Brevity by Dan Thompson for January 19, 2023

The driving force of universe. It’s elementary.

An explosive group.

I kinda expected more… some sort of joke about why it would be nitrogen or lithium, instead of just a big numeral, sitting in a chair at the DMV.

I don’t find it intrinsically funny that hydrogen is number one.

Maybe if they called out “19” and potassium said " ’K".

Or if sodium said something salty?

Yeah, I mean just give me a pun… that’s when I’m in my element.

Get ready, Helium. You’re next.

He always number 1 … no matter where they go.

Poor Oganesson at number 118.

No Number 2?

this comic periodically funny

For those who ‘want more’: In 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev created the framework that became the modern periodic table, leaving gaps for elements that were yet to be discovered. While arranging the elements according to their atomic weight, if he found that they did not fit into the group he would rearrange

He’s Da Bomb

Hydrogen being #1 really ruined the element of surprise!