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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a pair of GLASSES.}} | |
+ | A play on the common term for a table, such as a dining or coffee table, that has a glass surface. "Glass-topped table" usually means the table top is made of glass, but in this comic the phrase represents, instead, a table with a glass surface where surface has been "topped" with a drinking glass. Notably, the glass is part of the table top, merged with the regular glass surface so that the glass can not be lifted off of the table. This would thus requite the use of a straw to drink from it. | ||
− | Furthermore, the otherwise normal-looking drinking glass looks like it has been | + | Furthermore, the otherwise normal-looking drinking glass, looks like it has been places over the edge of the table and is about to fall off. This could make anyone unfamiliar with the table likely to snatch out after the glass to prevent a disaster. This could potentially have unfortunate consequences, since the glass cannot be moved without moving the entire table. |
− | + | Presumably the advertisement for this item doesn't make this configuration clear, because buyers come in expecting to get an ordinary glass-topped table, but they're not interested in buying one when they discover the extra glass attached. The caption says this is the least popular item in their furniture store. That would especially be the case if people order it online. In a picture of it on a web-page, the glass would just look like part of the representation of the table, albeit a weird one. But it is not unusual that a table in a commercial will have glasses or other items on top of it, to make it look useful. | |
− | The title text adds to this by saying it would be difficult to put the glass in a dishwasher, since you would need to bring the table with it. There are dishwashers [https://www.thekbzine.com/pages/13317/worlds_largest_dishwasher_unveiled/ big enough] to fit tables, but they are not for | + | The title text adds to this by saying it would be difficult to put the glass in a dishwasher, since you would need to bring the table with it. There are dishwashers [https://www.thekbzine.com/pages/13317/worlds_largest_dishwasher_unveiled/#:~:text=Bosch%20unveiled%20the%20world's%20largest,water%20and%20stay%20perfectly%20dry big enough] to fit tables, but they are not for regular households. And that won't make moving the table any easier. Cleaning the glass after a drink would thus have to be done by hand, and the water in the glass has to be sucked out or mopped up. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[The comic shows a square table with a glass surface. The glass surface is not clear enough to see through | + | :[The comic shows a square table with a glass surface. The glass surface is not clear enough to see through. A drinking glass stands nearly half-way over the right edge of the table, so it looks like it is in 'danger' of falling. Apparently, however, is seems that this glass is merged with the glass surface of table, thus it cannot fall off. There is a caption below the panel:] |
:The least popular item at my furniture store is probably the table with a decorative drinking glass built into the edge of the glass top. | :The least popular item at my furniture store is probably the table with a decorative drinking glass built into the edge of the glass top. | ||