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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a ROGUE ORGAN. Does anyone know where Randall's surgery was announced? If so, please add the link to the explanation. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
+ | Cueball is visiting his doctor Ponytail (as in [[1839: Doctor Visit|1839: Doctor Visit]]), this time to diagnose some medical condition. It sounds like he has just undergone an {{w|Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI}} or some kind of {{w|medical imaging}}, and Ponytail is following up on the results. It appears that he may have {{w|appendicitis}}, the title of the comic, which could be treated through {{w|antibiotics}}, or through an {{w|appendectomy}} surgery. | ||
− | + | The joke in the comic comes from Ponytail explaining his diagnosis and treatment options as a rebellion that needs to be quashed. His appendicitis is described as his appendix being a "traitor". Antibiotic treatment is described as using "chemical / biological weapons", while the appendectomy is described as "victory through the sword". She further describes more extreme "battle tactics", like crushing all other rebellions in his body. Lastly, she mentions "salting his abdomen" to prevent other rebellions. This is a reference to the {{w|salting the earth}} tactic in battle, which was a ritual to symbolize a curse on a conquered city and would have theoretically have hindered future crop production, thus preventing that city from being rebuilt. | |
− | + | A possible alternate explanation of panel three and four could involve cancer. Panel three could be construed as exploratory surgery. Panel four could be referencing cancer-preventative drugs. | |
− | After all this explanation, Cueball begins to question Ponytail's methods, and requests to see a different doctor to get a {{w|Second_opinion#Medicine|second opinion}}. | + | After all this explanation, Cueball begins to question Ponytail's methods, and requests to see a different doctor to get a {{w|Second_opinion#Medicine|second opinion}}. |
− | The title text | + | The title text continues the battle metaphor, saying that Cueball is defeating his illness, at least until they can read his words against them. |
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+ | Two days before posting this comic Randall had a case of Appendicitis{{Citation needed}}, but is now recovering after surgery. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball is seated on an medical examination table | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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+ | :[Cueball is seated on an medical examination table while Ponytail stands dressed in a doctor's coat holding a file on a clipboard in her left hand.] | ||
:Ponytail: Well, we zapped you with energy beams, and it looks like one of your stupid organs is a traitor. | :Ponytail: Well, we zapped you with energy beams, and it looks like one of your stupid organs is a traitor. | ||
:Cueball: ...which one? | :Cueball: ...which one? | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
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