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<p>Jonheese: Fix spelling of Munroe</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2593<br /> | date = March 14, 2022<br /> | title = Deviled Eggs<br /> | image = deviled_eggs.png<br /> | titletext = The foil on the toothpick represents the blue flash.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> <br /> {{incomplete|Created by a DISHEVELED EGG - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> A {{w|deviled egg}} is a dish created by cutting a hard-boiled egg into halves and replacing the yolk with a paste frequently made from the yolk itself, topped with a red spice (paprika). Randall Munroe parodies the dish by creating several alternative versions of the dish for other professions using word plays on the name of the dish.<br /> <br /> ;Deviled egg<br /> The original dish.<br /> ;Leveled egg<br /> Many landscaping projects require a leveled ground to work on.{{Citation needed}} As such, a landscaper may prefer serve their deviled egg with a perfectly flat surface.<br /> ;Beveled egg<br /> {{w|Bevel}}s are a design pattern of creating non-perpendicular surfaces between adjacent edges. A designer may prefer to serve their eggs with beveled edges to give their eggs a more modern, aesthetically pleasing look.<br /> ;Demon egg<br /> The {{w|demon core}} is a piece of sub-critical plutonium created during the Manhattan Project to investigate the properties of criticality. The piece of plutonium got its name from the 2 criticality incidents that occurred when scientists were investigating this property. The first accident resulted in the death of {{w|Harry Daghlian}}. In the second experiment, the core was covered between two neutron reflecting shells separated by a hand held screwdriver (no, really). The screwdriver slipped, causing the core to become completely covered by the neutron reflecting shell, bringing the core past its criticality limit. A large amount of radiation caused the subsequent death of physicist {{w|Louis Slotin}}. The dome of the boiled egg and the toothpick resemble the configuration of the experiment. <br /> <br /> The demon core was also referred to in [[1242: Scary Names]].<br /> <br /> The title texts refers to {{w|ionized-air glow}}, a blue light emitted by air submitted to en energy flux from radiation and seen during the [https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/56722 incidents involving the demon core].<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> :[The comic consists of four variations of deviled eggs.]<br /> <br /> :[A typical deviled egg, with half of the white part of a hard-boiled egg and a paste of yolk.]<br /> :&lt;u&gt;Chef&lt;/u&gt;<br /> :Deviled egg<br /> <br /> :[A deviled egg, except the paste has been flattened to be level with the white.]<br /> :&lt;u&gt;Landscaper&lt;/u&gt;<br /> :Leveled egg<br /> <br /> :[A deviled egg, except the edge of the white has bevels.]<br /> :&lt;u&gt;Designer&lt;/u&gt;<br /> :Beveled egg<br /> <br /> :[A deviled egg, except the paste is now a hemisphere and there is a toothpick stuck into it with a blue wrap on the tip.]<br /> :&lt;u&gt;Physicist&lt;/u&gt;<br /> :Demon egg<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]</div>

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