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| title = Vows | | title = Vows | ||
| image = vows.png | | image = vows.png | ||
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| titletext = So, um. Do you want to get a drink after the game? | | titletext = So, um. Do you want to get a drink after the game? | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic | + | This comic makes fun of two things: Football and Wedding Ceremonies. |
− | A | + | A couple is about to get married, and the priest asks (for the sake of formality) if the bride takes the groom to be her husband. Rather than say 'Yes', she surprises him by saying No. [[Cueball|The groom]] is shocked because the bride is obviously expected to say yes. |
− | + | It turns out that [[Cueball]] has been tricked into thinking that he is at his own wedding rather than playing in a High School {{w|Football (American)|Football}} game. "Amy" turns out to be a player for the opposing team and runs the ball in for a touchdown. | |
− | + | Misdirection Plays, which are referenced, are common in (American) football. A standard misdirection play involves the offence misdirecting the defence into thinking that the play being executed is actually a different play such as that a passing play is a running play, that a ball being run left is actually being run right, or that a field goal or punt end up being attempts to get a first down. | |
− | + | Occasionally, especially at the high school level, extreme misdirection plays are attempted where teams attempt to misdirect the opposing team into thinking that a play is not even being run. One good example is what's called the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkA3nxuMJoM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active|"wrong ball trick"]. Before hiking the ball, the quarterback or center signals to their coach that the ball in play is the wrong ball and picks it up to supposedly exchange it for the right one at the sideline. Both teams relax and stand up to wait for the right ball, but just before getting to the sideline the quarterback takes off running down the field. This is considered to be a dirty trick and usually only works in Pee-wee/little league football, but sometimes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQbAP-K28J8&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active| it doesn't]. | |
− | + | Taking the deception to the next level, in this comic, everything until Cueball's marriage was just a deception created to score the goal. This obviously takes the play to an improbable level in that it is unlikely that a relationship could develop to the point of marriage within the timeframe of a football game, or that Cueball would not notice that Amy was in fact a football player, or that he was standing on the football field. | |
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− | + | The title text is apparently what Cueball wants to say to 'Amy', after he realises he has been duped. If this is a High School game in the US, neither of them are old enough to drink alcohol, as is usually inferred from asking to go for a "drink." The drinking age in the US is 21. | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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