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[[Cueball]] is fascinated about engines that can burn organic matter. But in fact, {{w|biofuel}} is a big industry today. It is criticized now and then, because it can affect food prices and is believed to exacerbate world hunger. Next comes a reference to the famous quote, "Mussolini made the trains run on time," an oft-quoted piece of [http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/trains.asp propaganda] from Italy under Fascist dictator {{w|Benito Mussolini}}. The pun is made on the fact that {{w|Thyme|thyme}} (an herb, or as in this comic, a spice) and {{w|time}} (the universal phenomenon, as in the original quote) are {{w|homophones}}. But the organic matter thyme could technically be used as fuel. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] later made another joke on the fact that thyme and time are homophones: [[1123: The Universal Label]]. | [[Cueball]] is fascinated about engines that can burn organic matter. But in fact, {{w|biofuel}} is a big industry today. It is criticized now and then, because it can affect food prices and is believed to exacerbate world hunger. Next comes a reference to the famous quote, "Mussolini made the trains run on time," an oft-quoted piece of [http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/trains.asp propaganda] from Italy under Fascist dictator {{w|Benito Mussolini}}. The pun is made on the fact that {{w|Thyme|thyme}} (an herb, or as in this comic, a spice) and {{w|time}} (the universal phenomenon, as in the original quote) are {{w|homophones}}. But the organic matter thyme could technically be used as fuel. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] later made another joke on the fact that thyme and time are homophones: [[1123: The Universal Label]]. | ||
| β | The title text | + | The title text gives the pun-maker no sympathy; Cueball has no reason to apologize for the termination of friendship, since the pun was too terrible. |
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