Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for September 17, 2023

Shades of “Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail” … I get the feeling that the gold will never be allowed to leave its resting place.

In the words of Daffy Duck "MINE! MINE ! ALL MINE!!!! I’m a happy miser!’

Underestimate the power of a curse at your own risk. Rip will dodge that bullet, but as for Longbeard (?) the odds are good he’ll spend time as a ghost in due time.

I do hope this hairy turkey is about to learn a hard lesson concerning cursed gold. Maybe it’ll all turn into chocolate!

Who was holding the gun when long beard was running his fingers through the gold?

Carrying a trunk of gold and also holding and aiming a gun? Not likely. I predict Rip will come out victorious and not die. Just a hunch.

Cheez, how much would that trunk of gold weigh? I’m sure Rip could heft it, but good luck, Gabby Hayes!

cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side

And what about the huge pile of gold outside the trunk? (frame 2) Is he leaving it behind?

KA-GOLD!

Longbeard sure is acting cocky. He’ll get his comeuppance yet.

Where’s that giant octopus when you need him?