Silent but deadly
Raphael Saltwood
PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com
Tue Apr 19 09:37:10 UTC 2022
Somebody wrote:
Also - silent but deadly (which is also an unintended American colloquial
fart description reference)
If you can’t hear it falling how do you avoid it?
Like the V-2?
Bailey! Did you even read the passage?
The visual equivalent of silent but deadly would be?
Because they are "only great invisibl[y] clashing" which does make some sound
Synesthetically, the comparison of the invisible clashing to V-2's unhearability almost works...
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