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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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[[Ponytail]] and [[Cueball]] are having a discussion about {{w|car wash}}es. In Randall's area of the world, this usually means an automatic facility that washes cars by passing them through a large machine (or moving the machine over the stationary car) with the passengers still inside. There are also services and events such as fund-raisers where cars are hand-washed.
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{{incomplete|Created by a SELF WASHING CAR - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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Ponytail and Cueball are having a discussion about car washes. Based on Cueball's comment, they're discussing the automatic kind, not events where you bring your car and someone hand-washes it for you (usually done as fund-raisers).
  
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Ponytail is incredulous that Cueball doesn't like them, because everyone else likes them. He points out that you're trapped in your car (a "dark shaking glass box"). The car wash machine itself is a huge, loud robot, and some of the brushes are like big tongues that lick the car.
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Ponytail is incredulous that Cueball doesn't like them, because everyone else likes them. He points out that you're trapped in your car (a "dark shaking glass box"). The car wash itself is a huge, loud robot, and some of the brushes are like big tongues that lick the car.
  
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After hearing it described this way, Ponytail has come around to Cueball's side. He then mimics the sounds he's described, possibly stimulating discomfort in Ponytail.
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After hearing it described this way, Ponytail has come around to Cueball's side. He then mimics the sounds he's described.
  
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The comments attached to this explanation article reveal some of the diversity that exists in people's car wash experiences. Some people enjoy car washes, some don’t, some stay in the vehicle, and some leave the vehicle. This could relate to different kinds of car washes present in the world, or it could simply be preference.
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The title text implies that modern car washes use "synthetic baleen" for their brushes, contrasting with an imaginary scenario where 1800s car washes (which didn't exist; {{w|Car_wash#1946|the first commercial car wash began in 1914}}) used real baleen harvested from whales. Real baleen was indeed harvested from whales in the 1800s, most notably for use in fashion. While motorized vehicle washes didn't exist at the time,{{Citation needed}} there might be a visual resemblance between baleen and some modern car wash brushes.
  
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The title text implies that modern car washes use "synthetic {{w|baleen}}" for their brushes, contrasting with the entirety of the 1800s where brushes were made of baleen when whale products were commonplace. Today, plastic products are commonplace, whales are an endangered species, and use of whale products is considered morally abhorrent. However, motorized vehicle washes as we know them did not exist in the 1800s —- {{w|Car_wash#1946|the first commercial automobile wash began in 1914}}.
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Baleen, which was processed into whalebone in the 1800s, was used for large brush bristles as well as fine clothing and many other things, due its combination of flexibility and stiffness. Evidence of this today is mostly [https://www.scran.ac.uk/packs/exhibitions/learning_materials/webs/40/utilitarian.htm preserved in museum displays]. It is possible Randall's comment was inspired by seeing a brush in a museum. In 1808, Samuel Crackles of Hull patented a method of cutting plates of whale-bone to provide an effective substitute for brush bristles. These hard wearing bristles were in much demand, particularly for chimney-sweeps' brushes. Another Hull company, John Bateman and Robert Bowman of Silver Street, were also trading in whale-bone at that time, offering a wide range of small goods including sieves, nets, ornamental blinds, bed-bottoms and brushes.
  
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Baleen, which was processed into a product called whale-bone in the 1800s, [https://www.scran.ac.uk/packs/exhibitions/learning_materials/webs/40/utilitarian.htm was used for large brush bristles] as well as fine clothing and many other things, due to its combination of flexibility and stiffness. Evidence of this today is mostly preserved in museum displays. It is possible Randall's comment was inspired by seeing a brush in a museum. The relevant quote from the link is: “In 1808, Samuel Crackles of Hull patented a method of cutting plates of whale-bone to provide an effective substitute for brush bristles. These hard wearing bristles were in much demand, particularly for chimney-sweeps' brushes. Another Hull company, John Bateman and Robert Bowman of Silver Street, were also trading in whale-bone at that time, offering a wide range of small goods including sieves, nets, ornamental blinds, bed-bottoms and brushes.”
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Baleen brushes are not used in automated car washes. {{citation needed}} Among car washes with brushes, chamois fabric or plastic sponge are the brush materials traditionally used.
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Despite a debatable visual similarity between baleen and some modern car wash brushes, baleen brushes are not used in modern automated car washes.{{Citation needed}} Among car washes with brushes, chamois fabric or plastic sponge are the brush materials traditionally used.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Ponytail looks enthused, whilst talking to Cueball]
 
:[Ponytail looks enthused, whilst talking to Cueball]
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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