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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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{{w|Cadbury Creme Egg|Cadbury Eggs}} are a chocolate, egg-shaped candy with a white and yellow filling. They are supposed to replicate a real egg with a hard exterior and soft interior.
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{{w|Cadbury Creme Egg|Cadbury Eggs}} are a chocolate egg-shaped candy with a filling. They are supposed to replicate a regular egg with a hard exterior and soft interior. However, with Cadbury Eggs, you can eat the outside.
  
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In this comic, [[Cueball]] is trying to say that sodas have way too much sugar to even be appealing as beverages, because they contain as much sugar as 2 or 3 Cadbury Eggs, and one Cadbury Egg alone makes him feel gross. (A 12 oz can equals 355 mL, while a 20 oz bottle is about 590 mL.)
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In this comic, [[Cueball]] is trying to say that sodas have way too much sugar to even be appealing as a beverage because they contain as much sugar as 2 or 3 Cadbury Eggs and one Cadbury Egg alone makes him feel sick.
  
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However, [[Megan]] interprets this in precisely the opposite way to what Cueball intended. Instead of comparing soda to Cadbury Eggs, she compares Cadbury Eggs to soda. If a [[1070|few]] Cadbury Eggs have the same amount of sugar as soda, Megan can eat as many as she wants year-round in place of soda, with no additional guilt. Cadbury Eggs are usually consumed around {{w|Easter}} — which is anywhere between March 22nd and May 7th, depending on whether one is consulting the Catholic or Orthodox calendar.
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However, [[Megan]], of course, takes it the wrong way and indicates that this means that she can eat Cadbury Eggs year round and as many as she wants. Cadbury Eggs are usually consumed around {{w|Easter}} - which is usually anywhere from late March to late April.
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The title text mentions the closure of the {{w|Cadbury Creme Egg#Manufacture in New Zealand|manufacture in New Zealand}} in 2009 and the change of the filling from runny to thick as a consequence. The joke here is the comparison to real eggs, which can be cooked {{w|Scrambled_eggs|scrambled}}, the new thick filling is not liquid enough to be cooked in a pan, as was the old runny filling. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6wfXej1IG4 People did it anyway.]
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:[Two Cadbury eggs, one in the foil, the other out of the foil and broken open to reveal the gooey center.]
 
:[Two Cadbury eggs, one in the foil, the other out of the foil and broken open to reveal the gooey center.]
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:A Cadbury egg has about 20g of sugar. (25g outside the US.) "One Cadbury Egg" is a nice unit of sugar content.
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:A Cadbury egg has about 20g of sugar. (25, Outside the US) "One Cadbury Egg" is a nice unit of sugar content.
  
 
:[A can of soda with an equals sign and two eggs; a bottle of soda with an equals sign and three eggs.]
 
:[A can of soda with an equals sign and two eggs; a bottle of soda with an equals sign and three eggs.]
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:[Megan puts her hand to her chin in thought, Cueball has his arms out in exclamation.]
 
:[Megan puts her hand to her chin in thought, Cueball has his arms out in exclamation.]
 
:Megan: Wow. Huh. So the takeaway is... I can eat Cadbury eggs by the handful all season and feel no worse about it than I do about soda?
 
:Megan: Wow. Huh. So the takeaway is... I can eat Cadbury eggs by the handful all season and feel no worse about it than I do about soda?
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:Cueball: That's not really—  
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:Cueball: That's not really—
 
:Megan: This is ''awesome!''
 
:Megan: This is ''awesome!''
 
:Cueball: *sigh*
 
:Cueball: *sigh*
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==Trivia==
 
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*Cadbury Eggs and the high sugar content of soda are referenced again in [[1793: Soda Sugar Comparisons]].
 
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*The Cadbury egg/soda comparison is also mentioned in the what if? {{what if|74|Soda Planet}}.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
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[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
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