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| title    = Family Circus
 
| title    = Family Circus
 
| image    = family circus.jpg
 
| image    = family circus.jpg
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| titletext = This was my friend David's idea
 
| titletext = This was my friend David's idea
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
''{{w|The Family Circus}}'' is a comic characterized by single-panel round comics with a caption below the comic. Jeffy is a character in ''Family Circus'', and dotted lines representing his wanderings are a frequent theme of ''Family Circus'' comics. {{w|Obsessive-compulsive disorder}} (OCD) is a mental illness that compels the sufferer to perform repetitive actions. Common symptoms include, but are not restricted to, excessive hand washing and repeated opening and closing of a door.
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{{w|Family Circus}} is a comic characterized by single-pane round comics with a caption below the comic. Jeff is a character in the Family Circus. {{w|Obsessive-compulsive disorder}} (OCD) is a mental illness that compels the sufferer to perform repetitive actions. Common symptoms include, but are not restricted to, excessive hand washing and repeated opening and closing of a door.
  
The comic depicts the character Jeffy as having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and traces his movements over a period of time. The dotted line that depicts his movements returns frequently to the kitchen sink, presumably either to repeatedly wash his hands or to make sure that the faucet was turned off.
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The comic depicts the character Jeff as having Obsessive-compulsive disorder, and traces his movements over a period of time. The dotted line that depicts his movements returns frequently to the kitchen sink, presumably to wash his hands.
 
 
In the title text, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] attributes this idea to the unknown friend [[David]]. He did the same in [[42: Geico]] and [[51: Malaria]].
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Picture shows a pathway winding through trees to a sink inside a house, out to some swings and back to the sink, out to a ball and back to the sink, then on into the house.]
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:[Picture shows a pathway winding through trees to a sink inside a house, out to some swings and back to the sink, out to a ball and back to the sink...]
:Jeffy's ongoing struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder
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:Caption: Jeff's ongoing struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder
 
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
  
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{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
[[Category:Comics featuring David]]
 
[[Category:Psychology]]
 
[[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]
 

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