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| number =294 | | number =294 | ||
| date =July 27, 2007 | | date =July 27, 2007 | ||
− | | title = | + | | title =Bookcase |
| image =bookstore.png | | image =bookstore.png | ||
| titletext =You can search it if you want, but you may want to skip the memories of your mom. | | titletext =You can search it if you want, but you may want to skip the memories of your mom. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Pretty straightforward: Cueball starts reading a book off the shelf as he considers buying it, but gets so engrossed in it that he accidentally reads the entire thing, eliminating his reason for buying it in the first place. Quietly putting it back, he turns to leave the store, only to have the book (which exists in his brain as information) set off the store's anti-theft sensor. | |
− | The | + | The alt-text suggests that if the security guard wants to do a brain search, he might want to skip over all the sexual encounters Cueball's had with his mom. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Man is standing in a bookstore, looking at a book] |
− | : | + | :Man: This book looks interesting. Maybe I'll buy it. |
− | + | :[The man reads the book; a clock appears above showing the passage of time] | |
− | :[ | + | :Man: Oops, I read the whole thing. |
− | + | :Man: I'll just quietly put it back and go. | |
− | : | + | :[Man walks through a security scanner to exit the bookstore] |
− | : | + | :<<BEEP BEEP BEEP>> |
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:Voice from off-frame: Hey! Your brain set off the sensor! | :Voice from off-frame: Hey! Your brain set off the sensor! | ||
− | : | + | :Man: I, uhh... |
− | :Voice from off-frame: You have a book in there, don | + | :Voice from off-frame: You have a book in there, don't you! |
− | : | + | :Man: Crap. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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