tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post3192693695516534519..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: GIANT PENNY WEEK, #4: Death Trap!Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-5365769769021471422012-01-08T12:58:52.728-05:002012-01-08T12:58:52.728-05:00Huh. I kind of assumed they were gas-powered arca...Huh. I kind of assumed they were gas-powered arcade machines ;-)Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-11810594916593503172012-01-07T18:28:01.347-05:002012-01-07T18:28:01.347-05:00Ronald - zinc is all around you, even in rotary te...Ronald - zinc is all around you, even in rotary telephones and gun firing pins:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPym09LQfnc<br /><br />Also, you can get carbon monoxide from water heaters, furnaces, and lots of other things:<br />http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/09939.htmlNathan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477802465452451455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-961505324229018912012-01-07T16:55:17.422-05:002012-01-07T16:55:17.422-05:00ADDENDUM:
Wait, from which household item did Joe...ADDENDUM:<br /><br />Wait, from which household item did Joe get the carbon monoxide gas?<br /><br />Of course, the REAL luck -- aside from the fact that Batman knows how to find blotting paper in an arcade -- is that one of Joe's underlings left his half-full drinking glass in the employee lounge or whatever that room is, because you can't have salt water without WATER. Few people realize that this sequence inspired a crucial subtheme in M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs"...Ronaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-25934960330654697232012-01-07T16:33:04.353-05:002012-01-07T16:33:04.353-05:00Nowadays Batman would extract the salt from his ow...Nowadays Batman would extract the salt from his own sweat and the copper from his own blood and the zinc from, uh, somewhere...ronaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-35098121504743293162012-01-06T16:01:36.667-05:002012-01-06T16:01:36.667-05:00"The stout door is bolted -- and the two crim..."The stout door is bolted -- and the two crimefighters are alone with DEATH!"<br /><br />They just don't write captions like that any more. And they really should.Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-38788232966948755742012-01-06T15:47:02.389-05:002012-01-06T15:47:02.389-05:00God, I love Comic Book Irony. It's the BESTES...God, I love Comic Book Irony. It's the BESTEST Irony!SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-44061502681650832522012-01-06T14:03:10.964-05:002012-01-06T14:03:10.964-05:00Amazing, isn't he?Amazing, isn't he?Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-20845613839678716492012-01-06T11:07:40.282-05:002012-01-06T11:07:40.282-05:00Tough! But that's always
The risk a fellow tak...Tough! But that's always<br />The risk a fellow takes when<br />He turns criminal<br /><br />Batman doesn't even need to land before composing haikuNathan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477802465452451455noreply@blogger.com