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− | + | Students often dream they have assessments they have forgotten about that are due in a very short time period, leaving no time to complete the assignment, and thus filling them with the feeling of impending failure. The panic and helplessness of being unable to complete the work in time only subsides when the dreamer wakes from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare nightmare], although sometimes they wake to a reality where there actually is a looming deadline. | |
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This comic suggests these dreams continue well after graduation, although there may be a nagging feeling that "I thought I completed everything and graduated". | This comic suggests these dreams continue well after graduation, although there may be a nagging feeling that "I thought I completed everything and graduated". | ||
− | The title text refers to the | + | The title text refers to the Green Ranger from the {{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers}}. Or, indeed, any of the many Power Rangers rehashes with a green ranger. Crisco is a brand of vegetable shortening (about as ubiquitous as "Kleenex") that [[330: Indecision|has been referenced]] as a sexual lubricant in [[414: Mistranslations|this comic before]]. The idea is [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] has a very odd recurring dream, and wants reassurance that he is not the only one. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A teacher speaks in a crowded classroom, one of the students seems confused.] |
− | : | + | :Teacher: Your projects are due today by 5:00 PM. |
− | :Cueball | + | :Cueball: ...I didn't even know we had one. |
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− | : | + | :Cueball: Wait. I don't think I've been attending. I must have forgotten I had this class. Shitshitshit. |
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− | : | + | :Cueball: Okay, I'm gonna fail. Will it hold me back? I just want to get out of here. I thought I had ''finished'' my requirements already. |
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− | :[ | + | :Cueball: In fact, I think I remember graduating. What the hell is— |
+ | :[Scene fades to Cueball waking up.] | ||
− | + | :Fun Fact: Decades from now, with school a distant memory, you'll <u>still</u> be having this dream. | |
− | :Fun Fact: Decades from now, with school a distant | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Dreams]] | [[Category:Dreams]] | ||
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