Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for August 03, 2009

Oops…….and you’ve had all this time to think about it, T. ;-)

Okay, okay, slacked-slaked…. What about the dissolving corpse?!

Well, it isn’t getting tiresome to *us*! We get an extra snicker.

Re: dissolving corpse in bathtub, in chemical of some sort: Yeah, I hate when that happens.

But which is the more horrifying visual–the dissolving etc., or the golfer wearing lime slacks?

Definitely the golfer in lime slacks-MY EYES, O MY EYES!!!!

If you think that’s bad - you might not want to look under the sink!

Wait. I thought it was UNslaked lime.

Slashing Hides and Evisceration of Carcasses. — After slaughter, all animals should have the hides or skins slashed through in such a manner as to destroy the pelts for commercial use. The carcasses should be eviscerated and covered with unslaked lime. The amount of lime used may vary with local conditions, the ability to secure same, etc. A barrel of lime for every 6 to 8 cattle or 12 to 15 sheep or swine is usually sufficient. If the animals are large, additional lime may be used.

We need a lime-slacked golf-playing chemist to explain the difference between slaked and unslaked lime.

i don’t think english is her first language. … not that there’s anything wrong with that …

we love you any how Teresa

it lets us know you aren’t the tub killer ( probably )

Tony Soprano is alive!!!

Sulfuric acid is faster……and leaves the tub sparkly clean afterward.

Maybe the corpse was a golfer.

new avatar? Grace La Face on vacation ? body in tub ?

There’s nothing like fresh lime-ade to slake your thirst, especially after disposing of decomposing corpulent corpses…

Harry Lime?

Unslaked lime, called simply “lime”, is calcium oxide, and has none of the nifty properties of slaked lime, calcium hydroxide. It’s slaked because it’s lime mixed with water, so its thirst has been slaked, so to speak. You use unslaked lime for the carcasses and stuff because it’s safer to handle, and changes into slaked lime anyway when the moisture from the decomposing carcass mixes with it. If you don’t want to wait that long, pre-slake.

Slacked lime is just lime that’s kicking back, you know? And limeade will slake almost anybody’s thirst. Trader Joes has pomegranate limeade for $2.69 for a half gallon. Great stuff.

I got here late - did the typo get fixed? I ask because I’m seeing “slaked lime” in the comic. (From previous comments, I gather it must have originally been “slacked lime”.)

I demand the return of Grace the Face!

Thank you, Miss Face. The new eyepatch is quite fetching.

Quick lime is the way to go.