Freaking huge sink hole in Guatemala!

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The Universal Solvent is a 1995 Donald Duck story by Don Rosa.
[edit] Plot

Gyro Gearloose has invented a "universal solvent", a thick, black liquid capable of instantly dissolving anything except diamonds. Scrooge McDuck buys the solvent from him, intending on using it in mining. However, in his enthusiasm, Scrooge carelessly pours the solvent directly onto the ground, where it eats a shaft all the way down to the centre of the Earth.

After Huey, Dewey and Louie explain the potentially catastrophic impact of this act - it would eventually lead to the Earth's destruction - Scrooge, Donald and the boys go on a quest down the shaft to retrieve the solvent. What follows is an underground adventure along the lines of Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth but more realistic.[citation needed]

In the end, Scrooge deems the solvent as a failed investment. While it did succeed in getting him thousands of flawless diamonds from the bowels of the Earth, he didn't take into account that these diamonds are super-dense, and thus even the smallest ones weigh over 100 kg each, making them useless as jewellery.

This story was inspired by the novel A Journey to the Center of the Earth and was based on a The Pertwillaby Papers adventure titled Vortex.

Don Rosa wrote two sequels to this story, called The Black Knight and The Black Knight Glorps Again.

(we are doomed)

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2010-06-01 11:05:43

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Metal-Eater-GR: I can haz titanium paancakez?; +490|6273

OMG i remember that episode... man, thanks for the memories.... universal solvent, yeah!

2010-06-01 11:19:02

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west-phoenix-az: Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does; +632|6390

Was it stored in a diamond jar?

https://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/west-phoenix-az/BF2S/bf2s_sig_9mmbrass.jpg

2010-06-01 11:22:23

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Chou: Member; +737|6792

I thought this was an interesting read, great blue hole looks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blue_Hole

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2010-06-01 11:29:49

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BLdw: ..; +27|5172|M104 "Sombrero"

west-phoenix-az wrote:
Was it stored in a diamond jar?

Yeah, it was. Pity that Don Rosa retired. His poor eyesight and shitty Disney deals pushed him over the edge and he stopped drawing. Not that anyone else here cares about him, though, but he's a great person.

He might throw out some custom (non-disney) stories out someday, unlikely, but one can hope.

2010-06-01 11:30:22

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FloppY_: +1,010|6287|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

west-phoenix-az wrote:
Was it stored in a diamond jar?

Yes it was, Diamonds was the only thing it couldn't dissolve

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2010-06-01 11:50:52

#46

Metal-Eater-GR: I can haz titanium paancakez?; +490|6273

I remember scrudge (sp) going after the diamonds while descending and burning his hands. @ flopp, i have a shitload of mags too, stored somewhere. one day I plan to read them all again.

Don Rosa is one of my favourite comic artists. such attention to detail. Make a thread

2010-06-01 11:51:54

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FloppY_: +1,010|6287|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Metal-Eater-GR wrote:
I remember scrudge (sp) going after the diamonds while descending and burning his hands. @ flopp, i have a shitload of mags too, stored somewhere. one day I plan to read them all again.

Don Rosa is one of my favourite comic artists. such attention to detail. Make a thread

Yeah and how the diamonds are super dense and therefore supa-heavy

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2010-06-01 11:53:59