Editing 348: Close to You

{{comic
| number    =348
| date      =November 23, 2007
| title     =Close to You
| image     =close_to_you.png
| titletext =We should probably talk about this before the wedding.
}}

==Explanation==
This is Randall's version of the popular {{w|Carpenters (band)|Carpenters}} song, "{{w|(They Long to Be) Close to You}}." The actual first verse goes like this:

:''Why do birds suddenly appear''
:''Every time you are near?''
:''Just like me, they long to be''
:''Close to you''

In this parody, the reason birds suddenly appear whenever the girl is near is because the girl is a zombie, and those are {{w|Turkey Vulture|turkey vultures}}, carrion birds that prey on the flesh of dead bodies. 

The title text is joking about couples not discussing their relationship before their wedding, as is seen [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/302:_Names here].

==Transcript==
:[Cueball is singing to Megan, who has wiggly lines and unkempt hair. Musical notes appear around Cueball's words.]
:Cueball: Why do birds suddenly appear

:[Still singing.]
:Cueball: Every tiiiime you are neeear

:[Cueball stops singing. He looks up.]
:Cueball: Wait, are those turkey vultures?

:[Cueball turns to Megan.]
:Cueball: Okay, listen, are you a zombie?
:Megan: Hurrghhh...

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