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#101 Bean

Nov25
by on 2009-11-25 at 00:00
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I often wonder if Room 101 was as dark as Orwell made it out to be. Surely it’s just the introductory course on interior design?

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1. (did you sell the cow?) [yes, for this bean]
2. (great! I'm hungry already) [wait! this is no ordinary bean ...]
3. [ ... soaked in water it will expand without limit]
4. [until it sucks up the oceans and engulfs our planes]
5. [and eventually the whole universe!]
6. [yup, this is a genuine black hole bean!] (I think it might just be a black-eyed bean, you know?)


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#96 Plate Tectonics

Nov13
by on 2009-11-13 at 00:00
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1. Plate Tectonics -- a romance in 6 epochs / 1. The chase
2. Mutual Awareness
3. First Kiss
4. Earthquakes
5. Did the Earth move? HEAT
6. A Successful Subduction


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#87 Cliff Hanger

Oct19
by on 2009-10-19 at 00:00
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1. Favourite gags number 18: The cliff (I'm running, but not looking where I'm going!)
2. (I'm still running, but I've stopped moving.)
3. (oh, that's because there's no ground here)
4. (but if there's no ground,...)
5. (oh.)
6. (aaaaaaiieee)


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#80 Brain Sugary

Oct04
by on 2009-10-04 at 00:00
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Remember Bule? I thought it was time for him to have another turn.

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1. Bule's brain (cut-away view)
2. Benign particules enter...
3. but once inside...
4. are unable to escape...
5. and become angry & painful.
6. Hence, the semi-permeable migraine


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#51 Bendy

Aug10
by on 2009-08-10 at 00:00
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1. {AHAHAHAAAH}
2. {OHOHOH OHOHOH OHOHOH}
3. {OOOH OH OOOH}
4. {AAHAHH ooo AAHAHH}
5. {H O H O H}
6. (I love these funny mirrors!) {evol I eseht ynnuf srorrim}


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#48 Quark Socks

Aug04
by on 2009-08-04 at 00:00
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1. Fundamental Particules (I've had a Brilliant Idea) [not _again_]
2. (quark-pair socks!)
3. (gluons hold them together. It's physically _impossible_ to lose one)
4. NEXT DAY --(uh boss?) [yeah?]
5. (I can't come in today) [what is it _this_ time?]
6. --(my feet are stuck together)--(by the strong nuclear force...)


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#44 Structure

Jul26
by on 2009-07-26 at 00:00
Chapter:

See www.powersof10.com.

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1. (a journey to the very small) scale 1m
2. scale 10^-1 m
3. scale 10^-2 m
4. 10^-3 m | 10^-4m | 10^-5 m | 10^-6 m
5. 10^-10 m | 10^-20 m | 10^-30 m | 10^-40 m
6. fundamental particules 10^-44 m *(play quantum vacuum anyone?) *[rather!] [I heard Higgs' Boson got 20 years for fraud] [pass the lettuce] (my dad's more massive than yours!) *(isn't!)


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#42 Cupboards

Jul19
by on 2009-07-19 at 00:00
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This cartoon was inspired by a talk by Dr Roberto Trotta at Science Oxford last week. Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter…

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1. (I need more space)
2. (full!)
3. (rats)
4.
5. (what _is_ the point of 11-dimensional cupboards...)
6. (...if they're always chock full of dark matter?)


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#39 Border Patrol

Jul16
by on 2009-07-16 at 00:00
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1. YOU ARE NOW LEAVING VISIBULIA
2. NO PHOTONS MAY CROSS THE BORDER INTO INVISIBULIA
3. THE BORDER GUARDS ARE ARMED - WITH MIRRORS --bonk
4. curses!
5. BUT BY NIGHT, THOSE WHO NEED TO FIND A WAY, INEVITABLY DO
6. --click shine


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#38 Fridge

Jul14
by on 2009-07-14 at 00:00
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1.
2. --creep
3.
4. --tip toe
5. --click
6. YOU CAN'T BEAT MAXWELL'S FRIDGE DEMON


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