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− | [[Cueball]] is presumably asked to answer the typical | + | [[Cueball]] is presumably asked to answer the typical guidance counselor question: What is your dream job? Rather than going with the more common answers that are designed to increase the chances of landing that particular job, Cueball talks about unrealistic jobs that are whimsical, and so well compensated that a little over one hour on the clock would provide enough wealth for a luxurious retirement; of course, you can have such a job only in your dreams. He makes jobs out of tasks that people do when they are bored, whether the tasks needed to be done or not. Therefore, if he did not get the job he probable would have done them at some point anyway. |
− | Peeling lint off | + | Peeling lint off dryer traps can relieve boredom, but it gets tedious soon, so Cueball wants to do that only for 5 minutes, followed by turning things on while a lightsaber handle is touching it, possibly a reference to the beginning of Star Wars Episode I, where Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn does this, for an hour (sadly this job does not exist, yet). Then Cueball would like to retire to a life of luxury. |
− | The title text is poking fun at Hollywood films, particularly stories about violent professions (like mobsters, hitmen, detective or spies) where the hero is retired, but some unforeseen circumstance has forced them out of retirement to do " | + | The title text is poking fun at Hollywood films, particularly stories about violent professions (like mobsters, hitmen, detective or spies) where the hero is retired, but some unforeseen circumstance has forced them out of retirement to do "one last job." Usually in these films, the jobs are overtly, improbably dangerous, often with the suggestion that they may lose their lives doing it, but the reward for doing the job (saving the world, a tun of cash, an unresolved debt) is just to great to refuse. However, in this comic the joke is that his "one last job" is also a mildly amusing task designed to relieve boredom. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball stands facing a desk, behind which another person is sitting in a desk chair.] | :[Cueball stands facing a desk, behind which another person is sitting in a desk chair.] | ||
− | :Cueball: It would start with five minutes of peeling lint from dryer traps, | + | :Cueball: It would start with five minutes of peeling lint from dryer traps, followed by an hour of pressing a lightsaber handle against things and switching it on. Then I'd retire to a life of luxury. |
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:When people ask me to describe my dream job, I'm never sure how realistic to be. | :When people ask me to describe my dream job, I'm never sure how realistic to be. | ||