Editing 427: Bad Timing

{{comic
| number    = 427
| date      = May 23, 2008
| title     = Bad Timing
| image     = bad_timing.png
| titletext = Protip: Even without the red spiders, never have that conversation halfway through a balloon ride.
}}

==Explanation==
In the comic, Cueball breaks up with Megan in the middle of a {{w|hot air balloon}} ride. Then {{w|Non sequitur (literary device)|the red spiders attack}}.

The red spiders are among the earliest XKCD characters, appearing in [[8: Red spiders]] and [[126: Red Spiders Cometh]].

As the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/protip Protip] in the title text states, a break-up conversation while you are stranded in an inaccessible location is very poor manners.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball and Megan, flying in a hot air balloon]
:Cueball: I like you. I'm just not feeling the relationship. 
:Cueball: I'm sorry.
:Cueball: It's just bad timing. Me with my classes, you with your work, the spiders...
:Megan: The what?
:[Red Spiders crowd onto balloon, causing it to fall]

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Cueball]] breaks up with [[Megan]] in the middle of a {{w|hot air balloon}} ride. Then {{w|Non sequitur (literary device)|the red spiders attack}}.
+In the comic, Cueball breaks up with Megan in the middle of a {{w|hot air balloon}} ride. Then {{w|Non sequitur (literary device)|the red spiders attack}}.
-The red spiders are among the earliest xkcd [[characters]], first appearing in [[8: Red spiders]].
+The red spiders are among the earliest XKCD characters, appearing in [[8: Red spiders]] and [[126: Red Spiders Cometh]].
-As the protip in the title text states, a break-up conversation while you are stranded in an inaccessible location is very poor manners. Also, the suggestion may be interpreted that breaking up in a hot air balloon is a very dangerous way to do it; the reaction may result in one or both parties falling out of the basket, or at least make the remainder of the flight very awkward.
+As the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/protip Protip] in the title text states, a break-up conversation while you are stranded in an inaccessible location is very poor manners.
-This was the first comic to give a ''protip'' in the title text, but several have followed, as can be seen in the [[:Category:Protip|protip category]].
-The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics:
-*[[8: Red Spiders]], the first one.
-*[[43: Red Spiders 2]], in which the spiders begin building.
-*[[47: Counter-Red Spiders]], in which the humans begin a counter-offensive.
-*[[126: Red Spiders Cometh]], in which the spiders attack a city.
-*[[427: Bad Timing]], this one.
-*[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]], in which it appears briefly in the 14th panel crawling over a cube.
 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball and Megan, flying in a hot air balloon that takes up most of the panel.]
+:[Cueball and Megan, flying in a hot air balloon]
 :Cueball: I like you. I'm just not feeling the relationship.
-:[The hot air balloon is now further away, and a rough sketch of the ground below with possible shoreline features is shown.]
 :Cueball: I'm sorry.
-:[Only the basket of the hot air balloon is shown, with the rest being cut off by the edge of the panel.]
 :Cueball: It's just bad timing. Me with my classes, you with your work, the spiders...
 :Megan: The what?
+:[Red Spiders crowd onto balloon, causing it to fall]
-:[Red Spiders crowd onto the balloon, causing it to begin to fall. Cueball and Megan look panicked.]
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-[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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-[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
-[[Category:Red Spiders]]
-[[Category:Comics with color]]
-[[Category:Romance]]
-[[Category:Protip]]
-[[Category:Animals]]