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| date = November 28, 2005 | | date = November 28, 2005 | ||
| title = Geico | | title = Geico | ||
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| image = geico.jpg | | image = geico.jpg | ||
| − | | titletext = David did this | + | | titletext = David did this |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This | + | This comic references a long-running ad campaign for {{w|Geico}} insurance in which a character (different in each commercial) lists a series of horrible events or news, but then caps it off with "but I've got good news: I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico" – news that may be good, but is usually either trivial compared to the magnitude of the preceding bad news, or else is said to the person whom all of the preceding bad news applied to, giving them false hope that the good news was for them. It became a recognizable pop culture phrase. Geico's ad is also mentioned in [[870: Advertising]]. |
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| + | In this one-panel comic, [[Cueball]] parodies the punchline by saving money on his car insurance by intimidation, instead of choosing the best provider. | ||
| − | + | In the title text, [[Randall]] attributes this comic to the unknown friend [[:Category:David|David]]. He does the same in [[51: Malaria]] and [[100: Family Circus]]. We can assume (or rather, we can ''hope'') that "this" refers to the act of writing the comic, as opposed to the act of threatening his insurance agent. | |
| − | + | A golf club is also mentioned, and used for similarly socially unacceptable actions, in [[81: Attention, shopper]]. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | This is the first xkcd | + | *This was the 38th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. |
| + | **The previous was [[35: Sheep]]. | ||
| + | **The next was [[38: Apple Jacks]]. | ||
| + | *Original title: "Monday's Drawing: Geico" | ||
| + | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "Current mood: :( sick" | ||
| + | **The sad smiley was green with two x for eyes. | ||
| + | **It suggests that he was feeling really bad. | ||
| + | **This is further supported by the fact that he made a reply to the first comment on LiveJournal "hehe, silly". | ||
| + | **His reply: "No laughing, 'less you want some of this too! *hefts golf club menacingly*" | ||
| + | *This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006. | ||
| + | **It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others. | ||
| + | **The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44. | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{Comic discussion}} |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 38]] |
| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] |
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:David]] |
[[Category:Comics with lowercase text]] | [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]] | ||
