Floor
by Jeff
Image text: We once got grounded when we convinced the FAA to block flights through our county because of ash clouds.
The image text is a reference to the recent explosion of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland which created such a large ash cloud with the wind blowing in such a specific direction that it canceled flights throughout Europe for several days.
This comic is a reference to the child's game in which you pretend the floor is lava and you try to move about the room without touching the floor. In the comic, one character has just pressed a dynamite plunger, the next is using the garden hose to cool the "lava" and the third is radioing for a helicopter.
This is obviously taken to the extreme. When I played this game, I only jumped from couch to chair to couch before "burning up" in the lava. Anyone else have a similar/different experience?
UPDATE: Thanks to commenter DT for noticing that these are all actions performed in the movie Volcano by the character played by Tommy Lee Jones. Thanks DT!
May 3rd, 2010
you had to copy and paste the name of the volcano, didn’t you?
May 3rd, 2010
Oh heck yes I did.
May 3rd, 2010
You’re forgetting the fact that dynamiting a trench, using hoses and calling for helicopters are all things that Tommy Lee Jones does in the movie Volcano.
May 3rd, 2010
You are correct, I have updated the post with a shout out to you.
March 11th, 2011
Tommy Lee Jones forever!
May 3rd, 2010
yeah the explain totally falls shot seeing that every part of the visual corresponds to the movie
May 3rd, 2010
I can’t be the only one who noticed the “grounded” pun. Or did I just misread the post?
May 4th, 2010
I missed it, but you’re totally right.
May 19th, 2010
This also evokes the effort of people of Iceland to reroute the lava flow from Eldfell which erupted on 23 January 1973 near the town of Heimaey. The laval flow was going to bury the town and its harbor. They prevented it from destroying the town and used it to improve the harbor.
May 31st, 2010
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July 9th, 2010
This is also an homage to Calvin and Hobbes. Look at the water splash and the ‘fwoosh.’