Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for March 20, 2021

it’s all about the optics

I know, boiling oil! Dunk sliced potatoes in it, drain them and salt them heavily and toss them down. Maybe they’ll be satisfied and leave us alone.

Pretend your target is a pinhead.

Well there’s yer problem. Yer supposed to roll a bowling ball, not throw it.

They’d hoped to strike down their foes with that weapon. The captain of the guard wasn’t exactly bowled over by the idea.

This reminds me of a visual gag I saw on a Popeye cartoon that my kids were watching.

He was being attacked by a triangular formation of men. He rolls a huge ball at them and knocks them over. He muttered under his breath, “How does that strike you?” I missed most of these mutterances as a child.

Call Wile E. Coyote for ideas, but give him plenty of room.

An apple a day will keep anybody away if thrown hard enough.

See Cul de Sac for trebuchet plans.

Bring out the French to hurl insults at them!

The bowling ball idea bombed.

How about Post-It notes with arrowheads?

Easy! Put sticks of dynamite in the bowling ball holes…

“Sir! I know, lets collect all the pee from the chamber pots and boil it down until there is only white crystals left. Then take charcoal from the hearth and crush it into a fine powder with the crystals, oh and some sulphur. And then…” Yes." “We snort it and become immortal so they can’t kill us!!”

That poor guy on the far right… I mean, shooting him in the helmet after getting him in the heart is just rubbing it in

bombs

The idea just wasn’t up their alley.

“Hey I got it, let’s go bowling, better there than here.”

It’s an idea that bombed… but not the way they intended.