Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for April 20, 2023

“You really wanna here a story, my dad answered the Call of the Wild and our dog turned into a horse.”

“Get out.”

Way to step up, RJ!

What I am curious to hear is how a case of spontaneous combustion can become murder.

The term “murder” presupposes a killer and a victim.

The phrase “spontaneous combustion” presupposes something catching fire by itself.

In a case of “spontaneous combustion,” where is there room for both a killer and a victim?

Honey Blake… Nice name, Dan. I would have sworn there used to be a character on TV (long ago) with that name, but I don’t see a reference to one anywhere.

She looks like a “Honey!!!”

Honey Blake, police detective. An off hand tribute to Honey West, by chance?

I had a coworker once who’s office wall was covered with tabloid stories on spontaneous human combustion.

Did we get bored of the other dangling plot threads: call of the wild/mad doctor obsessed with Breezy? What happened to Rowdy who was barely introduced then abandoned? Has anyone seen Baby Fireball or whatever name she goes by this week in months?

Friction. Friction and nylons.

Okay. Friction and nylons and big thighs.

If spontaneous combustion was good enough for Charles Dickens, it’s good enough for Rip Haywire.

“An woman spontaneous bursting into fire isnt the weirdest thing that I heard this week to be honest”

KA-SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION!

The deceased was probably hot. Very hot that is…

Welcome to the Haywireverse, Honey.

ka-blaze

Nowadays, explosives can come in many forms.

Possibly someone CAUSED the spontaneous combustion.