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This comic is the follow up appointment after the surgery. When doctor [[Ponytail]] asks [[Megan]] to take her shirt off, she refuses until Ponytail gives her a necklace of purple beads. Younger and more boorish {{w|Mardi Gras}} tourists sometimes offer necklaces like this in exchange for the [http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/travel_archive_200/217_mardi-gras-dos-and-donts.html exposure of a person's breasts.] | This comic is the follow up appointment after the surgery. When doctor [[Ponytail]] asks [[Megan]] to take her shirt off, she refuses until Ponytail gives her a necklace of purple beads. Younger and more boorish {{w|Mardi Gras}} tourists sometimes offer necklaces like this in exchange for the [http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/travel_archive_200/217_mardi-gras-dos-and-donts.html exposure of a person's breasts.] | ||
β | Megan | + | So, by Megan saying "You know the rules", that indicates that Megan has stipulated that every time she takes off her shirt for the doctor, a necklace of beads must be exchanged. |
β | In the [http://xkcd.com/996/info.0.json official transcript] the doctor is described as an {{w|Oncologist}}, a doctor | + | In the [http://xkcd.com/996/info.0.json official transcript] the doctor is described as an {{w|Oncologist}}, a doctor working with cancer and Megan/Randall's wife is described as a ''Delightfully Awesome Person''. It is also stated that the oncologist fake-annoyedly searches for something in pockets and that it is a Mardi Gras bead necklace she takes out. |
Below the xkcd logo in the header at the top of the comic page there is the following text: "Some context for the cancer comics:" and below that a link to a [[blag]] posting regarding [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ family-illness] that talked about the real world events leading up to this comic. | Below the xkcd logo in the header at the top of the comic page there is the following text: "Some context for the cancer comics:" and below that a link to a [[blag]] posting regarding [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ family-illness] that talked about the real world events leading up to this comic. |