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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
 
This comic is a reference to the {{w|breast cancer}} surgery that [[Randall]]'s fiancee/wife underwent, and is one of many [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] he made because of this.
 
This comic is a reference to the {{w|breast cancer}} surgery that [[Randall]]'s fiancee/wife underwent, and is one of many [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] he made because of this.
 
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I actually fucking hate niggers dawg r is described as an {{w|Oncologist}}, a doctor who works with cancer patients, 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.
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.]
 
 
 
Megan's line "You know the rules" implies that Megan has stipulated that every time she takes off her shirt for the doctor, a necklace of beads must be exchanged.
 
 
 
In the [http://xkcd.com/996/info.0.json official transcript] the doctor is described as an {{w|Oncologist}}, a doctor who works with cancer patients, 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.

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