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Well, I've been saying "Wheee" for a couple days now.zachariah wrote:So when does Mommy turn to Wheee?
And I'll definitely say it again with today's page...
I've been avoiding that very line to keep the punjar from falling on my head!!!!Dave wrote:Oh, dear.
It looks as if the cart in which our ladies were just launched upwards, went further and landed harder than we might have expected.
I guess you did use enough dynamite there, Butch... er, I mean Pablo.
As in a recent commercial?DilyV wrote:I've been avoiding that very line to keep the punjar from falling on my head!!!!Dave wrote:Oh, dear.
It looks as if the cart in which our ladies were just launched upwards, went further and landed harder than we might have expected.
I guess you did use enough dynamite there, Butch... er, I mean Pablo.
Been there, done that, got the scarsDilyV wrote:I've been avoiding that very line to keep the punjar from falling on my head!!!!
Or the similar one from the original Italian Job: "You were just supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"DilyV wrote:I've been avoiding that very line to keep the punjar from falling on my head!!!!Dave wrote:Oh, dear.
It looks as if the cart in which our ladies were just launched upwards, went further and landed harder than we might have expected.
I guess you did use enough dynamite there, Butch... er, I mean Pablo.
To the (probably limited) extent that this represents anywhere in the real world, it's Arches National Park rather than Canyonlands. Compare this picture (which btw doesn't do justice to Double Arch, I have a better one hanging in our living room, it's an incredibly easy thing to take an utterly gorgeous photo of). Most likely the panels in the comic are just intended to give a Southwestern vibe without representing anywhere specific -- although Pablo does do his research.zachariah wrote:Those formations look like Canyonlands National Park. That probably puts them in Utah part of the four corners. This was the first step. There have to be more with each one reducing their speed. The luck of the Gods, or Paul, is riding with them. So when does Mommy turn to Wheee?
They are truly on their own now. Out in the back country in street clothes and not prepared to the environment at all. If someone doesn't help them they will be dead of thirst in three days. So who is going to show up to help them?
My favorite Roadrunner cartoon is the one where the coyote has the flying dynamite sticks... too funny!!!Fairportfan wrote:Speaking of Wile E. Coyote, my absolute favourite Wile E. Moment is near the end of the Looney Tunes Back in Action movie - which is a LOT better than its reviews and reputation would suggest, when, as a henchman of the villain, he is driving a speeding train that is supposed to run over Timothy Dalton tied to the tracks...
Instead, it scoops up a huge load of dynamite, TNT, etc., all with lit fuses.
He looks. He sighs. He leans on the cab window sill and holds up a little sign: "They don't pay me enough."
Close enough. There are similar formations in both parks. The Arches are just much better know. The point being they are in the Utah area most likely. As you head south you get into monument area instead of the arches formations. I just wonder why the tunnel exits where it did. Who was determined enough to dig it into the side of a mountain at that location. Just getting there would be a huge job and the logistics a nightmare. There is no sign of a road or trail leading to it either. Prospectors very, very seldom check out locations like that for tunnels.Graybeard wrote:To the (probably limited) extent that this represents anywhere in the real world, it's Arches National Park rather than Canyonlands. Compare this picture (which btw doesn't do justice to Double Arch, I have a better one hanging in our living room, it's an incredibly easy thing to take an utterly gorgeous photo of). Most likely the panels in the comic are just intended to give a Southwestern vibe without representing anywhere specific -- although Pablo does do his research.zachariah wrote:Those formations look like Canyonlands National Park. That probably puts them in Utah part of the four corners. This was the first step. There have to be more with each one reducing their speed. The luck of the Gods, or Paul, is riding with them. So when does Mommy turn to Wheee?
They are truly on their own now. Out in the back country in street clothes and not prepared to the environment at all. If someone doesn't help them they will be dead of thirst in three days. So who is going to show up to help them?
You're probably thinking of Wall Arch, formerly 12th largest in the park, which collapsed in 2008. This kind of thing happens at Arches all the time; about 40 known arches have collapsed since 1971, for roughly one a year, including one of my favorites there, delicate little Rabbit Trap Arch. Wall was notable only because it was so large. Landscape Arch, largest in the park and, by some reckonings (measurement methods are controversial), the world, is getting rickety enough that it could go any time -- large pieces have fallen off it in the last few years. They're being created by erosion at about the same rate, with one starting to appear recently that's nearly as long as Landscape. Arches are very transient things.TheDOCTOR wrote:This is definetly a Wyle E. Coyote / Calvin and Hobbes / Rocky and Bullwinkle moment.
BTW, Didn't I hear that one of those archs had COLLAPSED and was discovered by Park Rangers about a year or so ago? ......Great, now I can't get that Rocky/Bullwinkle tune out of my head.
I was thinking Arches too. Remember, Astili did not say the Library exit took the to Mesa Verde, just that it was the closest exit.Graybeard wrote: To the (probably limited) extent that this represents anywhere in the real world, it's Arches National Park rather than Canyonlands. Compare this picture (which btw doesn't do justice to Double Arch, I have a better one hanging in our living room, it's an incredibly easy thing to take an utterly gorgeous photo of). Most likely the panels in the comic are just intended to give a Southwestern vibe without representing anywhere specific -- although Pablo does do his research.
The only justification for the tunnel and how it ends is that it was dug for ventilation, and the spoil was dumped somewhere much further downhill.zachariah wrote: I just wonder why the tunnel exits where it did. Who was determined enough to dig it into the side of a mountain at that location. Just getting there would be a huge job and the logistics a nightmare. There is no sign of a road or trail leading to it either. Prospectors very, very seldom check out locations like that for tunnels.
There's no doubt that the first two panels are showing scenery in Arches; you can just about overlay the Wikimedia shot of Double Arch on them, including the background, and double arches aren't that common. However, I suspect the scenery was just intended to convey Southwestern landscape, rather than anywhere specific. We'll find out soon enough.davids4250 wrote: I was thinking Arches too. Remember, Astili did not say the Library exit took the to Mesa Verde, just that it was the closest exit.
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!Dave wrote:Oh, dear.
It looks as if the cart in which our ladies were just launched upwards, went further and landed harder than we might have expected.
I guess you did use enough dynamite there, Butch... er, I mean Pablo.
