B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for January 19, 2025

There’ll be a hot time in the old cave tonight!

you could’ve smelled it first !

Well . . . maybe he could’ve smelled the methane —if back then they wren’t all wearing those terribly smelly old animal skins!

This is why you send in the canary.

“You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off”

Me thane, you thane, we all thane.

Rather in-thane if you athk me.

No it wouldn’t – methane is colorless and oderless. More commonly know as natural gas or LNQ, the gas companies add hydrogen sulfide so we can smell it.

So our caveman Thor was first to discover methane gas.

I wonder why Thor called it Me Thane gas, instead of calling it, “Me, Thor (find) gas – go boom!”

Good thing ACME Supplies was open!

now go check the yours

Who passed so much Methane??

Methane is an odorless gas. In its natural form, it has no smell, color, or taste, which can make it quite dangerous because it’s difficult to detect if there’s a leak. That’s why gas companies usually add a chemical called mercaptan to methane. Mercaptan has a strong, sulfur-like odor (often compared to rotten eggs), so it helps detect gas leaks more easily.

But did he have fun?

Torched……..again!!!!

Hey! A funny one!

[Sheldon and Raj are having a “tit-for-tat” battle over sharing an office]

Leonard: [Walking by the office door] My God, what is that smell?

[Knocks on the door-Sheldon emerges wearing a gasmask]

Sheldon: Yes?

Leonard: What are you doing in there?

Sheldon: I’m making hydrogen sulfide and ammonia gas. Just a little experiment in pest control.

Raj: [Emerging from the office] That’s not gonna work, dude, I grew up in India, an entire sub-continent where cows walk in the street and nobody has ever had a solid bowel movement.

Sheldon: Well, we’ll just see how long you can hold out.

Raj: Well, we’ll just see how you noxious gas fares against my cinnamon-apple scented aromatherapy candles.

[Retreats into the office. Sheldon turns to Leonard and shakes his head]

Leonard: Didn’t you say you’re making hydrogen sulfide gas?

Sheldon: Yes.

Leonard: Isn’t that flammable?

Sheldon: Highly.

[Leonard looks at him with raised eyebrows]

Sheldon: Oh, dear.

[There is a flash and a bang from inside the office. Leonard and Sheldon step back quickly. Raj emerges blackened and disheveled with a parakeet in a cage]

Raj: This is not over…

The methine has a smell when you eat beans for lunch.

Shouldn’t be any now, but maybe no oxygen either.