FoxTrot by Bill Amend for June 13, 2010

Murphy’s Law, Jason – this one will shoot true …

One rocket to the face, coming up!

If Peter doesn’t move, he’s gonna have some burned ankles.

Oh, this is going to sting.

I had a rocket launch once that would have benefited from such an arrangement. As soon as it was off the guide pole it went straight sideways. Never saw that rocket again. Had another rocket that went one booster straight up and one booster straight sideways. Never saw that rocket again either.

Why aim it at yourselves? Aim it at another target you don’t really want to hit, like some annoying dog that lives next door.

Always FLAG spammers.

Take the ‘Boulder Pledge’; Never deal with spammers, EVER!

The Vanguard had similar characteristics!!

Knowing Jason, this will avoid him and get up his dad’s a**!

Murphy’s law is the first law of engineering.

O’Toole’s Corollary, which simply states that “Murphy was a bloody optimist!” is the second law of engineering!

Ah yes, the Wiley E Coyote / Acme [[Road Runner] School of Experiential Knowledge. In actual fact, the safest place is an underground bunker, just tell Mom you are expanding the garden!

Even at my age I still like launching rockets, although I have not done any in a while. Had a few misshapes like a rocket stuck in the ground like an arrow, or shuts popping at the last minute.

3,2,1, RUN!!!

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Jason & Marcus will need it for the rocket, Peter will need it for the burns.. 911 will be busy at the Fox household today!

Why didn’t my folk let me buy a second rocket?

Awww. Peter is such a GOOD brother.

I hate S P A M q i n i i g d c r s e r e l s

AAAAAAHHHHH, yes, rockets. Set a field afire once. Burned a few rockets that never made their maiden voyage, DANG!!!!!!!!!

As a former model rocketeer, all I can say is that, if all their launches veer wildly off course, they’re probably in too much of a rush and not spending enough time constructing their rockets properly. First thought: rushing through the process of sanding down and filling the balsa fins (resulting in warped fins, which happened to me a few times before I forced myself to be more careful).

Considering the long-documented impatience of that pair, Setebos, something like that is probably just what’s happening. Cool perspective from someone who’s been there.

In my Air Force days I used to test real ones that sometimes worked like that …

I can’t believe it’s too likely that the materials Sebetos remembers, like sandpaper and balsa, are still used in rocketry today. There’s way too much plastic and carbon-composite and who knows what else.

Evenly sanded balsa is probably a lot more predictable than who-knows-what plastic blend after being transported, warmed, cooled, used as a carrying handle, etc etc etc

good work peter! call ‘em before it happens

Out of bad luck it will probably end up going straight on course and the phone call will go to good use

add-on word balloon from 911 dispatcher: “Relax, Fox, they’re already on their way”

jason logic