Like explained by the staff physicists on Tasmania, a tv cartoon show
featuring the world's dumbest Tasmanian Devil, Taz, the critical weight
for a fully laden anvil to offer maximum humor without death by
convulsions is 16 tons.

15 tons is too light and will offer the viewers a momentary distraction
but 16 tons is the proper weigh to tickle the pleasure centers in the
viewer's hypothalamus.

Of course when you think about it, as the weight of an Acme anvil
approaches 16 tons...

*CLANG*

* Zenki is crushed by a 16 ton anvil.

*Laughter as an amorphous liquid slithers away.*

On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Ki'var wrote:

Barry Cadwgan <bcadwgan@fl.net.au> wrote:

        So.. here's a little bit of "In Dangerous Ground".

 
<MEGASNIP>

   The blond ADP office carefully traced the lettering on the side of th
object with a finger. "Property of Warner Bros. Studios, Prop. Dept." An
below that -- "Mnfctrd Acme Anvils, Lmtd., Acme Inc."

   "Anvils," Leon moaned. "My god, we're living in a cartoon."

ROTFLALAL!!!!!!

Anvils!!!

BRILLIANT!!!!!

I had thought of pianos but that's at least as good!  ACME no less!

Yeah...Who needs hi-tech orbiting laser cannons anyway?

Hmmm. What exactly would be the physics involved with dropping an anvil on a
boomer from orbit anyway?