Editing 131: Fans
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| title = Fans | | title = Fans | ||
| image = fans.png | | image = fans.png | ||
| − | | titletext = It's not going to break the fan, bouncing a rubber ball off the wall isn't going to dent it, and the roof can hold me just fine. You LIED! | + | | imagesize = |
| + | | titletext = It's not going to break the fan, bouncing a rubber ball off the wall isn't going to dent it, and the roof can hold me just fine. You LIED! | ||
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| − | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
| − | This comic is probably best | + | This comic is probably best recognized when you have (young) kids that still explore everything expensive you have in your household. And while they are not breaking the CD-tray off the DVD-player, put gum in your shoes, or flush your mobile phone through the toilet, you always consider the possibility that they ''might''. So you come up with various reasons that equal "You will break it, and pay for it" if they so much as touch these items. This can be frustrating to children, who feel they don't have the freedom to explore. |
| − | In the comic, [[Cueball]] lets go of these frustrations as he finally owns his own place. He buys an oscillating fan and grabs its head, locking the mechanism that rotates it. As it | + | In the comic, [[Cueball]] lets go of these frustrations as he finally owns his own place. He buys an oscillating fan, and grabs its head, therefore locking the mechanism that rotates it. As it is safeguarded by a release stub, it will make a clicking sound. So, Cueball comes to the conclusion that his mother's constant yelling as he was near the fan wasn't necessary in the first place. Which, in turn, explains the title text. |
| − | + | ==Transcript== | |
| + | [Person holding fan in place] | ||
| − | + | <<click click>> | |
| − | + | Narrator: Best thing about having my own apartment: Holding fans in place so they twitch helplessly and make that clicking sound without my mom yelling at me. | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
