Re^3: The most unusual place I have logged into Perl Monks from is:

While the low voltages used in laptops wouldn't be dangerous to humans (or aliens?), water probably isn't good for the innards of a typical laptop. The laptops I've seen don't tend to be watertight…

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Re^4: The most unusual place I have logged into Perl Monks from is: by ambrus (Abbot) on Aug 28, 2009 at 11:59 UTC
How about dragons taking bath in hot oil? (I can't find the reference in Ozy and Millie. Update: but planetscape confirms that dragons do bathe in oil.) Update 2011-10-23: found it, finally: Llewelyn here claims he was bathing in motor oil. (He doesn't specifically say hot. Yes, I tried to search for this before, but all I found is the reference to bathing in mercury, and the one on shining his scales with scale wax.) Update 2012-03-14: and another strip actually shows Llewelyn pouring motor oil on himself in the bath.	[reply]

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Re^4: The most unusual place I have logged into Perl Monks from is:
by ambrus (Abbot) on Aug 28, 2009 at 11:59 UTC

How about dragons taking bath in hot oil? (I can't find the reference in Ozy and Millie. Update: but planetscape confirms that dragons do bathe in oil.)

Update 2011-10-23: found it, finally: Llewelyn here claims he was bathing in motor oil. (He doesn't specifically say hot. Yes, I tried to search for this before, but all I found is the reference to bathing in mercury, and the one on shining his scales with scale wax.)

Update 2012-03-14: and another strip actually shows Llewelyn pouring motor oil on himself in the bath.

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