Not 100% sure of the relevance of the verse ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life’, but I like that guy’s hustle.
In British culture it was having a moment around the initial publication, or rather had had a moment a little while before, so that Amy is just a touch behind the curve. If Mr Allison shared Herge’s penchant for updating his material to keep his setting contemporary, she would probably be flossing.
This was in Scary-Go-Round. It is not currently very available, having been published and gone out of print and the original website having been thoroughly hacked. You might be able to find it on the wayback machine or similar.
“And such a complex net we make, when we dare to enter and break.”