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 Title text: As always, you are permitted to call one person for guidance, but that person must be a grandparent. |
Explanation
Many household problems have a range of commonly-circulated supposed solutions using easily available items and ingredients, such as using salt to lift a stain out of a carpet. Sometimes, when one of these problems presents itself, several competing remedies may be offered by those present. This comic imagines this as a competitive sport, in which the final test is to combine several of these problems into one grand challenge to be solved. Specifically, the contestants in this case are presented with:
- removing unpleasant odours (in this case, that of a skunk)
- curing a hangover
- removing chewing gum stuck in hair
and possibly
- removing a wild animal from the premises
The title text's requirement that any assistance must come from a grandparent may reference the fact that such treatments are sometimes referred to as 'old wives' tales', or possibly just that they are often handed down as family lore.
Transcript
[Cueball, holding a microphone, is addressing 3 contestants (Megan, White Hat & Hairbun), each standing at desks, with cages containing skunks on the desks]
Cueball: And now, for the final round, you have each been given a skunk with a hangover & chewing gum stuck to it's fur.
Cueball: You have 30 minutes. Good luck.
[Caption below the image:]
The Home Remedy World Championships
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