Editing 1092: Michael Phelps

{{comic
| number    = 1092
| date      = August 8, 2012
| title     = Michael Phelps
| image     = Michael Phelps.png
| imagesize = 
| titletext = [shortly] ... he ate ALL of it!?
}}

== Description ==

{{w|Michael Phelps}} is an American {{w|Olympics|Olympic}} swimmer, who could easily be considered the best swimmer worldwide: he is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, with 22 medals, 18 of them gold (won in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 summer Olympics). He was most dominant in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he won gold in all of the eight events in which he competed (the record for a single games).

This comic is a take on the idea that, Michael Phelps being (irritatingly) fast and uncatchable in a pool, a quirky yet simple trick one could imagine to nullify his pool's supremacy and render him helpless (in a way, to pee on his parade), would be to turn the water into {{w|Jello}}, a gelatine product, by simply dropping a huge quantity of Jello powder in the pool.

In the comic, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] try to get rid of Michael Phelps (as if he were a common pest like an animal) who is swimming in Megan's pool. As they can't catch him since he swims too fast (and he taunts them about it), Cueball resorts to the Jello trick, bringing big boxes of Jello powder, to stop and catch him.

However, according to the title-text, after having waited the time necessary for the water to solidify, Cueball realizes that Phelps ate all the resulting Jello. This may be a reference to Phelps being used to eating impressive food quantities (about 12,000 calories daily), to keep up with his strenuous exercise regimen.<sup>[http://www.michaelphelps.net/michael-phelps-diet/]</sup> It may also be referenced to pictures of Phelps smoking marijuana from a bong that arose after the 2008 Oylmpics in Beijing, China.
{{Comic discussion}}

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 | date      = August 8, 2012
 | title     = Michael Phelps
-| image     = michael phelps.png
+| image     = Michael Phelps.png
-| titletext = [shortly] ...he ate ALL of it!?
+| imagesize =
+| titletext = [shortly] ... he ate ALL of it!?
 }}
-==Explanation==
+== Description ==
-{{w|Michael Phelps}} is an American {{w|Olympics|Olympic}} swimmer, who could easily be considered the best swimmer worldwide: he is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, with 28 medals, 23 of them gold (won in the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 summer Olympics, so it would have been 18 Olympic gold medals at the time the comic was published). He was most dominant in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he won gold in all of the eight events in which he competed, the record for a single games.
-[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] find that the Olympic medalist is in Megan's pool. He refuses to leave, and is too fast to be caught. Cueball brings in boxes of {{w|Jello}} Mix to fill the pool with, thereby gelifying the pool and trapping Phelps or forcing him to leave.
+{{w|Michael Phelps}} is an American {{w|Olympics|Olympic}} swimmer, who could easily be considered the best swimmer worldwide: he is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, with 22 medals, 18 of them gold (won in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 summer Olympics). He was most dominant in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he won gold in all of the eight events in which he competed (the record for a single games).
-However, according to the title text, after having waited the time necessary for the water to gelify (roughly 2 to 4 hours), Cueball realizes that Phelps has eaten all of the resulting Jello. This adds yet another level of absurdity to the situation. This may be a reference to Phelps being used to eating [https://web.archive.org/web/20101113024452/http://www.michaelphelps.net/michael-phelps-diet/ impressive food quantities (about 10,000 calories daily)], to keep up with his strenuous exercise regimen; or it may be a reference to pictures of Phelps smoking from a bong that arose after the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, as marijuana use is often associated with an increased appetite. Otherwise, the text may simply be a reference to Phelps being capable of achieving super-human feats, such as devouring an entire pool full of Jello.
+This comic is a take on the idea that, Michael Phelps being (irritatingly) fast and uncatchable in a pool, a quirky yet simple trick one could imagine to nullify his pool's supremacy and render him helpless (in a way, to pee on his parade), would be to turn the water into {{w|Jello}}, a gelatine product, by simply dropping a huge quantity of Jello powder in the pool.
-Interestingly enough, just pouring Jello powder into a pool would not solidify the water into Jello. The water would have to be boiled, then quickly chilled, for the Jello to set correctly. As Randall is a scientist, he should have known this; therefore, it's possible that he purposefully ignored this fact in favor of the humor. Michael Phelps' top speed is also only around 2.3 m/s, which can easily be outrun by anyone on land.
+In the comic, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] try to get rid of Michael Phelps (as if he were a common pest like an animal) who is swimming in Megan's pool. As they can't catch him since he swims too fast (and he taunts them about it), Cueball resorts to the Jello trick, bringing big boxes of Jello powder, to stop and catch him.
-The title text may be referenced by [[1628: Magnus]], where people are thrown into strange contests with others, for example a hot dog-eating contest against the championship race horse Secretariat.
+However, according to the title-text, after having waited the time necessary for the water to solidify, Cueball realizes that Phelps ate all the resulting Jello. This may be a reference to Phelps being used to eating impressive food quantities (about 12,000 calories daily), to keep up with his strenuous exercise regimen.<sup>[http://www.michaelphelps.net/michael-phelps-diet/]</sup> It may also be referenced to pictures of Phelps smoking marijuana from a bong that arose after the 2008 Oylmpics in Beijing, China.
+{{Comic discussion}}
-==Transcript==
-:[Megan and Cueball standing outside their en-Phelps-ified swimming pool.]
-:Cueball: Why is Michael Phelps in your backyard pool?
-:Megan: I don't know. He's been there all day. ''Go home, Michael!''
-:Michael Phelps: Woo! 18 gold medals!
-:[Megan and Cueball break out a pair of pool nets and unsuccessfully try to snag Phelps.]
-:Cueball: Can you get him?
-:Megan: He's so '''''fast'''''!
-:Phelps: Ha hah! Can't catch me!
-:''Splash splash''
-:[Cueball heads off to fetch something.]
-:[Cueball returns with a hand truck full of Jello mix.]
-:Phelps: Oh crap.
-{{Comic discussion}}
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