I guess he’s saying that if she can turn up the heat and pressure on that piece of coal as she’s been doing to him to propose, then she should have a diamond by the time they get married. :)
Sigh. Despite what we learned in the Silver Age Superman comics, diamonds didn’t start out as lumps of coal. Nothing quite like humor based on ignorance.
C 12 months ago
Carbon copy of the real thing
Zykoic 12 months ago
Has no Bragg angles.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 12 months ago
Try squeezing it really, really tightly.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 12 months ago
“Hey, you knew I was a coal miner’s son from the moment we met at the adit.
ACK! Premium Member 12 months ago
This marriage is off to a rocky start.
Doug K 12 months ago
A “diamond” that rough cannot be flawless.
kelese 12 months ago
Honey, you’re a diamond rough too.
jel354 12 months ago
Thanks a lump.
Out of the Past 12 months ago
Or a big piece of something.
paulprobujr 12 months ago
I guess he’s saying that if she can turn up the heat and pressure on that piece of coal as she’s been doing to him to propose, then she should have a diamond by the time they get married. :)
jsimpso1 12 months ago
Sigh. Despite what we learned in the Silver Age Superman comics, diamonds didn’t start out as lumps of coal. Nothing quite like humor based on ignorance.
Zebrastripes 12 months ago
Well, he also said the more you wear it the shinier it gets…
Bill The Nuke 12 months ago
And it only cost him $1000.
PoodleGroomer 12 months ago
Tell her to sit on it.
Ishka Bibel 12 months ago
Coal is organic carbon. Diamonds are inorganic carbon.
mistercatworks 12 months ago
“In the rough”, sure. “Flawless?” – a couple of million years to early to tell.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 12 months ago
He couldn’t take the heat or handle the pressure of getting a real diamond.
Phydeux 12 months ago
Charlene Brown?