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This comic juxtaposes a familiar exchange with a surreal outcome. | This comic juxtaposes a familiar exchange with a surreal outcome. | ||
− | [[Megan]] is returning after a short absence. [[Cueball]] reacts as if she had been gone for years, and admits to having an affair while waiting. | + | [[Megan]] is returning after a ''short absence''. [[Cueball]] reacts as if she had been gone for years, and admits to having an affair while waiting. |
− | In this comic, a familiar exchange occurs where one person asks the other why they did not wait. The humor lies in the improbability | + | In this comic, a familiar exchange occurs where one person asks the other why they did not wait. The humor lies in the immense improbability for him to fall in love and have an affair within 90 seconds, and the near-impossibility for him, in that short span of time, to have had a child about Megan's current age (she would initially have had to be about the age of a newly fertilized zygote when she'd left). |
− | [[Scott]] appears to be a friend of [[Randall]]. Comics 57 through 59 all have the title text ''[[:Category:Opening dialogue by Scott|Opening dialogue by Scott]]'', forming a sort of informal mini-series inspired by him. They are: | + | Another explanation is that Cueball, is in fact, Beret Guy (minus the beret), as Beret Guy has been shown to have the ability to manipulate time and reality. |
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+ | [[Scott]] appears to be a friend of [[Randall Munroe]]. Comics 57 through 59 all have the title text ''[[:Category:Opening dialogue by Scott|Opening dialogue by Scott]]'', forming a sort of informal mini-series inspired by him. They are: | ||
*[[57: Wait For Me]] | *[[57: Wait For Me]] | ||
*[[58: Why Do You Love Me?]] | *[[58: Why Do You Love Me?]] | ||
*[[59: Graduation]] | *[[59: Graduation]] | ||
− | As there already was a comic released on Monday that week, the first of these three | + | As there already was a comic released on Monday that week, the first of these three were released already on Tuesday, then Wednesday and Friday. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball and Megan stand facing one another.] | :[Cueball and Megan stand facing one another.] | ||
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:Megan: Why didn't you wait for me? | :Megan: Why didn't you wait for me? | ||
:Cueball: I thought you were gone forever! | :Cueball: I thought you were gone forever! | ||
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:Megan: I said I'd be back in a minute! | :Megan: I said I'd be back in a minute! | ||
− | :Cueball: The... the seconds went fast at first, but then they started to drag on. | + | :Cueball: The... the seconds went fast at first, but then they started to drag on. She was there for me. |
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:Megan: You had an affair in the 90 seconds I was gone?! | :Megan: You had an affair in the 90 seconds I was gone?! | ||
:Cueball: ...yes. | :Cueball: ...yes. | ||
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:Cueball: And we had a son. | :Cueball: And we had a son. | ||
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:Cueball: He'd be about your age now. | :Cueball: He'd be about your age now. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Opening dialogue by Scott]] | [[Category:Opening dialogue by Scott]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Scott]] |
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