Interested in an appetizer? Try the polar bear pâté.
Aw geez. I made this one yellow, forgetting that the next one was supposed to be yellow. I guess the next one can still be any color but red, because, y’know, “Red-yellow, kill a fellow.”
And you’re thinking, Isn’t that just snakes?
Yes, it is. Mountain Time is snakes.
A character whose name is completely silent by definition? I know how he feels.
This is also my favourite kind of Mountain Time, first delivering absurdist comedy itself, then sending me off to look up the Wikipedia article on C2H6O, which delivers a subsequent dose of comedy in the phrase “Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like odor”. I’m tempted to vandalise the article on wine with the phrase “ethanol-like odor” now.
I support that internet graffito. On the other hand, “ethanol smells like something that has ethanol in it” manages to be both a stupid and brilliant statement at once.
This is reminding me of the idea I had a while back for a series of vignettes about The Man Whose Name is the State of Being On Fire. (Isto, the idea’s all yours if you want it.)
It’s a well-known scientific fact that radiation poisoning works like Looney Tunes gravity—you don’t get it until you realize you should have it.
I KNEW it was snakes all along! Aw Moni’s a cute dino. Gotta stop bein a ho.
Hmmm this floor smells like it’s made out of floor.
Does Maggie pronounce her last name Ethanol, or does she go with the hoity-toitier fancy pronunciation of Dimethyl Ether? Which has the benefit of having an actual woman’s name hidden in it.
Hey speaking of names, if we’re giving isto free ideas, “(Name) and the Conceited Horse” popped into my head the other day, no way i’m going to ever use that.
Circle: That’s a really good character concept. Does he express his name by setting people aflame? Does he use pictures? Does he just say it, knowing very few people can truly understand? It’s great.
And yeah, obviously radiation poisoning is Looney Tunes. After all, bananas are radioactive, but have you ever seen a chimp die from irradiation? No, because they don’t know about it.
Cold: For probably no reason whatsoever, “Fontanelle and the Conceited Horse” was the first thing that popped into my mind. Quite a rare name, Fontanelle is.
I’d never heard the term “dimethyl ether,” but Wikipedia tells me it’s used more for fuel than for drinking, and might not actually (?) be the same as ethanol. Somehow, I managed to become an educated man (technically speaking) without ever taking a chemistry class, so I’m in the dark on this.
Just about as dark as Moni’s inability to ever stop being a ho.
He’d set himself on fire, and anyone who wanted to say his name would also set themselves on fire.