I guess this one could’ve been an editorial cartoon from a 1912 newspaper.
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July 2nd, 2010 at 00:49
Flamethrowers ftw.
July 2nd, 2010 at 01:48
Best boat ever.
July 2nd, 2010 at 07:53
It’s the part under the surface that’s a problem; the part on top is heavier than the submerged part, so if you melted the top, it would keep rising higher and higher.
July 2nd, 2010 at 16:11
Yes Knodi but as you can see the flamethrower has melted an hole in the midst of the iceberg. I assume as it is pointed down it also boiled the water for a ways below the surface as well. The arch over the ‘berg provides enough weight to keep the majority of the iceberg’s mass submerged, allowing the ship to pass through. The Guy With the Glasses thought all this stuff through when desigining it I’m sure.
July 3rd, 2010 at 04:19
Lol @ trying to apply physics on a humorously meant comic.
Love the look on glasses guy cruising his ship right through that iceberg.
July 3rd, 2010 at 06:48
Is that a salt-shaker? Hah!
July 3rd, 2010 at 10:48
If you notice, the buttons on the last panel say “Fire” and “Salt”. For the same reason they drop salt on the frozen streets, though I forget what that is.
July 3rd, 2010 at 11:11
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July 3rd, 2010 at 18:31
Salt water freezes at a lower temperature (-21°C for max. concentrated salt water). The salt is used on the part of the iceberg under the water surface, so the ship can pass without trouble and to prevent an ice layer on the deck of the ship created by the ice-slush dripping on the ship of the upper part of the iceberg. And that’s why this comic ist completely scientificly correct!
July 4th, 2010 at 09:58
all you need now is a couple of glass of daiquiris. with ice, of course.
July 7th, 2010 at 08:27
Titanic II: Revenge of the Ship
“This time it’s personal!”
… And they really are making Titanic II. I wish I were joking.
July 10th, 2010 at 12:30
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