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The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for May 10, 2012
May 09, 2012
May 11, 2012
Transcript:
Woman: I'm not getting TNT. Operator: Well, ma'am, it's a highly explosive material made of nitroglycerin and other compounds used in detonating... Afterward, DirecTV stopped hiring descendants of Alfred Nobel.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
probably a good plan on their part.
wvhappypappy almost 13 years ago
Do you have HLN (hyperplastic liver nodules)? Or ABC (aneurysmal bone cysts)?
pierreandnicole almost 13 years ago
Simpsonfan2….ha, ha, ha. Good one. Same for those Housewives of Atlanta.
jreckard almost 13 years ago
As telemarketers, I guess the Nobel family bombed.Later, they did well as opera commentators, since they know bel canto.
Commentator almost 13 years ago
This one’s kind of silly.
J Short almost 13 years ago
They hired his uncle Sam to push the USA network.
James Hopkins almost 13 years ago
“‘Cause I’m TNT, I’m dynamite”
gadget_jb almost 13 years ago
I guess this is what you get when cartoonists get writer’s block.
djsabc almost 13 years ago
Boy that blew up in their faces.
LingeeWhiz almost 13 years ago
TNT = Totally Nuts Televsion. No wonder she misses it.
MrRess almost 13 years ago
Not to nitpick (well, exactly to nitpick, actually) TNT and dynamite are different compounds. He’s describing dynamite; TNT is trinitrotoluene, a different explosive.
Digital Frog almost 13 years ago
first day at the new job and he bombed big time.
Thomas Skogestad almost 13 years ago
But Alfred Nobel died childless.
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML almost 13 years ago
“please press # for our engineering department…. hello…HELLO?..”
Popeyesforearm almost 13 years ago
what a blast!
CougarAllen almost 13 years ago
Don’t hire anybody who thinks TNT is the same as dynamite. He’s an idiot. (They’re both explosives, but that’s the only similarity. TNT does not contain nitroglycerin, was not invented by Nobel, etc.)
-Cougar :{)
iced tea almost 13 years ago
TNT is one big headache!
Miserichord almost 13 years ago
Trinitrotoluene
IUPAC name
2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene
Other names
2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene,TNT, Trilite, Tolite, Trinol, Trotyl, Tritolo, Tritolol, Triton, Tritone, Trotol, Trinitrotoluol, 2,4,6-Trinitromethylbenzene
A yellow colored solid at room temperature.
Nitroglycerine is a colorless oily liquid at room temperature.
Pygar almost 13 years ago
“We hereby give you the coveted Tri-NitroToluene Award! Here, I’ll light it so you can get the full effect…”
“Spaced Invaders” was sheer genius, except when a human was on-camera.
Bob666 about 12 years ago
Ummm, TNT does not contain nitroglycerin. It is actually a nitrogenated toluene compound. No glycerin involved.