F Minus by Tony Carrillo for September 12, 2023

Mountain Dew??

And it’s carbonated

Famous last words!

What happens if you take it off?

Here, hand me the Mentos.

I like my mountains with a cork.

Unpack the Mentos!

PSSSSSHH!!

The tip of the volcano!

Not a good place to be when you uncap the volcano.

wonder what would happen if it gets un-corked. ;J

Be careful what you twist off….

See today’s “Cornered” comic

When I was a child I read a book “Hill of Fire” by Thomas P. Lewis that described how the volcano Paricutin formed out of a cornfield. Lewis’s account of the initial formation doesn’t match reality, but it is amazing how fast the volcano formed.

So Thats what happened to Mt Saint Helens!

If you spill it, you have to clean it up!

This could take a turn for the worse.

Mount Shasta?

Reminds me of Ringworld, and the way some people got off it.

Removing that will probably be a bad idea.

MT. ST HELEN: the day before

well, that’s a new twist…

Tourists on Vesuvius!

Don’t you dare! The whole planet will deflate!

Every year before the park opens a ranger comes by to check the fluid level and if it needs it, tops the mountain up. They also mow the tundra, put the boulders back, and polish the marmots.

How can you tell that it is twist-off?