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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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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:
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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''
 
:''Why do birds suddenly appear''
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:''Close to you''
 
:''Close to you''
  
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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}}s, carrion birds that prey on the flesh of dead bodies.  
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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.  
  
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The title text is joking about couples not discussing their relationship before their wedding, as is seen [[302: Names|here]].
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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==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Cueball is singing to Megan, who has wiggly lines and unkempt hair. Musical notes appear around Cueball's words.]
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:[Cueball singing to zombie Megan.]
 
:Cueball: Why do birds suddenly appear
 
:Cueball: Why do birds suddenly appear
  
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:[Still singing.]
 
 
:Cueball: Every tiiiime you are neeear
 
:Cueball: Every tiiiime you are neeear
  
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:[Cueball stops singing. He looks up.]
 
 
:Cueball: Wait, are those turkey vultures?
 
:Cueball: Wait, are those turkey vultures?
  
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:[Cueball turns to Megan.]
 
 
:Cueball: Okay, listen, are you a zombie?
 
:Cueball: Okay, listen, are you a zombie?
 
:Megan: Hurrghhh...
 
:Megan: Hurrghhh...

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