B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for July 09, 2021

Now that’s the truth!

Fun for who?

This is a First Class comic. That is a First Class Lever.

Also known as a slap stick.

It gets better once they invent pie.

“Now we will demonstrate the flammability of methane. Now I…… Wait! Where are you running off to?

Ouch: (The) “Resistance is Mutile”

B.C.’s First Law of Projectile Motion: “A projectile in motion tends to stay in motion unless your nose gets in the way.”

(An apple projectile would have been a less painful inspiration.)

Next time on Macguyver…

Well, he did have a ball doing it…in the face, though! :D

Slapstick requires someone gets hurt. That is what makes it funny.

Either he’s got a tough face or that’s a soft rock!

Ha. Real science is when you launch it such a way that it misses you by that much.

Hurrah for Don Herbert and Bill Nye.

The fun thing is the lever multiplies the force and you can throw larger heavier things.

Sometimes a live demonstration is necessary.

In WW I a French aviator had the bright idea to put steel wedges at the appropriate place on the back of the propeller to deflect bullets from his machine gun and keep the bullets from shooting off his propeller. The Germans captured a such-equipped plane and demanded that their aircraft manufacturers do the same.

The Fokker company thought differently and came up with the interrupter gear which “turned off” the machine gun when the propeller was in the way.

The German generals didn’t like it – it was not what they asked for.

So the test pilot for Fokker took the plane up for a staffing demonstration. He chose the site and route of flight such that the rocks and dirt kicked up by the target on the hard ground went in the direction of the observing generals who hit the deck in defense.

Only then, did the generals concede that Fokker had a good idea.

It is a common mistake customers make: they tell the developers HOW to solve a problem.

I sense a war coming on.

don’t stand so close!

Comedy is the Mother of invention. …apparently.

Very funny today

Just be glad he didn’t hit you a few feet down!

You’re right, science is fun….NOW it’s your turn!

At least he still has a spleen, unlike Winky.

Fun for us, too!!

“So, what did you learn from today’s lesson?”

“Not to stand on this big ❌️…”

Tomorrow it is the See Saw and what happens when the other guy jumps off.

Wait -wait! Do you pronounce it lever as in clever or lever as in fever? This retired engineer needs to know.

Science has evolved after quiet a lot of hurt.