1049: Bookshelf
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 Title text: I had a hard time with Ayn Rand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at 'therefore, be a huge asshole to everyone.' |
[edit] Explanation
This is a play off the typical "hidden door" in which you pull down the right book and suddenly a wall of books turns into a hidden door. It is most used in spy movies or books. In this case, the book is Atlas Shrugged and instead of a secret passage, the wall swings around and takes you to a message "You have terrible taste".
Atlas Shrugged is a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand.
[edit] Transcript
- [Cueball stands in front of a bookshelf]
- Cueball: Ooo, Atlas Shrugged
- [Cueball yanks out book only for a click to be heard]
- [The entire setup begins to rumble, while the bookcase and a surrounding platform takes both it and Cueball behind the wall]
- [The tiny, dark room behind the wall has one thing painted on it]
- Wall: You have terrible taste.
- [The whole piece of kit moves back to its original position. Cueball stands there mildly stunned.]
add a comment!Discussion
Rig this up to the entire twilight section. Problem solved. Davidy22[talk] 13:57, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Does Atlas Shrugged have any particular relevance to the strip? Alpha (talk) 02:14, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- Ayn Rand is pretty controversial, and a lot of people dismiss her books outright. Some of them are an interesting read, though. 217.28.5.48 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
