFlier]

Pyrodex doesn't leave the sulfurous aftertaste of black powder.

Behold, the Noodle Incident!

Yep.

Without Sam Starfall, this time.

. . .

Then again . . . I'm sure there are stealables in The Library . . .

--FreeFlier

[Sgt. Howard]

Awwww, man! Thanks so very much, Paul! I'm going to have a hell of a time getting to sleep tonight.

I just know my brain is going to be running simulations on about 1500 different versions of mayhem involving those ingredients... each one more disturbing than the one before.

But why would you make guac with a mild explosive? It ruins the flavor!

It's a trade-off. If you use a high-brisance explosive, you get too smooth a texture. You want the blast to leave the avocado at least somewhat chunky.

For chunky you should use RDX or TORPEX

[Gyrrakavian]

So they're making explosive guacamole slingshots? Are the kiddie pools for aiming at or mixing?

[Atomic]

Hmmm -- pools for mixing ingredients, shovel to stir, and -- explosive slingshots filled with sticky bombs?

Oh, joy.... wherever shall they go?

Avacado gernades, anyone?

[Cortanis]

Next strip please! Seriously, need to know what this prank is.

[JSStryker]

But why would you make guac with a mild explosive? It ruins the flavor!

Right, because EVERYBODY knows the best guac is made with C4!

[Dave]

Consider, also, that the supplies Connie was sent to fetch, may not be all that was involved. Shelly may have used other tools and ingredients that she already happened to have "in stock".

The prank may have been even more disturbing (and yet piquantly flavorful) than we have imagined.

[GlytchMeister]

No, she didn't ask me to source a few barrels of nitric oxide... No, I did not assist in synthesizing large batches of high-nitrogen compounds... No, I did not have anything to do with the smoking crater that was the entire modern vampire fiction section.

Why do you ask? Oh, sure, just because I'm missing my eyebrows and my lab coat is on fire, I must have had something to do with this.

[GlytchMeister]

*ten minutes ago*

*Glytch, Xera, Paula (from "Mad Science"), Shelly, Connie, and some hapless interns wheeling around drums of fuming nitric acid while singing the Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore.*

[AnotherFairportfan]

Next strip please! Seriously, need to know what this prank is.

Does the term "Noodle Incident" suggest anything?

[GlytchMeister]

Caution: TVTropes link

[AnotherFairportfan]

Caution: TVTropes link

Spoilsport.

I don't have any new webcomics to post ... so i gotta get my evil jollies somewhere.

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Well, except for PopChromatic, which is the story of a girl who doesn't want to audition for a USAian idol group, and her twin sister who does...

And it looks as if the goth twin who despises idol groups is going to wind up in the group ... while her sister may or may not.

Current page.

First page:

[eee]

Ah yes, nothing like driving your grandmother into a psychopathic rage. Especially when your grandmother is a Sphinx.

But I wonder if the target of the prank was Phix, or Nudge. Who's a trickster herself, and probably could appreciate a joke. As long as it doesn't involve throwing her into a volcano.