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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Black Hat]] has created a set of tools that work in complete silence so that he can go to | + | {{incomplete}} |
+ | A skeptic is someone who doesn't believe in, or at least strongly doubts the possibility of, supernatural occurrences such as poltergeists or aliens. [[Black Hat]] has created a set of tools that work in complete silence so that he can go to his house late at night, do some rearranging of walls and moving of windows, just to screw with him in typical Black Hat fashion. | ||
− | The | + | The number of this comic (666) just happens to be {{w|The Number Of The Beast}}, or the "devil" number (the devil being a supernatural entity, which skeptics believe to not exist). |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Black Hat is hammering something on a table.] | :[Black Hat is hammering something on a table.] | ||
− | :Cueball: | + | :Cueball: What- |
:Black Hat: Silent hammer. I've made a set of silent tools. | :Black Hat: Silent hammer. I've made a set of silent tools. | ||
:Cueball: Why? | :Cueball: Why? | ||
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:[He takes his silent hammer over to a tool bench with other things on it. Two boxes underneath are labeled "Drills" and "Non-Drills."] | :[He takes his silent hammer over to a tool bench with other things on it. Two boxes underneath are labeled "Drills" and "Non-Drills."] | ||
− | + | :After a week or so of questioning his own sanity, the owner will stay up to watch the house at night. I'll make scratching noises in the walls, pipe in knockout gas, move him up to his bed, and never bother him again. | |
:[The events he's describing are shown in two mini-panels below.] | :[The events he's describing are shown in two mini-panels below.] | ||
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:Cueball, off-panel: Nice prank, I guess, but what's the point? | :Cueball, off-panel: Nice prank, I guess, but what's the point? | ||
:Black Hat: Check out the owner's card, on the table. | :Black Hat: Check out the owner's card, on the table. | ||
:Cueball, off-panel: Chair of the American Skeptics Society? Oh, god. | :Cueball, off-panel: Chair of the American Skeptics Society? Oh, god. | ||
:Black Hat: Yeah, this doesn't end well for him. | :Black Hat: Yeah, this doesn't end well for him. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
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