Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for December 06, 2024

Bombs away

Must be an Acme subsidiary

What some guys will do to get out of work early.

This is not a drill, it is an actual emergency

When I worked in a plating shop at an aircraft company they asked me one night to epoxy some rings on a large canister. The work was done away from the main building in a concrete bunker. I asked what the part was and got, “Don’t ask.” A few years later I found that these were missile hot-gas generators.

One less Christmas bonus to hand out.

Spy Versus Spy

Bombs were once spherical in shape so they could be launched like regular cannon balls (“the bombs busting in air”). Smaller ones could be grasped like a baseball and throw.

The latter were called pomegranates because the resembled the fruit. This was later shortened to grenade.

My job started using diesel vehicles along with the gas ones. They were too cheap to just put plaques on the vehicles and thought that the workers would know which ones needed which fuel. After a few mishaps they decided to put on the plaques.

It was inevitable because the job was boring.

Where’s Frank? Over there and over there and there’s some over there! Ooo and there’s a piece over there!

Frank went out with a bang.

A split in more ways than one.

This will not end well.

He’s about to make a bowl movement.

He gives a whole new meaning to “punching out”

So long, good bye, dummy

Knocked down every pin in the alley, and in the whole building. First time anyone bowled a 300 in one turn.

This would never happen at Acme Bowling Balls and Bombs.

Hey Frank! Where’s your safety glasses ?

He’s been transferred to sales as he now covers a lot of territory.

Slight occupational hazard.

…and the rest, as they say, is history!

Is his name Frank McGillicuddy? Lucy Ricardo’s brother?

Disclaimer/Warning: This Bowling Ball is produced in a factory that also produces bombs. Anyone sensitive to explosive materials or shrapnel should use this ball with extreme care.

Frank demonstrated the need for OSHA.