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| title = Rubber and Glue | | title = Rubber and Glue | ||
| image = rubber and glue.png | | image = rubber and glue.png | ||
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| titletext = I'm rubber. You're rubber. We contemplate the reality of our existence in mute, vulcanized horror. | | titletext = I'm rubber. You're rubber. We contemplate the reality of our existence in mute, vulcanized horror. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | "I'm rubber, you're glue | + | "I'm rubber, you're glue, your words bounce off me and stick to you" is a schoolground retort used by children to suggest that another's insults are being ignored by the intended recipient of the insult. It is meant to imply that the insults of another person are an indication of their own insecurity and weakness. In this comic, young [[Black Hat]] uses the saying as a graphic metaphor to frighten the children bullying him into calling for their mothers. |
− | + | The book Black Hat is reading is the {{w|CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics}}. It is also nicknamed the 'Rubber Bible' or the 'Rubber Book', as CRC originally stood for "Chemical Rubber Company" | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Playground. | + | :[Playground. Young Megan is balancing on a swing, two kids are swinging and two more kids, Cueball and a boy, are approaching a reading Black Hat.] |
− | : | + | :Boy: Whatchya reading, hatboy? |
− | :Black Hat: The CRC | + | :Black Hat: The CRC handbook of chemistry and physics. |
:Cueball: You are such a loser, it's ''painful''. | :Cueball: You are such a loser, it's ''painful''. | ||
:Black Hat: I'm rubber, you're glue. | :Black Hat: I'm rubber, you're glue. | ||
− | : | + | :Boy: Yeah, well- |
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:Black Hat: ''Glue can't speak.'' | :Black Hat: ''Glue can't speak.'' | ||
:Black Hat: You try to scream, but your mouth fills with glue. | :Black Hat: You try to scream, but your mouth fills with glue. | ||
:Black Hat: Your face is glue. Your body is glue. | :Black Hat: Your face is glue. Your body is glue. | ||
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:Black Hat: I wrap my rubber arms around your sticky bulk. | :Black Hat: I wrap my rubber arms around your sticky bulk. | ||
:Black Hat: Your neoprene base bonds instantly with my surface. | :Black Hat: Your neoprene base bonds instantly with my surface. | ||
:Black Hat: Never to let go. | :Black Hat: Never to let go. | ||
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:Black Hat: You are glue. I am rubber. | :Black Hat: You are glue. I am rubber. | ||
:Black Hat: Staring at you with my dead, rubber eyes- | :Black Hat: Staring at you with my dead, rubber eyes- | ||
:Black Hat: ''Forever.'' | :Black Hat: ''Forever.'' | ||
− | : | + | :[Off-screen]: ''MOOOM!'' |
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− | {{comic discussion}} | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
− | [[Category:Comics featuring | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] |
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[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||
[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||
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