Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 08, 2014
July 07, 2014
July 09, 2014
Transcript:
Petey: Ernesto! What is this? Ernesto: I've built a Fortress of solitude out of library carrels! Petey: A fort? Ernesto: I'm spending the summer in this remote corner of the library studying the arcane arts. See? Petey: "How to weaponize School paste." Ernesto: Interesting, yes? And it hasn't been checked out since 1957!
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
I guess no wonder why “How to Weaponize Paste” hasn’t been checked out for nearly 60 years: no one was oblivious to it being on the shelf.
billcor almost 10 years ago
ok but weaponize wasn’t a word then
Arianne almost 10 years ago
Aww, remember that paste in the jars with lids with attached applicator sticks? That smell! – different from Elmer’s glue. And getting that jar that was all caked and dried out because someone neglected to tighten the lid. I wonder if that was the first step in the weaponization process?
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Things I never knew when I was in grammar school…. Had I known, this might be a rather different world today.
Nebulous Premium Member almost 10 years ago
First: That book is always filed in the Reference section, and they don’t LET you check them out.Second: I found it the day after they switched to gluesticks. The processes in the book can NOT be adapted to gluesticks.sniff
Dani Rice almost 10 years ago
Wait until the Zero Tolerance bozos get wind of this.
stamps almost 10 years ago
According to google-Ngram, it first appeared in 1955.
scyphi26 almost 10 years ago
Gee, wonder why…
Bob. almost 10 years ago
We did the same thing with two big bots and a nut. Screw one bolt on a few threads, fill with match heads,screw to other bolt on snug and throw..
quartermain almost 10 years ago
Did you have to go to detox to become unglued?