Editing 1160: Drop Those Pounds
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | The | + | The comic presents a flyer with text typical of a ubiquitous advertisement for a "Weight Loss Program". However, the image at the bottom of the flyer and the title text make it clear that the flyer is actually an advertisement for a trebuchet club. This unexpected meaning is meant to highlight the ambiguity of the flyer's content. |
+ | A {{w|trebuchet}} is gravity powered siege engine, which was originally used to attack fortifications. It works by dropping a raised counter weight to rotate a throwing arm, launching a projectile on a ballistic path. | ||
+ | The phrase "We'll help you hit your target by dropping 30 pounds FAST" is where the ambiguity is produced. In the context of a weight loss ad, the "target" would be a rhetorical device referring to the weight which one wishes to achieve. In the context of a trebuchet club, the target is a literal location which one is trying to hit with a projectile. Likewise, a weight loss ad may indicate that a client could quickly lose 30 pounds. However, in this context, the 30 pounds being dropped is the counter-weight which is dropped to provide a trebuchet with its power. | ||
− | The | + | The only hint that the flyer advertises a trebuchet club is in the drawing at the bottom of the flyer, which appears to show two individuals launching pondering a ballistic path towards a castle tower (though no trebuchet is shown). The subtitle indicates that this flyer "may have been too subtle", while the title text suggests that, if the flyer is indeed too subtle a form of advertisement, they have less subtle options of announcing their club's existence -- such as using their trebuchet to attack the town. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Poster with drawing of Megan and Cueball in bottom left corner, castle in bottom right corner and a curved line between them. On the poster is some large text.] |
:Struggling with those 2013 resolutions? | :Struggling with those 2013 resolutions? | ||
− | :We'll help you hit your target | + | :We'll help you hit hit your target |
:By dropping thirty pounds '''fast''' | :By dropping thirty pounds '''fast''' | ||
:[Small print.] | :[Small print.] | ||
− | : | + | :Web: http:// [Illegible] .com |
− | : | + | :Call: [Illegible.] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | + | [[Category: Comics featuring Cueball]] |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan | + | [[Category: Comics featuring Megan]] |
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