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This comic is a sequel of sorts to [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]], as it deals with the same subject manner with the same panel layout.
 
This comic is a sequel of sorts to [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]], as it deals with the same subject manner with the same panel layout.
  
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The first strip has a man throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back.
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The first strip shows [[Cueball]] throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back. In [[939: Arrow]], a boomerang returns to Cueball, which can either be the same Cueball from this comic or another person. Then he throws another boomerang, which somehow hurts the {{w|ozone layer}} (as indicated by an offscreen voice). The third strip shows Cueball throwing something what ''appears'' to be a boomerang, but then [[Megan]] appears and reveals that it was their last banana.
  
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The second strip has the man throwing another boomerang, which somehow hurts the {{w|ozone layer}} (as indicated by an offscreen voice).
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The final strip shows Cueball throwing one last boomerang, which breaks the frame of the comic. The last panel shows that he was actually inside a spacecraft (which resembles an {{w|Apollo Lunar Module}} in a very bad manner), and the boomerang has broken out through the hull. We see him tumbling out into space with the escaping air.
  
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The third strip has the man throwing what ''appears'' to be a boomerang, but then [[Megan]] appears and reveals that it was their last banana. "You're such an asshole," she notes.
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The title text notes that, assuming one theory that the universe has a positive (closed) {{w|curvature}}, the boomerang would, after a long time, travel all the way around the universe to return where it started and hit Cueball at the back of his head.
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The final strip has the man throwing one last boomerang, which busts through the panel and flies out of some spaceship-looking thing.
 
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The title text notes that the boomerang would return and hit him in the back of the head thanks to the universe's {{w|curvature}} and {{w|mass}}.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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[The man throws a boomerang, which doesn't come back.]
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:[Cueball is throwing boomerang.]
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:[Holding his hands up.]
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[The man throws another boomerang.]
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:[Cueball waits for return; continual waiting.]
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:[Cueball is dejected, head hangs low.]
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Offscreen voice: Oh god
 
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Offscreen voice: The ozone layer!
 
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[The man seems shocked.]
 
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[The man throws what appears to be a boomerang, but then Megan arrives.]
 
  
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Megan: That was our last banana.
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:[Cueball throws boomerang.]
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:[Cueball waits for boomerang.]
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:Outside: Oh God
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:Outside: The ozone layer!
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:[Cueball is surprised.]
  
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Megan: You're such an asshole.
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:[Cueball throws boomerang banana.]
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:[Cueball waits.]
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:[Megan walks in.]
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:Megan: That was our last banana.
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:Megan: You're such an asshole.
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:[Cueball throws boomerang.]
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:[Boomerang breaks out of the panel box.]
  
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[The man throws the final boomerang, which smashes through the panel and into space somehow.]
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:[Boomerang breaks out of a spacecraft, followed by Cueball.]
  
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{{comic discussion}}
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==Trivia==
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*Part of this comic and [[939: Arrow]] is the picture for the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrickJoke Brick Joke] page on TV Tropes.
  
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{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
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[[Category:Boomerangs]]
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[[Category:Physics]]

Revision as of 20:34, 13 March 2014

Further Boomerang Difficulties
An eternity later, the universe having turned out to have positive curvature and lots of mass, the boomerang hits him in the back of the head.
Title text: An eternity later, the universe having turned out to have positive curvature and lots of mass, the boomerang hits him in the back of the head.

Explanation

This comic is a sequel of sorts to 445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs, as it deals with the same subject manner with the same panel layout.

The first strip shows Cueball throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back. In 939: Arrow, a boomerang returns to Cueball, which can either be the same Cueball from this comic or another person. Then he throws another boomerang, which somehow hurts the ozone layer (as indicated by an offscreen voice). The third strip shows Cueball throwing something what appears to be a boomerang, but then Megan appears and reveals that it was their last banana.

The final strip shows Cueball throwing one last boomerang, which breaks the frame of the comic. The last panel shows that he was actually inside a spacecraft (which resembles an Apollo Lunar Module in a very bad manner), and the boomerang has broken out through the hull. We see him tumbling out into space with the escaping air.

The title text notes that, assuming one theory that the universe has a positive (closed) curvature, the boomerang would, after a long time, travel all the way around the universe to return where it started and hit Cueball at the back of his head.

Transcript

[Cueball is throwing boomerang.]
[Holding his hands up.]
[Cueball waits for return; continual waiting.]
[Cueball is dejected, head hangs low.]
[Cueball throws boomerang.]
[Cueball waits for boomerang.]
Outside: Oh God
Outside: The ozone layer!
[Cueball is surprised.]
[Cueball throws boomerang banana.]
[Cueball waits.]
[Megan walks in.]
Megan: That was our last banana.
Megan: You're such an asshole.
[Cueball throws boomerang.]
[Boomerang breaks out of the panel box.]
[Boomerang breaks out of a spacecraft, followed by Cueball.]

Trivia


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Discussion

Wow, that's a pretty cool spaceship. How does he leave? Me[citation needed] 15:02, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

I feel like he isn't leaning back in horror in the last strip. I rather think that, since he's in a spaceship with no gravity, the angular momentum makes him turn a bit. 162.158.222.45 22:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

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