The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for January 20, 2014

Oh this ought to be good. And by the way, pull up your pants!

A TECHNICAL question, is it? Oh, the mind boggles! And, yes, 2old, I agree he should pull up his kecks. Nobody needs to have to look at that! Oh, BTW, the GBwOF is back!

I can’t wait for this. I know Burl’s three favourite magazines are Nature, Scientific American and American Scholar, so the question should really be tough.

He’ll stump ‘em all right…Or at least they’ll be speechless.

They’ll be gasping for an answer to the biggest question of the week…. month…. year…. “Can one person really be this stupid?”

Joy is so proud. The other tourists may ask silly questions about food and toilets….Burl wants to know about hard science.

“What planet was the moon landing on?”“How many miles per gallon does the space shuttle get?”“How many stars now have our space stations on them?”

He’s a Dickens all right.Martin Chuzzlewit?

His pants have fallen cos he’s all about the wise cracks.

I can’t believe you people get into this stupidity!!!!

Dickens?!?! OMG. I’m hearing Moon Zappa saying: “Gag me with a spoon!” in her daddy’s song “Valley Girl”. Ooof!!!

I see the hint of butt-crack. Not good.

Dickens? Must be a typo. Just take out the “ens” and you get the proper statement!

Technical question, “How do they decide who lights the fuse?” or is it more like “Why don’t I lift off the toilet?”

I suspect his “technical” question is something like, "how many spoonfuls of Tang do they use per serving in space. An artificially colored and flavored drink with a taste not found in nature is well within his experience.

No, a question about the Tang is more likely to come from Joy; I think Susan’s suggestions (any of the 3) is more likely what Burl would ask. But we’ll never know for sure.

Whatever it is, even that little boy looking at him will find it stupid!

Well, there’s something on the guide’s shirt opening. But I think the funnier ‘find it’ is being sported by Burl’s sagging pants.

Joy was rooting around under the bed looking for some TP (the dining room hutch seemed to be empty) and came across the GBwOF. It didn’t seem too dirty, so she brushed off the giant dust jack rabbits and wore it today. " Thats funny. she thought, it seems to have shrunk under there" Not realizing it is only a month after the holidays, or feeding frenzy as it is in their house.

You just know it’s going to be about bodily functions.

Yo, Burl! Your coin slot is showing!

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

X… the velocity of a swallow usually depends on what you’re swallowing…..so an unladen swallow of air happens at a fairly high speed…

In Burl’s case, though, the back draft slows it down, cos he’s already full of hot air.

Air, therefore, can’t flow into Burl at normal speed… causing low velocity and concurrent brain oxygen deprivation.

Now there’s some science for ya!