Editing 1689: My Friend Catherine

{{comic
| number    = 1689
| date      = June 3, 2016
| title     = My Friend Catherine
| image     = my_friend_catherine.png
| titletext = I can't get any work done because my friend Catherine is sitting on my keyboard.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Only added in the category subtitutions.}}
Does this comic REALLY need explaining?  He has a cat that performs annoying behaviors, of which he lists some.  He also has a friend named Catherine.  Upon substituting "cat" in the annoying behaviors he listed with the word "Catherine" he obtains somewhat amusing sentences and also completes today's comic.  I guess I could go into the origins of the words, "cat" and "Catherine" and all, but that's what Wikipedia is for...
==Transcript==
New Favorite Substitution:
My Cat --> My Friend Catherine

(A Facebook-like list of comments by different people)

:My friend Catherine just did a backflip and then ate a big!

:I wish my friend Catherine wouldn't wake me up by chewing on my hair.

:Oh no, my friend Catherine has learned to open the refrigerator.

:My friend Catherine just walked in, threw up on the rub, and walked out.

:My friend Catherine is looking out the window making weird noises at the birds.

:I wish my friend Catherine wouldn't make eye contact with me while pooping.

Title text: I can't get any work done because my friend Catherine is sitting on my keyboard.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Substitutions]]
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
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 ==Explanation==
-This is another comic using [[:Category:Substitutions|substitutions]] to create the joke by replacing words or phrases, in this case "My cat", with a different word or phrase, in this case "My friend Catherine" (hence the title). The choice of the name is probably because "Cat" is a common nickname for "Catherine".
+{{incomplete|Only added in the category subtitutions.}}
+Does this comic REALLY need explaining?  He has a cat that performs annoying behaviors, of which he lists some.  He also has a friend named Catherine.  Upon substituting "cat" in the annoying behaviors he listed with the word "Catherine" he obtains somewhat amusing sentences and also completes today's comic.  I guess I could go into the origins of the words, "cat" and "Catherine" and all, but that's what Wikipedia is for...
-By doing so in a list of [[#The original posts|people discussing things their cat did]], it makes it seem like they are discussing things their female human friend did.  What is cute (sitting on keyboards), impressive (doing backflips to eat bugs), or at least normal behavior for a cat (vomiting hairballs) would be weird, disgusting or disturbing if an adult human were to do it, which is what makes the substitution humorous.
-The comic depicts a feed on a page for people discussing their cat, similar to Twitter or Facebook, which would be the only kind of place where the substitution is really funny. Apart from known characters like two looking like [[Cueball]], [[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]], there is also a person with black hair, not looking particularly like any standard characters, and then a person with a [[1350:_Lorenz#Knit_Cap_Girl|knit cap]], which could be the same knit cap wearing user that was also used in [[1506: xkcloud]] (see the [[1506:_xkcloud/Transcript#User_pictures| pictures of the users]]).
-===The original posts===
-*My cat just did a backflip and then ate a bug!
-*I wish my cat wouldn't wake me up by chewing on my hair.
-*Oh no, my cat has learned to open the refrigerator.
-*My cat just walked in, threw up on the rug, and walked out.
-*My cat is looking out the window making weird noises at the birds.
-*I wish my cat wouldn't make eye contact with me while pooping.
-*I can't get any work done because my cat is sitting on my keyboard. (title text)
-<small>Why are cats so *restrains to say stupid* interesting and silly?</small>
 ==Transcript==
-:[Captions above the frame:]
+New Favorite Substitution:
-:New favorite substitution:
+My Cat --> My Friend Catherine
-:<big>My Cat→My Friend Catherine</big>
-:[A news feed with comments by six different people discussing their cat, but after the above substitution. Next to each post is a user image, and above the clear text of the substituted comment is a unreadable line of wiggles probably with information about the post time stamp.]
+(A Facebook-like list of comments by different people)
-:[A head shot of a person seen straight on with black hair:]
+:My friend Catherine just did a backflip and then ate a big!
-:My friend Catherine just did a backflip and then ate a bug!
-:[A full view of Cueball:]
 :I wish my friend Catherine wouldn't wake me up by chewing on my hair.
-:[A head shot of Megan with unreadable text below the image:]
 :Oh no, my friend Catherine has learned to open the refrigerator.
-:[A head shot seen from the front of Knit Cap:]
+:My friend Catherine just walked in, threw up on the rub, and walked out.
-:My friend Catherine just walked in, threw up on the rug, and walked out.
-:[A head shot of Ponytail:]
 :My friend Catherine is looking out the window making weird noises at the birds.
-:[Cueball seen from the torso and up:]
 :I wish my friend Catherine wouldn't make eye contact with me while pooping.
+Title text: I can't get any work done because my friend Catherine is sitting on my keyboard.
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Substitutions]]
+[[Category:Animals]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Knit Cap]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
-[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
-[[Category:Social networking]]
-[[Category:Cats]]