@ Phatts – You’re thinking of “Gentlemen, be Seated” by Robert A. Heinlein. It was part of his Future History series. First published in Argosy Magazine, May 1948. Reprinted in the anthologies “The Green Hills of Earth” (1951), and “The Past through Tomorrow” (1967).
margueritem over 13 years ago
Sigh, I feel another spleen destruction coming on…
rayannina over 13 years ago
Let’s stuff Dr. Mel in the hole, what say?
TechnoScotty over 13 years ago
Winky, you know what happens when something pulls your finger!
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
Instead, Winky’s going to decompress slowly through the hole.
zero over 13 years ago
Dutch director Paul Verhoeven did this scene in Starship Troopers but it was deleted. DPH, of course, played the “Winky” role….
lewisbower over 13 years ago
I have a vile and obscene comment but I respect you all too much to say it. Come closer so I can whisper it.
alan.gurka over 13 years ago
Let me guess, Dr Mel: you’re not allowed to use the word “dike” in your comic strip.
ckham over 13 years ago
So….tomorrow, Winky’s spleen will be explosively decompressed through his finger?
Phatts over 13 years ago
I’m sure somebody can remind us which science fiction story had a character’s gluteus maximus used for such a purpose?
luckylouie over 13 years ago
@ Phatts – You’re thinking of “Gentlemen, be Seated” by Robert A. Heinlein. It was part of his Future History series. First published in Argosy Magazine, May 1948. Reprinted in the anthologies “The Green Hills of Earth” (1951), and “The Past through Tomorrow” (1967).