Editing 531: Contingency Plan
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{w|Jurassic_Park_(franchise)|Jurassic Park}} is a series of books and films centering on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. In particular, the park scientists give the dinosaurs {{w|lysine}} deficiency as a failsafe measure, so that if some dinosaur were to escape, it wouldn't be able to survive in the wild. In practice, lysine can be easily be obtained by eating protein-rich foods, like red meat, lamb or pork. | |
− | + | Megan comments that Cueball is force-feeding their child so many sugary drinks that the child runs the risk of contracting {{w|diabetes}}. Cueball responds that that is the plan, since if anything were to go wrong, they'll just have to stop giving her {{w|insulin}}, which will kill her. The narrator comments that this is precisely the approach used in Jurassic Park. | |
− | The title text continues the theme, noting that having children is basically one big genetic experiment, and that Cueball is experimenting responsibly | + | The title text continues the theme, noting that having children is basically one big genetic experiment, and that Cueball is experimenting responsibly, thinking ahead as to the possible consequences of his experiment. |
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:Megan: More sugary drinks? Are you trying to give her diabetes? | :Megan: More sugary drinks? Are you trying to give her diabetes? | ||
:Cueball: Yeah - then we keep her supplied with insulin unless things go wrong. | :Cueball: Yeah - then we keep her supplied with insulin unless things go wrong. | ||
− | + | :I take the Jurassic Park approach to parenting. | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Jurassic Park]] | [[Category:Jurassic Park]] | ||
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