Quite often in this strip I find myself wondering what someone coming here for the first time could make out of what’s going on just by reading the strip on the front page. @_@
Hmm…somewhat snarky robot lady (the font, when added to “in the middle of a fire” is strongly indicative) puts out a fire with some curious whomp-making device, possibly chemical in nature. It seems straightforward enough.
Left out is that she’s a sentient water cooler who is late for a date with a nanotech female zombie because of absurd orders given by a swarm of bees. 🙂
When I started reading this the front page was a cute girl with mismatched hair in a swamp, while someone offscreen offered her a cookie in a swirly don’t. I figured it was the swamp or a spirit talking (and I was right)
I had assumed the cute girl was the main character, though.
Who’s the cat that won’t cop out
When there’s danger all about
(Bubbles!)
Right on
You see this cat Bubbles is a bad mother
(Shut your mouth)
But I’m talkin’ about Bubbles
(Then we can dig it)
she’s a complicated water cooler
The CO2 in that cylinder was liquified gas which is under considerable pressure. On release it expanded 1600+ times by volume, which easily snuffed the fire, displaced all of the nearby O2 and dropped the temperature of the entire building considerably.
I would estimate at least one entire floor is now filled with roughly room- temperature CO2 … and that the expanding gas probably blew apart every door and window connected to the room she’s in.
I can’t really explain the reignited paper, but it was a cool scene so we are giving it a pass.
In a room full of objects there are going to be eddies and dead zones. The papers were obviously in some location protected from the direct flow of gas or they would have been blown all over by the CO2 outrush. Afterwards, there was enough oxygen left in the same place to let some combustion continue.
Gotta save the files, she’s moving quicker,
CO2, she’s setting it off!
Still a single tiny flame will flicker,
She will flick it off with a scoff!
She’s giving us some SERVICE!
Countdown commencing!
We’re getting SERVICE!
Bomb she’ll deploy!
She’s giving SERVICE!
Water dispensing!
Baddest ‘bot we’ve known,
‘Cause service is her only joy!
451 F (424 to 475, depending on the type of paper) is the temperature at which paper will auto ignite in a normal atmosphere, in other words, it will burst into flame without an outside ignition source.
A flamethrower provides an outside ignition source, that will ignite paper at any temperature normally available on this planet.
At 400C, paper will auto ignite in air, as it will at any temperature above 250 C.
What’s the explanation for that “fsssss” sound effect? There’s such a sound if you put out a fire with water (then it’s the sound of boiling water), but this was a CO2 bomb, not a water bomb. Where does that sound come from then?
Clearly the “CO2 bomb” was more of a “Liquified CO2 Delivery system”, since it didn’t explode and destroy Brita and the room. It’s a giant fire extinguisher. No matter how good your dump valve system is on such a device, all of the gas is not going to leave the cylinder instantly; there will be the initial concussion of the dump valve opening, and then the remaining gas depressurizing the cylinder will his out.
A good example of the is ‘punkin chunkin’ cannons, like this one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtKyCrfmInA
At about 2:15 you can hear a high pressure cylinder discharge with a “whump” followed by the extended “hisssss” of depressurization.
So yeah, SH got the science right.
That’s telling ’em, Miss Bubbles! ^___^
…Damn, that’s surprisingly bittersweet.
Best post-badassery one-liner ever~!~
Three cheers for Miss Brita Bubbles!
Quite often in this strip I find myself wondering what someone coming here for the first time could make out of what’s going on just by reading the strip on the front page. @_@
Hmm…somewhat snarky robot lady (the font, when added to “in the middle of a fire” is strongly indicative) puts out a fire with some curious whomp-making device, possibly chemical in nature. It seems straightforward enough.
Left out is that she’s a sentient water cooler who is late for a date with a nanotech female zombie because of absurd orders given by a swarm of bees. 🙂
When I started reading this the front page was a cute girl with mismatched hair in a swamp, while someone offscreen offered her a cookie in a swirly don’t. I figured it was the swamp or a spirit talking (and I was right)
I had assumed the cute girl was the main character, though.
you mean you no longer think that?
Where did the water + jug come from?
Hammerspace?
Pitcherspace. It’s a couple of spaces over from Hammerspace to protect the pitchers from the hammers.
Ninjaed. Th second I saw that pitcher I was like jug-space no pitcher-space awesome to the comments. Whamp whamp whaaaamp.
Mrs. Bubbles is a water cooler. She wouldn’t be a good water cooler if she didn’t have cool water now, would she?
Actually, I think we discussed it way back when…
Well, you know what they say, whether the hammer hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the hammer, it’s going to be bad for the pitcher
Who’s the cat that won’t cop out
When there’s danger all about
(Bubbles!)
Right on
You see this cat Bubbles is a bad mother
(Shut your mouth)
But I’m talkin’ about Bubbles
(Then we can dig it)
she’s a complicated water cooler
Isaac Hayes would be proud 🙂
Bubbles is lovely, and her powers of decorum are such that her dress survives 400 degree temperatures…or is that her own coolness?
The only possible complication is UNITY getting disgruntled over the undoing of her handiwork.
Perhaps that’s a military-grade dress to go with the military-grade android.
I wonder if Tip would want a military-grade dress, or if it wouldn’t be fashionable enough for him.
It would depend if he needed one for a particular specific situation.
She’s a “cooler”. I’m going with “coolness”
If Tip meant 400℉ (and that was accurate, not a guess) that isn’t hot enough to ignite clothing unless she touched the flames.
The color work on this one is especially lovely.
That feel when you’re caught up on skin horse
I’m right there with you.
Good question would be the current room temperature – so would a backdraft/flashover occur, if Bubbles left the room now (and let in oxygen again)?
The CO2 in that cylinder was liquified gas which is under considerable pressure. On release it expanded 1600+ times by volume, which easily snuffed the fire, displaced all of the nearby O2 and dropped the temperature of the entire building considerably.
I would estimate at least one entire floor is now filled with roughly room- temperature CO2 … and that the expanding gas probably blew apart every door and window connected to the room she’s in.
I can’t really explain the reignited paper, but it was a cool scene so we are giving it a pass.
In a room full of objects there are going to be eddies and dead zones. The papers were obviously in some location protected from the direct flow of gas or they would have been blown all over by the CO2 outrush. Afterwards, there was enough oxygen left in the same place to let some combustion continue.
Trust me, I’m an engineer. :-^)
The short answer is Murphy’s Law.
Or Maxwell’s Demons.
(TUNE: “Hot Stuff”, Donna Summer)
Gotta save the files, she’s moving quicker,
CO2, she’s setting it off!
Still a single tiny flame will flicker,
She will flick it off with a scoff!
She’s giving us some SERVICE!
Countdown commencing!
We’re getting SERVICE!
Bomb she’ll deploy!
She’s giving SERVICE!
Water dispensing!
Baddest ‘bot we’ve known,
‘Cause service is her only joy!
Of course, now that she’s poured water on the files, watch them dissolve away…
The papers were in 400° heat… and suffered water damage
Someones been reading Fahrenheit 451?
Well if it was only 400° Fahrenheit, they shouldn’t have caught fire.
Or 400° Celsius, for that matter.
451 F (424 to 475, depending on the type of paper) is the temperature at which paper will auto ignite in a normal atmosphere, in other words, it will burst into flame without an outside ignition source.
A flamethrower provides an outside ignition source, that will ignite paper at any temperature normally available on this planet.
At 400C, paper will auto ignite in air, as it will at any temperature above 250 C.
actually… I was just quoting the previous comic
“I’m sorry, Bubbles, but from here you’re on your own. It’s over 400° in there…”
At least Ms Bubbles used a pitcher, instead of lifting her dress
*joy*.
BTW, one of the basement dwellers appears to have escaped: http://www.pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/happy-snake-baby-1.jpg
Dang! Thought the snake had teeth at first!
What’s the explanation for that “fsssss” sound effect? There’s such a sound if you put out a fire with water (then it’s the sound of boiling water), but this was a CO2 bomb, not a water bomb. Where does that sound come from then?
Clearly the “CO2 bomb” was more of a “Liquified CO2 Delivery system”, since it didn’t explode and destroy Brita and the room. It’s a giant fire extinguisher. No matter how good your dump valve system is on such a device, all of the gas is not going to leave the cylinder instantly; there will be the initial concussion of the dump valve opening, and then the remaining gas depressurizing the cylinder will his out.
A good example of the is ‘punkin chunkin’ cannons, like this one-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtKyCrfmInA
At about 2:15 you can hear a high pressure cylinder discharge with a “whump” followed by the extended “hisssss” of depressurization.
So yeah, SH got the science right.
I refer you to the editor’s note here for a full explanation of any unrealistic sound effects.
The sound effects are very effective!
Well that was easier than it looked.
Well, it’s not as Terminator-esque as I expected, but that is plenty badass. Bubbles may end up as being the most competent member of Skin Horse.
Sweetheart may never forgiver her for that.
And doesn’t she look positively demure in panel 3?
I really hope the water doesn’t smudge the ink, especially if those are the papers they’ve been fighting for.
Of course, if those are the sheets and they were on fire then they probably already have problems
Steadfast tin soldier? You just got shown up, ya wuss.
She really IS the most hardcore water cooler I’ve ever met.
Woo! There’s so much Badassery in that room right now, it’s gonna spontaneously combust all over again!
best silhouetted fire-undoing explosion EVAR
–Dave, flicks switch on iPhone to show lighter.jpg
Are we sure this drone doesn’t just have innate badassery powers included as firmware?