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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
The comic roughly parodies a situation in which two characters are seeing who can wait longer to get the result they want. However in the comic, the model sailing ship is not alive and doesn't experience time (except perhaps if it absorbs water and falls apart). The comic compares the patience of a boy with that of an inanimate object. Also, it could imply that the boy has too much time on his hands. | The comic roughly parodies a situation in which two characters are seeing who can wait longer to get the result they want. However in the comic, the model sailing ship is not alive and doesn't experience time (except perhaps if it absorbs water and falls apart). The comic compares the patience of a boy with that of an inanimate object. Also, it could imply that the boy has too much time on his hands. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | [A boy is glaring at a model sailing ship floating in a bowl of water.] | + | :[A boy is glaring at a model sailing ship floating in a bowl of water.] |
| + | :Boy: Sooner or later, my friend, one of us will run out of time. | ||
| − | + | ==Trivia== | |
| − | + | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "This is not the barrel boy. Current Mood: Final Exam-y" | |
| − | + | *This is the forty-first comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous was [[43: Red Spiders 2]]. The next was [[45: Schrodinger]] | |
| + | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]] | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
Revision as of 02:13, 11 May 2013
| Bowl |
 Title text: For the moment it's a standoff |
Explanation
The comic roughly parodies a situation in which two characters are seeing who can wait longer to get the result they want. However in the comic, the model sailing ship is not alive and doesn't experience time (except perhaps if it absorbs water and falls apart). The comic compares the patience of a boy with that of an inanimate object. Also, it could imply that the boy has too much time on his hands.
Transcript
- [A boy is glaring at a model sailing ship floating in a bowl of water.]
- Boy: Sooner or later, my friend, one of us will run out of time.
Trivia
- Original Randall quote: "This is not the barrel boy. Current Mood: Final Exam-y"
- This is the forty-first comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous was 43: Red Spiders 2. The next was 45: Schrodinger
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How do we know that there isn't someone on the boat? They may be waiting for the boy to go to sleep before trying to escape.72.193.184.110 01:43, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Actually, this is an alternate ending to the clasic early eighties adventure movie "Time Bandits", but I would not expect you to know that as "you are so mercilessly free from the ravages of intelligence".--TheTimeBandit (talk) 21:52, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
Agreed: There are several scenarios, including I think a Heinlein short story, Time Bandits, and others. Or it could even be some other situation Randal{1,2} just made up. The assumption that this is a child staring down an inanimate object is a bit of a leap. It's a plurality likelyhood at best. — Kazvorpal (talk) 01:16, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
the kid might be like some elder god, watch down on the boat
At first glance I thought the boy runs out of time when mom calls him for dinner (or some other boyish commitment) and the boat simply runs out of time when it sinks. I don't know if that can help interpret this scene. Just to say, I LOVE these comics and all the Muoroe stuff! 162.158.129.252 15:03, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
