Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for December 20, 2011

ROFLMS (S.illy, S.ick, S.tupid, S.enseless…You get the Idea :-)Great Job as Usual Dan! HUGPOUNCESZZZ for All the Usual Suspects out there. @ Linda-Dean: the preceding is,in Fact, an Officially Sanctioned “HUGPOUNCESZZZ” . In the Event I Myself am not Available please See Dorian ( A Gifted and prolific “HUGPOUNCESZZZ-er” ) or OakRidgeBoy61 ( A Talented Newcomer) for Tips on Proper Etiquette / Application. But , Above All….Have Fun Y’all! :-)

Qwll TNT, as the old saying goes alittle rain must fall.

I thought that only happened in the delivery room..\\//_

We usually get a little something for our cats at Christmas. Catnip, new toys, stick with a mousy on the end. Good times. Although the stick with the mousy at the end got mauled last night. Sigh, it never made it through day one.

My cocker Bandit, God rest her, was always happy with just tearing apart the wrapping paper from the human’s gifts. Christmas is not going to be the same without her this year. I think that Rip is bonding with the pup.

New subscriber … Still liking this strip a lot … Thanks for the entertainment!

Ah, little C4 (the name appeals to me) finally meets his Pop and has his first word.

Wait until he hears about the puppy’s first adventure with his Uncle Rip.

Veridian speaks the truth: I am available for all HUGPOUNCESZZZ in the event that he is out gallivanting and displaying holiday cheer! :-)

TNT’s classic “You’re a daddy”-type response had me LOL! Can’t wait to see the undoubtedly hilarious shenanigans of Life with Father! :-)

I knew the boy could talk! … rofl @ TnT’s daddy faint! .Stoic Lion, I really like the name C4 for the lil guy, thats an excellent suggestion for Mr. Thompson indeed..HUGPOUNCESZZZ to all

LOL! I love today’s strip.

I’m Still Voting for C-4 Myself. :-) [ See my Post on Dec. 09 for Details] And Many thanks to all my Friends here for the HUGPOUNCESZZZ ( I KNEW you’d get the Hang of it Linda! ) I’m off for some more Gallivanting, BTW, Dorian : I AM a Hopeless Romantic….But Don’ tell Ok!? :-) Have Fun Y’all!

“C4 is made up of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer and usually marker or odorizing taggant chemicals such as 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMDNB) to help detect the explosive and identify its source.1

The explosive in C4 is RDX (cyclonite or cyclotrimethylene trinitramine), which makes up around 91% of C4 by mass.1 The plasticizer is diethylhexyl (5.3%)1 or dioctyl sebacate and the binder is usually polyisobutylene (2.1%).1 Another plasticizer used is dioctyl adipate (DOA). A small amount of SAE 10 non-detergent motor oil (1.6%) is also added.1

C4 is manufactured by combining the noted ingredients with binder dissolved in a solvent. The solvent is then evaporated and the mixture dried and filtered. The final material is an off-white solid with a texture similar to modelling clay."- Wikipedia—-

As TNT is a pure explosive, the pup should be named RDX.

Note that pure RDX has an detonation velocity of 8750 m/s, while pure TNT chugs along at 6900 m/s.C-4 runs just over 8000.

One thing is for certain… The thought of becoming an instant father definitely blew TNT’s mind. You could just about hear it go KA-BOOM! Rip really dropped a bomb on this dog..Perhaps “Boomer”? Although, I am starting to like “C-4” for the little K-9.