Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for August 24, 2011

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    Sherlock Watson  about 13 years ago

    Never thought I’d see a penguin being blown in the comics.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷Ever see Fatal Instinct?

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    Sisyphos  about 13 years ago

    Not only you of smallish stature, but also the flat, framed 2-D guy on the wall (who is he?)….

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    Ginrummy33  about 13 years ago

    Mario Cuomo, maybe?

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    hotdogger  about 13 years ago

    This couldn’t happen. If anything, Opus would be driven in the opposite direction (the blower acting like a jet engine).

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    jgcp1  about 13 years ago

    Sure looks like Governor Cuomo to me.

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    djmalloy  about 13 years ago

    Cartoons always show the impossible. Like the flags/ pennants on sailing ships always trail backward. Any sailor knows they’ll point forward with the wind.

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    Piksea Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Tell me about it, Opus.

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    Clobbered by Science Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Opus —Dab of leave-in conditioner, finger comb, air dry.

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    yyyguy  about 13 years ago

    check out Mythbusters. they actually moved a sailboat by blowing the sail with a fan. i wouldn’t have believed it was possible.

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    Spaghettus1  about 13 years ago

    I’m having a hard time with the physics here, too. Did mythbusters mount the fan on shore, or on another boat?

    Any boat with a fan mounted to it should become an airboat, like in the old Gentle Ben series. The boat would move opposite the direction of flow through the fan. Unless the sail was over 100% efficient, I’m not seeing any forward progress with this rig..

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    Spaghettus1  about 13 years ago

    ..so the fan blows perpendicular to the motion of the boat. I see. I had that visual of Popeye standing there blowing straight into the back of the sail, and got stuck there.

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