Comments on: Dry Wit

By: Araxie

Araxie — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:07:35 +0000

My first thought was that this was referring to the newer hand driers you’ll see in bathrooms these days- or rather, hear, as these new ones are more powerful and, supposedly, more environmental this way. I thought maybe he found them so loud that they were rocket-ship loud.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:50:20 +0000

Oh, and the spot on the wall is where that dryer used to be located before it launched itself. You can see the dryer’s motion trail.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:47:59 +0000

The problem with air dryers is what do you use to turn the door knob when you’re leaving the bathroom? I’ve just washed my hands; I don’t want to get the residue left by the person before me who didn’t wash.

(I rarely use urinals anymore, because the shield thingy causes splatter. And it’s easier to flush a toilet with my foot.)

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:47:08 +0000

GP #11:
The problem with this analogy is that each paper towel seems to remove about the same amount of water from the hands, so if one towel gets half or more of the water, the next one gets what’s remaining.

Air blowers seem to remove about the same *percentage* of the water each time, so if you get about half of the water off with one cycle, pushing the button again feels like it removes about half of what’s left. Zeno’s paradox and the law of diminishing returns take over from here, and using the two-legged cloth towel with pockets feels like the most efficient step 3.

By: Pinny

Pinny — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:10:35 +0000

1. How is the blower still blowing once it is disconnected from the wall?

2. Observation: I think that the cartoonist used the term “another” on purpose.

Look at the wall over the sink. There is a place on the wall at the right where a previous hand dryer had already blown off the wall.

Think of the scenario, someone out for revenge sets up this bathroom with unattached hand blowers. He then arranges a meeting with them (one at a time). After waiting a while for him to show up, they figure, why not use the facilities? All but one of his enemies are taken out this way; the lone exception being the one who did not wash his hands. That saved his life.

By: Vroshnak

Vroshnak — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:08:58 +0000

I think it implies that if hand dryers were not secured, they home in on and attack wet hands.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:44:31 +0000

Depends on whether you pronounce LOL as a word, Eric (in which case it’d be a LOL), or as an acronym (an el oh el).

I also like how our cartoon friend looks like he’s about to thumb his nose at the flying dryer.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:19:28 +0000

This was a LOL for me! I’m going to think about this every time I use one now.

Hmm, is it “an LOL” or “a LOL”?

By: turquoise cow

turquoise cow — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:14:12 +0000

The hand dryers at my job are the super high-powered ones. If you stick your hand underneath you can actually see your skin move around. I find it creepy. It’s also so insanely loud that you can hear it from quite far away. Thankfully there are no actual desks or offices near enough to the bathroom for people to be disturbed. I have to admit that they do work better than the older models, though.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:30:37 +0000

Air Blade. That’s the one we have. It doesn’t leave the space between your fingers wet if you spread them.