735: Floor
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{{w|The floor is lava}} is a game many kids play where they pretend the floor is lava, meaning that they can't step on it or else they'll get 'burned'. In this comic, the three kids are taking this game too seriously. | {{w|The floor is lava}} is a game many kids play where they pretend the floor is lava, meaning that they can't step on it or else they'll get 'burned'. In this comic, the three kids are taking this game too seriously. | ||
| − | The title text refers to the 2010 eruptions {{w|Eyjafjallajökull}}, the ash clouds of which caused the shutdown of most of Europe's {{w|IFR}} airspace. | + | The title text refers to events like the 2010 eruptions at {{w|Eyjafjallajökull}}, the ash clouds of which caused the shutdown of most of Europe's {{w|IFR}} airspace. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 2 November 2012
| Floor |
 Title text: We once got grounded when we convinced the FAA to block flights through our county because of ash clouds. |
Explanation
The floor is lava is a game many kids play where they pretend the floor is lava, meaning that they can't step on it or else they'll get 'burned'. In this comic, the three kids are taking this game too seriously.
The title text refers to events like the 2010 eruptions at Eyjafjallajökull, the ash clouds of which caused the shutdown of most of Europe's IFR airspace.
Transcript
- [Three kids are in a living room. Furniture and other things are knocked over, broken, or tilted. The first kid is holding a handle of a plunger with cables going offscreen.]
- First Kid: I've dynamited a trench through the kitchen to divert flow!
- [Offscreen]: BOOM
- [The second kid is aiming a hose at the floor.]
- Second Kid: More hoses! We need to cool and solidify the surface layer!
- [Hose]: FWOOSH
- [The third kid is standing on a chair, using a cell phone or radio.]
- Third Kid: Where are the damn helicopters?
- Caption: Like many kids, we sometimes pretended the floor was lava.
add a comment!Discussion
- Do you mean left? If it's the kid on the left, I think that according to the rules of childhood, standing on a rug can count as not being on the "floor" of course it depends on the rules you're playing by, but I think that's what's happening. lcarsos (talk) 16:24, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Why has nobody mentioned the film about the volcano... called... oh, yes, "Volcano". Tommy-Lee Jones (with help!) used dynamite and water and all kinds of other tricks to basically save... Los Angeles, wasn't it? Also, while Concorde is a nice mention (I miss it), apart from the dubious distinction of being grounded it's not really overly relevent to Volcanoes or even an air-space lock-down, is it? A more blanket grounding of planes could be mentioned and/or referenced, such as immediately post-9/11 over the US or even the larger, trans-European-and-beyond, grounding of planes due to the whole Icelandic thing which actually applies even more directly, and is probably more likely what is actually being alluded to.
