https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=AceHighexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-17T08:51:19ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=108:_M.C._Hammer_Slide&diff=86661108: M.C. Hammer Slide2015-03-20T01:35:49Z<p>AceHigh: this vid actually works</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 108<br />
| date = May 29, 2006<br />
| title = M.C. Hammer Slide<br />
| image = mc_hammer_slide.png<br />
| titletext = Once, long ago, I saw this girl go by. I didn't stop and talk to her, and I've regretted it ever since.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The base part of the comic is self-explanatory: Girl attracts Boy, Boy notices Girl, Boy approaches Girl, Girl reacts positively, Boy falls in love, Girl decides to answer lovecall, happily ever after etc. The quirk in this comic is the way Girl catches attention of Boy in the comic: through the signature move of 1980's rapper {{w|MC Hammer}} (the slide). To watch MC Hammer doin' the slide, click [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=otCpCn0l4Wo#t=116 here].<br />
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The title text indicates that [[Randall]] once saw a girl go by and regrets that he did not speak with her as Boy does in this comic. The title text is unclear whether Randall is stressing the word "this". It is possible that the girl Randall is referring to was actually doing the slide.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Two guys stand next to each other talking.]<br />
:Hairy: I just feel like somewhere out there is the girl for me.<br />
:Cueball: Yeah.<br />
:Hairy: Someone loving and caring.<br />
:Cueball: I know what you mean.<br />
:Hairy: A girl whose only mode of transportation is the M.C. Hammer Slide.<br />
:Cueball: Yeah.<br />
:Cueball: ...Wait, what?<br />
:[Megan hammer slides past.]<br />
:[Hairy sees Megan hammer slide and it's love at first sight.]<br />
:[Megan hammer slides over into Hairy's waiting arms.]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Romance]]</div>AceHigh