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[V-Adore]

Yeah, just about every line of dialogue in this strip is subject-worthy. I'm also fond of the spider bite big enough that it should receive tennis lessons.

Once again, we have proof that Ray apparently became hardcore at some point. Goddamn.

[pmcd9]

Strip of the Year.  Oh wait, I already said that.  It's a toss up.

~Paul

[ktoad]

Riverdance Butters and the ladies.

I'd like to travel in time to 1979 and use that for the title of a new television program.  Maybe it stars Ernest Borgnine as RB, a gambler/grifter/raconteur, who is confronted one day by his ex who ran a brothel until the sheriff closed it down.  Now she cons Riverdance into taking her in, along with several sassy young ladies who worked for her.  Every week they hatch another bold scheme to get rich while staying one step ahead of the law.  Alas, many of these plans don't come to fruition, but you watch because it's better than another "B.J. and the Bear" rerun.

[wombat]

I wonder, is it really a good idea to store the tea kettle with an inch of water in it?

[Beatrice]

mayhaps this shall cure the diabetes!

[robot_god]

I wonder, is it really a good idea to store the tea kettle with an inch of water in it?

I don't see why not.

In the least it would protect it from melting if it ever met a flame accidentally.  :shrug:

In my parent's business, they always use a decrepit old pot that starts melting and smelling awful when there's no water in it.

[pmcd9]

Just walk it to the table and shoot it.

~Paul

[jaydub]

I wonder, is it really a good idea to store the tea kettle with an inch of water in it?

This is more or less the default condition of my teakettle.  Not through any rational means however - I just rarely have occasion to use all the water I boiled.

[linnea]

I wonder, is it really a good idea to store the tea kettle with an inch of water in it?

This is more or less the default condition of my teakettle.  Not through any rational means however - I just rarely have occasion to use all the water I boiled.

I used to leave water in the kettle until one day I discovered it had begun to RUST.

After I've filled the teapot, I always empty out the last of the water dregs into the sink. I got an expensive tea kettle and I don't want it to rust. Plus I don't want to ingest rust.

[CortJstr]

It seems like there's a difference between tea pots and tea kettles? Is that right?

[linnea]

It seems like there's a difference between tea pots and tea kettles? Is that right?

YES. Teapots can't be heated on the stove, because they are usually porcelain or ceramic and would break if you tried to do that. A teakettle is made for heating water. I guess you could put tea leaves in a teakettle, but I don't think it would be a very good idea.

[AugustWest]

Plus I don't want to ingest rust.

Why not? I thought you ladies needed the iron.

[theinevitable]

yeah man, what gives?

[melack]

I saw a Good Eats episode about rust the other day. That Alton Brown, he made a Rust Quiche using only a whisk and a soldering gun.

[linnea]

I thought that rust would give you lockjaw.

DAMMIT! The Internet proves me wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus

Association with rust

Tetanus is often associated with rust, especially rusty nails, but this is somewhat misleading. Rust itself does not cause tetanus or contain more C. tetani bacteria. Objects that accumulate rust are often found in the outdoors or places that generally contain more anaerobic bacteria. Since C. tetani is an anaerobic bacterium, it will thrive in an environment that lacks oxygen. The rough surface of rusty metal provides a prime habitat for the endospore to reside. This endospore is a non-metabolising survival structure and once in an adequate environment (e.g. a puncture wound) it begins metabolising and an infection begins. Therefore, stepping on an old forgotten nail in a stable could easily result in tetanus, partly because C. tetani is found in animal feces (which is rather abundant in a stable) and the puncture wound effectively create an ideal breeding ground for the bacteria (because of the lack of oxygen). Such an old nail would likely be rusty, but a lack of rust would provide no protection. On the other hand, someone scratching themselves against a rusty fire escape ladder in an urban setting would have a much lesser chance of getting tetanus since fire escape ladders do not often come into intimate contact with soil, dirt or organic waste and the wound itself (e.g. a scratch) does not create an oxygen-poor environment.