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| titletext ='I bet he'll keep quiet for a couple weeks and then-- wait, did you nail a piece of scrap wood to my antique table a moment ago?' | | titletext ='I bet he'll keep quiet for a couple weeks and then-- wait, did you nail a piece of scrap wood to my antique table a moment ago?' | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Black Hat]] has created a set of tools that work in complete silence so that he can go to | + | A skeptic is someone who doesn't believe in, or at least strongly doubts the possibility of, supernatural occurrences such as poltergeists or aliens. [[Black Hat]] has created a set of tools that work in complete silence so that he can go to his house late at night, do some rearranging of walls and moving of windows, just to screw with him in typical Black Hat fashion. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Black Hat is hammering something on a table.] | :[Black Hat is hammering something on a table.] | ||
− | :Cueball: | + | :Cueball: What-- |
:Black Hat: Silent hammer. I've made a set of silent tools. | :Black Hat: Silent hammer. I've made a set of silent tools. | ||
:Cueball: Why? | :Cueball: Why? | ||
− | :Hammer: | + | :Hammer: ''whoosh whoosh whoosh'' |
:Black Hat: Stealth carpentry. Breaking into a house at night and moving windows, adjusting walls, etc. | :Black Hat: Stealth carpentry. Breaking into a house at night and moving windows, adjusting walls, etc. | ||
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:[The events he's describing are shown in two mini-panels below.] | :[The events he's describing are shown in two mini-panels below.] | ||
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:Cueball, off-panel: Nice prank, I guess, but what's the point? | :Cueball, off-panel: Nice prank, I guess, but what's the point? | ||
:Black Hat: Check out the owner's card, on the table. | :Black Hat: Check out the owner's card, on the table. | ||
:Cueball, off-panel: Chair of the American Skeptics Society? Oh, god. | :Cueball, off-panel: Chair of the American Skeptics Society? Oh, god. | ||
:Black Hat: Yeah, this doesn't end well for him. | :Black Hat: Yeah, this doesn't end well for him. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
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