So, Dr. Whatshisface conveniently has a bottle of Fountain of Youth water mailed to him and – instead of using it on himself – he uses it on his rotting douchebag friends. They’re rather pleased with the results until it wears off. Then the old codgers go trekking to Florida to find more. There’s a moral lesson in there somewhere, probably, but Hawthorne tends to be so dull that I didn’t really notice.
I assume they eventually gave up on their quest to find the fountain in Florida and spent their few remaining years at Epcot, drinking around the world.
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By the way… In panel two, they don’t look simply old. It looks like Dr. Heidegger is testing the water on zombies.
Wait… In the story, it says the water wears off, but they don’t go to the bathroom or anything.
If the effect is in the water and reversible, then shouldn’t it be reversed when the water is expelled from the body?
THAT’S RIGHT! I’M POKING HOLES IN YOUR ALREADY IMPOSSIBLE STORY, HAWTHORNE!
… My brother might be right. I might be losing my sense of reality.
So that is why soo many old people live in Florida. Who knew!
Yup, Florida’s economic division sends these packages out to lure people over.
… two high-school lit book stories in a week- so many litbrick comics about things I’ve actually read! (it makes me happy
That’s how I plan on spending my few remaining years-drinking around the world–or locally, depends on funding issues.
As absurd as Hawthorne’s premise was, the old people’s reaction at becoming young again was unrealistic, unlike John’s rendition.
If you got a package in the mail labeled “Water of Youth”, would YOU drink it?
Not before running a battery of tests. And not before boiling it; water-borne diseases would also benefit from the rejuvenating effects of the water, wouldn’t they?
What’s she explaining about? A guy that desperate to get off wouldn’t be considerate of her needs at all. Let him get the first hormonal rush out of his system first, then push him down in the linnen closet or the hay attic.
And of course I meant to type ‘complaining’, not ‘explaining’. ^^; *cough*