Editing 1097: A Hypochondriac's Nightmare
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| image = a_hypochondriacs_nightmare.png | | image = a_hypochondriacs_nightmare.png | ||
| titletext = BUT WHAT IF I REASSURE MYSELF WITH A JOKE AND THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RASH AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE DEATH MITES AND I COULD HAVE CAUGHT IT | | titletext = BUT WHAT IF I REASSURE MYSELF WITH A JOKE AND THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RASH AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE DEATH MITES AND I COULD HAVE CAUGHT IT | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | {{w|Hypochondriac}}s are people who worry obsessively about their health | + | {{w|Hypochondriac}}s are people who worry obsessively about their health. This is a hypochondriac's nightmare because he always was expecting to die from of a mysterious undiagnosed disease, but instead dies by slipping on a banana and getting sucked into an airplane engine. [[Cueball]] regrets wasting so many hours on {{w|WebMD}} (an online health symptom reference) worrying about a rash on his arm as opposed to looking out for banana peels laying in front of jet engines. Part of the joke is that people looking for health information on the Internet often convince themselves they have some deadly disease. |
− | The title text (in ALL CAPS | + | The title text (in ALL CAPS - so shouting in despair) adds another level of hypochondrism. [[Randall]] drew this particular joke to soothe his fears and reassure himself that the rash is nothing. But what if that reassurance just makes him not check out the rash, and then it turns out the rash is caused by "death {{w|mite}}s" and ultimately leads to his death? |
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+ | == Trivia == | ||
+ | *When published Hypochondriac was wrongly spelled as Hypochrondiac. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball at an airport slips on a banana peel and gets sucked into a nearby jet engine | + | :[Cueball at an airport slips on a banana peel and gets sucked into a nearby jet engine] |
:Cueball (thinking): Seriously!? '''''This''''' is what gets me? I wasted so many hours on WebMD worrying about the rash on my arm! | :Cueball (thinking): Seriously!? '''''This''''' is what gets me? I wasted so many hours on WebMD worrying about the rash on my arm! | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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