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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
In the comic, one [[Cueball]] angrily asks "Where's my fucking jacket?". Normally, one would attempt to provide information on where the jacket is.
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[[Cueball]] clearly means to use ''{{Wiktionary|fucking}}'' as an intensifier. However, the friend (likely intentionally in response to the unnecessary swearing) takes ''fucking'' to be an identifier of which jacket is being discussed, and gives a smart-aleck response. His counterpart gets confused by the sarcasm, and the topic is dismissed.
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Fuck is an obscene term meaning sex and can be used as a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. A "fucking jacket" would be a jacket worn especially while having sex or, less likely, a jacket that has sex.
  
The second [[Cueball]], however, has taken the adjective "fucking" to mean that he has a "fucking jacket", separate from his normal one. He thus answers that is next to the first man's normal one. The first man is confused, so the second one dismisses the subject. Kind of a waste of time, really.
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The title text states that this often occurs in Cueball/Randall's apartment.
 
 
The title text suggests that this event transpired frequently in [[Randall|Monroe]]'s (real life) apartment.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
[Two men stand and talk to one another.]
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:[Two men stand and talk to one another.]
 
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:Cueball: Where's my fucking jacket?
First man: Where's my fucking jacket?
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:[Friend indicates something behind him.]
 
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:Friend: Over there, next to your regular one.
[Second man indicates something behind him.]
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:Cueball: My what?
 
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:Friend: Never mind.
Second man: Over there, next to your regular one.
 
  
First man: My what?
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==Trivia==
 
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This comic is the second comic to use an all-caps lettering, the first being [[78: Garfield]], where the all-caps lettering may have been based off of the lettering in the actual comic strip.
Second man: Never mind.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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[[Category:Language]]
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[[Category:Sarcasm]]
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]

Revision as of 07:36, 8 November 2021

Jacket
We have this conversation at least once a day in my apartment
Title text: We have this conversation at least once a day in my apartment

Explanation

Cueball clearly means to use fucking as an intensifier. However, the friend (likely intentionally in response to the unnecessary swearing) takes fucking to be an identifier of which jacket is being discussed, and gives a smart-aleck response. His counterpart gets confused by the sarcasm, and the topic is dismissed. Fuck is an obscene term meaning sex and can be used as a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. A "fucking jacket" would be a jacket worn especially while having sex or, less likely, a jacket that has sex.

The title text states that this often occurs in Cueball/Randall's apartment.

Transcript

[Two men stand and talk to one another.]
Cueball: Where's my fucking jacket?
[Friend indicates something behind him.]
Friend: Over there, next to your regular one.
Cueball: My what?
Friend: Never mind.

Trivia

This comic is the second comic to use an all-caps lettering, the first being 78: Garfield, where the all-caps lettering may have been based off of the lettering in the actual comic strip.


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