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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
[[Cueball]] wants to use his {{w|GPS navigation device|GPS device}} to find an individual's house, and therefore needs the house's address. The person on the phone is giving him directions, something that is useless because by giving Cueball the address, the GPS can give directions to the address, possibly better than the ones he is getting over the phone. Cueball then decides to tell the person that he would like to mail something to their house, hoping they will give him the address, because you must have the address to mail something.{{Citation needed}}
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Cueball wants to use his GPS to find an individual's house, and therefore needs the house's address. The person on the phone is giving him directions, something that is useless because by giving Cueball the address, the GPS can give directions to the address, possibly better than the ones he is getting over the phone. Cueball then decides to tell the person that he would like to mail something to their house, hoping they will give him the address, because you must have the address to mail something.
  
 
The title text is a continuation of the comic's joke. By the end of the comic, Cueball has got the information he needs, and has just ignored the directions he did not want. However, if the person on the phone insists on checking Cueball has remembered the directions correctly, Cueball has to be able to learn the useless information he did not want in the first place, and has been mostly ignoring, at least well enough to repeat it once.
 
The title text is a continuation of the comic's joke. By the end of the comic, Cueball has got the information he needs, and has just ignored the directions he did not want. However, if the person on the phone insists on checking Cueball has remembered the directions correctly, Cueball has to be able to learn the useless information he did not want in the first place, and has been mostly ignoring, at least well enough to repeat it once.
  
Judging by the roads mentioned in the comic (Highland Rd and presumably {{w|Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)|I-495}} and {{w|Massachusetts Route 18|MA-18}}), the person on the phone lives somewhere around [http://goo.gl/maps/tXFbF southern Lakeville, Massachusetts], and Cueball is starting from the Boston area.
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Judging by the roads mentioned in the comic (presumably {{w|Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)|I-495}} and {{w|Massachusetts Route 18|MA-18}}), the person on the phone lives somewhere around [http://goo.gl/maps/tXFbF southern Lakeville, Massachusetts], and Cueball is starting from the Boston area.
 
 
The superfluousness of giving directions as opposed to using a GPS is also mentioned in [[1155: Kolmogorov Directions]].
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:[Cueball on phone.]
 
:[Cueball on phone.]
:Cueball: Looking forward to seeing your new place! What's the address?
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:Cueball: Looking forward to seeing your new place! What's the address? - Mm hmm. Yes, I'm taking 495. But I have a GPS, so I really just need the street address.
:Cueball: Mm hmm. Yes, I'm taking 495, but I have a GPS, so I really just need the street address.
 
  
 
:[Close up.]
 
:[Close up.]
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:[Full body shot, facing other direction.]
 
:[Full body shot, facing other direction.]
:Cueball: Thanks, I'm glad to know Highland Road comes a mile after the big intersection, but I keep saying I ''have a GPS'', can you tell me the street address?
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:Cueball: Thanks, I'm glad to know Highland Road comes a mile after the big intersection, but I keep saying I have a GPS, can you tell me the street address? ...Technically that's just more information on how to get to your place, not the address itself. If you could-
:Cueball: ...
 
:Cueball: Technically that's just more information on how to get to your place, not the address itself. If you could-
 
  
 
:[Close up again, Cueball writing on pad.]
 
:[Close up again, Cueball writing on pad.]
:Cueball: ...I appreciate that you want to help, but I'm ''ignoring'' you and just waiting for the...
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:Cueball: ...I appreciate that you want to help, but I'm ignoring you and just waiting for the... Listen, I just remembered I need to mail you a letter. What's your address? - Mhm... okay... Great, Thanks! I'll see you in an hour!
:Cueball: Listen, I just remembered I need to mail you a letter. What's your address?
 
:Cueball: Mhm... okay...
 
:Cueball: Great, thanks! I'll see you in an hour!
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]

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