#109 – Twist
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
I think it took me 20 years to finally remember which one is a “nut” and which one is a “bolt”. I guess it never really mattered because I was always using them together. They both had the same shape and could be turned with the same tool. Anyhow, one day I suddenly realized that I had always known what a “wing nut” was and therefore could now remember which one is a “nut” and which one is a “bolt”.
Today’s Biff sees an opportunity.
Tags: aliens, bolts, nuts
The aliens are getting so screwed.
Hey I think I’ve had that same “ohh yeah.. wing nuts!” moment as well! Wing nuts are to regular nuts like the Wing Cap is to Mario’s everyday cap 😛
That would certainly make for the most awkward first encounter ever… or alternatively the kinkiest one
I’ll bet the moment they meet will be riveting!
Screw this, I’m doing something else…
‘nuts are the ones with holes in them. like doughnuts.’
And that is why I will always know the log-shaped ones as “doughbolts”.
http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/08/21/316-breakfast/
I like the idea that the alien’s waving for the camera on the satellite.
It was only after I knew the difference between nuts and bolts that somebody pointed out that nuts are the ones shaped like doughnuts. That would have made things easier.
What holds their satellite together? The corpses of their fallen Bolt comrades? “Forget cremation, spend your death among the heavens!”
Glue
With my luck — they would be left-handed threads!
If it interests you: the German word for nut (in this sense) is Mutter (mother). Easy to remember for some reason. (Just the plural is different, biological, Mütter, technical, Muttern)
The deadbolt in your door could also help, because it’s a stick shaped metal thingy that goes into a hole.
Back many years ago, they’d call nuts ‘taps’..guess saying ‘nuts’ was too risque. So you’d see an old diemakers book with talk about bolts and taps.