In an attempt to make the Fairy Tale Castle look a little more ethereal, a worker discharges all the fire extinguishers in the building. Disaster is averted because well-prepared Safety Captains from FIRST Robotics Competition teams have their own fire extinguishers in the pit area.
<not part of entry> Extra credit for first response? </not part of entry>
An early scene from the ill-fated gaseous thrust experiment. One can only speculate how different the outcome would have been if they had only stuck with a non-flammable gas.
This picture is right after an unfortunate accident at the auditions for a mascot for (take your pick) Bomb Squad / HOT / Cheesypoofs / Phoenix / Perpetual Chaos / Thunderhawks / Thunderchickens / Truck Town Thunder / Thunderbots / Thrust / Steampunk / Red Alert / Temper Metal / Exploding Bacon / Fondy Fire. Thankfully, this plucky young gentleman from Foley Freeze stepped in and saved the day.
“Ok guys, we’ve spent a lot of time getting prepared for this year’s Mission Mayhem, and have decided that to cover our bases, we’re going to have a lot of fire extinguishers on hand. In the event of a fire, everyone knows how to use these things. If it rains again, we freeze the field like THIS”
“Here in the Midwest, the 4th of July gets so hot the pavement melts. But the parade must go on and that takes some real out of the box thinking on how to get the floats moving. Thanks to the ACME fire extinguisher company for donating the compressed CO2 and saving the parade.”
In hock up to her eyeballs having wasted her fortune on shoes and makeup, the Fairy Princess attempts to torch her castle and collect on the insurance policy, blaming it on the local pesky fire-breathing dragon. Her plot was dashed when Prince Valiant, who had slain said pesky dragon the day before, arrived on the scene and snuffed out the flames. Her alibi ruined by the Prince’s testimony, she could be heard screaming “Way to go - thou art a jerkface!” as the local gendarmes dragged her away in iron shackles, never to be heard from again. And they all lived happily ever after.