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<p>130.209.6.40: /* Transcript */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 475<br /> | date = September 12, 2008<br /> | title = Further Boomerang Difficulties<br /> | image = further_boomerang_difficulties.png<br /> | imagesize = <br /> | titletext = 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.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The first strip has a man throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back. (It's implied to have come back to either him or another man 464 comics later in [[939: Arrow]].)<br /> <br /> The second strip has the man throwing another boomerang, which somehow hurts the {{w|ozone layer}} (as indicated by an offscreen voice).<br /> <br /> 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. &quot;You're such an asshole,&quot; she notes.<br /> <br /> The final strip has the man throwing one last boomerang, which breaks the window of his spaceship.<br /> <br /> 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}}.<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> * 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.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> [The man throws a boomerang, which doesn't come back.]<br /> <br /> [The man throws another boomerang.]<br /> <br /> Offscreen voice: Oh god<br /> <br /> Offscreen voice: The ozone layer!<br /> <br /> [The man seems shocked.]<br /> <br /> [The man throws what appears to be a boomerang, but then Megan arrives.]<br /> <br /> Megan: That was our last banana.<br /> <br /> Megan: You're such an asshole.<br /> <br /> [The man throws the final boomerang, which smashes through the panel, which turns out to be the character's spaceship.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}} <br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Boomerangs]]</div>

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