WuMo by Wulff & Morgenthaler for December 01, 2024

Cut and RUN!

Oh no! Half those shows are in black and white!

Must be Texas – where they have more brawn than brains..

ARE YOU SERIOUS!? THIS BOMB IS ABOUT TO BLOW! I NEED A DECISION NOW!!

We know we have to wait until the very last second.

Tip for future bombers: use a single color when wiring a bomb.

I understand the need for different wire colors and markings in auto industry—but homemade bombs?

Cutting either one breaks the circuit

No matter how much time they take to decide, they will miraculously deactivate the bomb with 1 second left. What a surprise!

It’s always the green wire.

Reminds me of the final scene in Goldfinger, where Bond is debating which wire to cut, and someone reaches over his shoulder and justr pushes the off switch.

I always wondered why cutting any one wire wouldn’t disable the bomb. Why a specific one first? And, what would happen if the “wrong” one were cut first?

thought he was gonna say “wait! lemme get my phone out!”

Just cut ’em all!

I highly doubt mad bombers bother with color codes and wiring standards. I can’t even get students to do it, but it is confusing. In electronics, red is often +V and black is -V or ground, but in house wiring, black wires are hot, white wires are neutral, and green is ground (“the world around”). And when a microprocessor is involved, you could have active high or low, and pull up or down. So I guess you have to know the technical background of your bomber, and hope he isn’t just messing with you.

Cut the red wire with the blue trace. Do not cut the blue wire with the red trace or the scarlet wire with the cerulean trace. Look for a shaded section because sunlight fades the red to magenta.

Red. Cut the red.

Hit the snooze button

Call your mother.