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**{{w|Champagne}} is an expensive sparkling wine. | **{{w|Champagne}} is an expensive sparkling wine. | ||
**[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sham Sham] means false. | **[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sham Sham] means false. | ||
− | **{{w|Pain}} is | + | **{{w|Pain}} is not so nice to hand out. |
− | ***So [[Cueball]] | + | ***So [[Cueball]] toast his real friends with Champagne and wishes real pain to his false friends. |
*''Pseudopods'' can be divided into ''pseudo-'' and ''pods''. | *''Pseudopods'' can be divided into ''pseudo-'' and ''pods''. | ||
**{{w|Pseudopods}} (which translate to "false feet") are temporary cytoplasm-filled parts of the cell wall that are able to change their form in order to move. They are used in some eukaryotic cells to move around or to eat. Most cells that do this are called {{w|Amoeba|amoeboids}}. The {{w|Amoeba (genus)|amoeba}} is a common example. There is no drink named Pseudopods! | **{{w|Pseudopods}} (which translate to "false feet") are temporary cytoplasm-filled parts of the cell wall that are able to change their form in order to move. They are used in some eukaryotic cells to move around or to eat. Most cells that do this are called {{w|Amoeba|amoeboids}}. The {{w|Amoeba (genus)|amoeba}} is a common example. There is no drink named Pseudopods! | ||
**{{w|Pseudo-}} (lying, false) is used to mark something that superficially appears to be (or behaves like) one thing, but actually is another. | **{{w|Pseudo-}} (lying, false) is used to mark something that superficially appears to be (or behaves like) one thing, but actually is another. | ||
− | **{{w|Pods}} or {{w|pod}} is not clearly defined. It could refer to {{w|Glossary_of_plant_morphology#Fruit_types|seedpod}} – a dry dehiscent fruit containing many seeds. Pods, both malevolent and benignant, appear in many works of SF and Fantasy | + | **{{w|Pods}} or {{w|pod}} is not clearly defined. It could refer to {{w|Glossary_of_plant_morphology#Fruit_types|seedpod}} – a dry dehiscent fruit containing many seeds. Pods, both malevolent and benignant, appear in many works of SF and Fantasy. |
− | ***So | + | ***So the blonde woman will give her real friends a special part/adaptation of the amoeba. (Doesn't everyone wish they had pseudopods?) But it at least seems better than her pseudo-friends who would receive real pods with intricate ways to kill them. |
*''Petticoats'' sounds like a combination of the two words ''petty'' and ''coats'' | *''Petticoats'' sounds like a combination of the two words ''petty'' and ''coats'' | ||
**A {{w|petticoat}} or underskirt is an article of clothing; specifically an undergarment to be worn under a skirt or a dress. There is no drink named petticoats! | **A {{w|petticoat}} or underskirt is an article of clothing; specifically an undergarment to be worn under a skirt or a dress. There is no drink named petticoats! | ||
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**{{w|Faux}} is a French word for "false". | **{{w|Faux}} is a French word for "false". | ||
**{{w|Hawks}} is a common name for some small to medium-sized diurnal birds of prey, widely distributed and varying greatly in size. | **{{w|Hawks}} is a common name for some small to medium-sized diurnal birds of prey, widely distributed and varying greatly in size. | ||
− | ***[[Beret Guy]] thus wishes to cut his real friends hair in a very special way, maybe to his liking and thought of as a favor, but not necessarily liked by all his friends, cause although Beret Guy is weird, it seems that those around him are not. His false friends can have a predatory bird (maybe coming after them), but rather knowing Beret Guys love of all things, just as a present of something he likes, like animals. Alternatively he | + | ***[[Beret Guy]] thus wishes to cut his real friends hair in a very special way, maybe to his liking and thought of as a favor, but not necessarily liked by all his friends, cause although Beret Guy is weird, it seems that those around him are not. His false friends can have a predatory bird (maybe coming after them), but rather knowing Beret Guys love of all things, just as a present of something he likes, like animals. Alternatively he toast in the beer with that name - could be a fancy beer glass he is holding. |
*'''Title text:''' | *'''Title text:''' | ||
*''Platonic solids'' can be divided into ''platonic'' and ''solids'' | *''Platonic solids'' can be divided into ''platonic'' and ''solids'' | ||
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**{{w|Solid}} is one of the three fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid and gas). ''Doing someone a solid'' can also mean ''doing someone a favor'' | **{{w|Solid}} is one of the three fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid and gas). ''Doing someone a solid'' can also mean ''doing someone a favor'' | ||
***[[Randall]], must be speaking the title text and he wishes his real friends to have material in regular, convex polyhedron shape where as his {{w|platonic friends}} can get any other kind of solid material, alternatively a solid favor. Platonic friends are not necessarily bad to have so maybe it should be a positive toast for those as well. On the other hand, sometimes it is one friend that has decided it should be a platonic friendship. In this case the other may regret this and not wish good things for this friend. | ***[[Randall]], must be speaking the title text and he wishes his real friends to have material in regular, convex polyhedron shape where as his {{w|platonic friends}} can get any other kind of solid material, alternatively a solid favor. Platonic friends are not necessarily bad to have so maybe it should be a positive toast for those as well. On the other hand, sometimes it is one friend that has decided it should be a platonic friendship. In this case the other may regret this and not wish good things for this friend. | ||
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**''Platonic'' can also refer to {{w|Platonic ideal}}s, which are models that real-life objects and processes implement only imperfectly. | **''Platonic'' can also refer to {{w|Platonic ideal}}s, which are models that real-life objects and processes implement only imperfectly. | ||
***So while Randall wants his Platonic friends to have solid objects in the imperfect shapes that can exist in real life, he wants his "real friends" to have impossibly perfect hard copies of the regular tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron. | ***So while Randall wants his Platonic friends to have solid objects in the imperfect shapes that can exist in real life, he wants his "real friends" to have impossibly perfect hard copies of the regular tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[There are two rows of 4 panels each.] | + | :[There are two rows of 4 panels each. Each panel shows a different person offering a toast. Each one has some kind of drink in one hand which they hold up.] |
− | :[Cueball | + | :[First row panels:] |
− | :Cueball: | + | :[Cueball holding up a wine glass to the right:] |
+ | :Cueball: Champaign for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends! | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A blonde woman holding up a regular glass to the left:] |
− | : | + | :Blonde woman: Pseudopods for my real friends and real pods for my pseudo-friends! |
− | :[Megan | + | :[Megan holding up a drinks glass to the right:] |
:Megan: Petticoats for my real friends and real coats for my petty friends. | :Megan: Petticoats for my real friends and real coats for my petty friends. | ||
− | :[A brunette woman | + | :[A "brunette" woman (i.e. similar hair but less dark than Megan) holding up a normal glass with a small umbrella in it to the right:] |
:Brunette woman: Loosestrife for my real friends and real strife for my loose friends! | :Brunette woman: Loosestrife for my real friends and real strife for my loose friends! | ||
− | :[Hairbun | + | :[Second row panels:] |
+ | :[Hairbun holding up a wine glass to the left:] | ||
:Hairbun: Ladybugs for my real friends and real bugs for my lady friends! | :Hairbun: Ladybugs for my real friends and real bugs for my lady friends! | ||
− | :[White Hat | + | :[White Hat holding up a regular glass to the right:] |
:White Hat: Single-payer for my real friends and RealPlayer for my single friends. | :White Hat: Single-payer for my real friends and RealPlayer for my single friends. | ||
− | :[Ponytail | + | :[Ponytail holding up a regular glass to the right:] |
:Ponytail: Tumbleweeds for my real friends and real weed for my Tumblr friends! | :Ponytail: Tumbleweeds for my real friends and real weed for my Tumblr friends! | ||
− | :[Beret Guy | + | :[Beret Guy holding up a wine glass to the left:] |
:Beret Guy: Fauxhawks for my real friends and real hawks for my faux friends! | :Beret Guy: Fauxhawks for my real friends and real hawks for my faux friends! | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]] |