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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] wrote a script that searches online shopping sites for items that cost US$1 with free shipping. Because the script is programmed to use an account with a $365 balance, this script will buy one random item per day | + | [[Cueball]] wrote a script that searches online shopping sites for items that cost US$1 with free shipping. Because the script is programmed to use an account with a $365 balance, this script will buy one random item per day. [[Megan]] coments that Cueball might just end up with "lots of crap" but replies that he might get something interesting. |
− | Over five days the script orders a length of rubber hose, a ski mask, a bear trap, a map of {{w|The Pentagon}} and "lube" | + | Over five days the script orders a length of rubber hose, a ski mask, a bear trap, a map of {{w|The Pentagon}} and "lube". This pattern prompts Cueball to stop the script out of fear of being placed on a FBI watch list; to a paranoid passerby, the purchased items make Cueball look like a terrorist who plans to kidnap and torture federal employees. |
− | In | + | In reference to [[325: A-Minus-Minus]], the script managed to make one last order for an item being sold by [[Black Hat]], with a bobcat being delivered instead. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball is sitting at his computer.] | :[Cueball is sitting at his computer.] | ||
:Cueball: I love getting packages. | :Cueball: I love getting packages. | ||
− | + | :[Megan enters.] | |
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:Cueball: I set up a script to search eBay et. al. for $1 items with free shipping. | :Cueball: I set up a script to search eBay et. al. for $1 items with free shipping. | ||
− | + | :[Cueball checks his doorstop; a package is waiting for him.] | |
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:Cueball: I gave it $365, so each day it can buy me something random. | :Cueball: I gave it $365, so each day it can buy me something random. | ||
− | + | :Megan: What if you just end up with lots of crap? | |
− | + | :Cueball: I'll give it away. But I'm sure I'll end up with some interesting stuff. | |
− | :Megan | + | :[Day 1: Length of rubber hose.] |
− | :Cueball: I'll give it away. | ||
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:Cueball: Could be handy around the house. | :Cueball: Could be handy around the house. | ||
− | + | :[Day 2: Ski mask.] | |
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:Cueball: It's spring, but hey. | :Cueball: It's spring, but hey. | ||
− | + | :[Day 3: Bear trap.] | |
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:Cueball: Huh. | :Cueball: Huh. | ||
− | + | :[Day 4: Tourist map of the Pentagon.] | |
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:Megan: Uh oh. | :Megan: Uh oh. | ||
− | + | :[Day 5: Lube.] | |
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:Cueball: I'm stopping this before I end up on every F.B.I. watch list ever. | :Cueball: I'm stopping this before I end up on every F.B.I. watch list ever. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Bobcats]] | [[Category:Bobcats]] | ||
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