Editing 284: Tape Measure

{{comic
| number    = 284
| date      = July 2, 2007
| title     = Tape Measure
| image     = tape_measure.png
| titletext = This sequence was later reproduced in the International Tape-Extending Federation archives, retitled 'The Founding of the Sport'.
}}

==Explanation==
At this comic [[Cueball]] acts like a small boy, finding a tape measure and then playing with it. He then extends it to 8 feet, wondering whether or not that was a record, which makes him imagine a sport where extending the tape measure as far as possible was the goal.

The title text refers to a future where this sport exists and this comic is a representation of the origin of this sport.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball finds a tape measure.]
:Cueball: Hey, a tape measure.

:[Cueball extends the tape measure.]
:''extend extend''

:[The tape measure falls.]
:''clatter''

:[Cueball tries again.]
:''click''
:''schwoop''

:''extend extend''

:''extend''

:Cueball (thinking): Ooh, eight feet. I wonder if that's a record.

:[Cueball imagines an olympic stadium, with three people extending tape measures]
:Audience: ''Gooo! Goooo! Gooooooo!''



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