Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for October 20, 2024

Good to see he finally learned how to turn it down from “11” after yesterday’s…wait a minute. Saturday Ed was using a green leaf blower/vacuum, but today’s is blue. How many of those things does the old codger own, anyway?

“Oh oh”? Why is Pmm acting as though going out onto the front porch, turning around five jack o’lanterns, and blowing out the lit candle in each the Centerville equivalent of slaying the Hydra or cleaning the Augean stables?

Oh, no! Stop that pyromaniac!

Dumb azz

Why didn’t Ed use leaf blower on Lillian’s garage?

Who still uses candles?

Ed, couldn’t you just blow them out like a regular person?

Double duty!!!!

Krankus is using the Bean’s End combination leaf blower-flame thrower, which diverts some gas from the engine, atomizes it in the airstream and ignites it at the end of the tube. Does double duty: gets the leaves into a nice pile and then sets them on fire!

The pumpkin itself is not that much of a fire hazard. But all the padding Batiuk inserted to stretch this three-panel gag out to Sunday-strip length, yeah, that stuff will go up like kindling.

just don’t expect a pleasant for a while. :J

Good old Ed, never does something the easy and smart way when he can do it the hard and stupid way.

Cranky has the idea why waste your breath……..

Anyone in the real world might use a candle-snuffer to do the job…

Spock is right over there & I just heard him say “Fascinating”

Tomorrow, it’s back to the Crankshaft-free strip, isn’t it?

Dispatch: 9-1-1 … what is your emergency

… some idiot just started a building fire with a leaf blower

Dispatch: f@$%#@* Crankshaft

… I guess, old dude, wearing a red jacket and red with white baseball cap.

Dispatch: We’ll be right over … again.

Based on that last panel, I’m just wondering where you can buy flat, plate shaped pumpkins like those.

When you blow out a candle your breath is mostly carbon dioxide. Flames dies in carbon dioxide. Using a leaf blower is going to blow oxygen rich air ate the candles. That will often make them flare up.

That made me snort! Good use of a leaf blower Ed.