A reader has explained to me what the mallet in astronaut Nowak’s bag was actually for. Eiuw. Apparently I don’t watch enough of the grislier kind of TV cop shows–ones that get into corpse-dismemberment techniques.

Although, the knife in her bag was a FOLDING knife. Whacking a folding knife with a mallet? Well, as I tried to suggest so-o-o delicately: In matters like this, the oads-bray are a little umb-day. Just a couple of words to jot down, gals: POWER TOOLS.

And I still want an explanation for the BB gun.