A call from the mayor
[!0.987]2008-01-28

Do you still want to smuggle brandy on board Sam's ship?

No. I'll keep that bullet in my pistol for another time.

I don't want to push that A.I. too hard yet. As long as it follows my orders, I have an intelligence asset in Sam's camp.

Didn't he corrupt his last robot by convincing it that we don't represent it if it doesn't get to vote?

I'm telling you, if you gave that squid a gold ring, it would come back tarnished.

Colour by George Peterson

A call from the mayor

First, we get some cigars. Then we figure out how to make them explode.

Hi, Polly.

[!1.6]GRAW!

NO! BAD EMU! DON'T EAT THE CAPTAIN'S HEAD!

New plan. First we feed Polly. Then we can make exploding cigars.

NOM!

NOM!

NOM!

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I'll get you something to eat in a minute! Stop chewing on my fingers!

Do emus eat ice cream?

All flightless birds love ice cream!

Let's give her the crunchy one with real grasshopper bits!

She's gone! Do you think she got into the air vents?

I hope so. They could use a good dusting.

A call from the mayor

Just keep walking. Pretend that nothing's out of the ordinary.

Though on this ship, I don't know if it's possible for me to do anything that would be considered out of the ordinary.

A call from the mayor

Oh, sure! Hide behind someone more edible than you are!

A call from the mayor

The Mayor, Sam, emus. They can wait. The shower is one place where I can relax and put all my cares on hold, if only for a little while.

John Jones Monroevian Moonshine should make these cigars explode.

POLLY! NO!

Sorry to barge in like this, but the shower was the fastest place to extinguish a burning emu.

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Polly, I don't know if you've seen the movie “Psycho”, but we better leave before the famous “blood running down the shower drain” scene is recreated.

Sam has no respect for privacy, personal space, considers locks a challenge, and is always getting in places he's not supposed to be.

Helix, next time it's your turn to put the emu out!

Still, it's strange that Ecosystems Unlimited actually tried stonewalling the Mayor. If they're up to anything, perhaps Sam is exactly the type of person I should take with me tomorrow.

A call from the mayor

Florence, want to help us make exploding cigars?

They're for the Mayor!

Uh… Yeah. Because… Smoking is really bad for humans and… and… and these will help her want to quit!

Good enough logic for me.

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Blows outward and extinguishes the flame. These exploding cigars are… safer than I was hoping for.

Have you and Polly been introduced?

We rescued her from a savage pack of tailgaters. They were going to cook her in peanut oil, with crisps and chips and soy bacon and lettuce on the side.

No, no! All that water coming out of her mouth means she wants to be friendly.

Now is it never add drool to acid, or acid to drool?

If water gets into concentrated acid, it causes a lot of heat (the dissolution process is exothermic), and the boiling liquid flies everywhere and causes a lot of damage. The right  is to add acid to water little by little (water has a higher heat capacity) and stir long and thoroughly.
Well, these rules rather apply to sulfuric acid specifically. The heat capacity is not much different, but the density is. If you splash water, it stays on the surface, where it is quite capable of boiling. On the contrary, the acid passes through the entire thickness, dissolving and cooling down.

A call from the mayor

[!1.2]DOGGIE
   YUM

[!1.2]DOGGIE
YUM