July 24th’s strip noted three boats had been found intact…but we see only two here. Oh, dear. Also, how many of our heroes broke off their fight and got back to the boats?
Hackenschmidt nodded. “This is why Accountants of Fortune™ always carry a supply of candles with them.” His colleague, Yakamoto, agreed. “And not the scented kind…usually.”
Yakomoto grinned nastily. “You know, in the old days, they made cue balls out of a type of celluloid that could, if hit just right, explode. One COULD do the same with pickleballs. Ask any Accountant of Fortune™.”
(I have a bunch of different K&E slide rules, as well as some of the detailed books explaining how to use them. Very high quality. One quirky variant, made by another firm, was used from the 1940s to the 1970s to calculate how to load certain types of bombers for the USAAF and USAF, depending on fuel, crew, bomb load, &c. K&E overall had some lovely products.)
July 24th’s strip noted three boats had been found intact…but we see only two here. Oh, dear. Also, how many of our heroes broke off their fight and got back to the boats?