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Tuesday, 9 December, 2008 by Mumakil
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Drop what? c - a rusted scale mail 
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Drop what? h - an aluminium wand'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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Apply what? a - +0 war hammerThey had come together at the ford of the Trident while the
battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his
great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in
black. On his breastplate was the three-headed dragon of his
House, wrought all in rubies that flashed like fire in the
sunlight. The waters of the Trident ran red around the
hooves of their destriers as they circled and clashed, again
and again, until at last a crushing blow from Robert's hammer
stove in the dragon and the chest behind it. When Ned had
finally come on the scene, Rhaegar lay dead in the stream,
while men of both armies scrambled in the swirling waters for
rubies knocked free of his armor.
        [ A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. The aluminium wand'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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Apply what? u - a magnesium wand'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. The wand'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. burns brightly. Drop u. 
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The thermite ignites! A towerTowers (_brooding_, _dark_) stand alone in Waste Areas and
almost always belong to Wizards. All are several stories high,
round, doorless, virtually windowless, and composed of smooth
blocks of masonry that make them very hard to climb. [...]
You will have to go to a Tower and then break into it at some
point towards the end of your Tour.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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A hole appears in the floor!
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Rating

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Average rating: Excellent
Number of ratings: 21

Comments

SomeoneElse December 9, 2008 00:35
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
More science jokes based off of the types of wands? I don't know too much about science, so I'm just rating G.
Jack_Simth December 9, 2008 01:11
First comment: 9 December, 2008 1 comments written
Hey now - it's irresponsible to give relatively detailed instructions on how to make and set off thermite.
Toby Bartels December 9, 2008 02:00
First comment: 11 August, 2007 83 comments written
All right, now this is Dudley's Dungeon the way I likes it!
yichizhng@gmail.com December 9, 2008 03:49
First comment: 19 November, 2008 12 comments written
A hole appears in the ceiling and thermite pours onto your head! You die...
TJR December 9, 2008 04:25
First comment: 8 February, 2008 26 comments written
Yey, Excellent comments!
Wellan December 9, 2008 04:43
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
FOOM!
Slowpoke December 9, 2008 04:48
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
The comments indeed helped bring out the inherent excellence of this comic. Better than a footnote, it turns out.
zem December 9, 2008 05:39
First comment: 5 December, 2005 64 comments written
not particularly funny, but satisfyingly clever.
Andrey December 9, 2008 07:49
First comment: 7 October, 2008 3 comments written
Yeah, the comments really sold this one.
Nesman December 9, 2008 14:24
First comment: 4 January, 2005 112 comments written
I hope this is the start of a series and we get to see how far down it goes.

Next up for testing? Alien saliva.
Looney December 9, 2008 15:25
First comment: 26 January, 2008 29 comments written
I liked this one without the comments--but then, I have enough chemistry background to know what thermite is. Basically, iron oxide + powdered aluminum + triggering mechanism (here, a magnesium fuse) yields a lot of heat. And I mean a LOT. It used to be used to weld railroad tracks.

Also, great technical execution on the strip. I particularly liked the "y" for the reacting thermite, and the melted floor afterward.
Antheridium December 9, 2008 23:37
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
A new way to open the Sanctum?
acheron December 10, 2008 06:36
First comment: 1 June, 2004 63 comments written
As zem said (I assume he said it floopily, or at least globbered?), it's more clever than funny. But I'm rating it E anyway.
Ristipisto-Risto December 10, 2008 11:36
First comment: 25 January, 2006 52 comments written
This is how it oughta be done. Clever punchline, and it's all made up in the NetHack context.

Agree with Looney in liking the "y" solution.
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