Editing 131: Fans
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | This comic is probably best understood by someone with young kids | + | {{Incomplete|Change from second to third person.}} |
+ | This comic is probably best understood by someone with (young) kids that explore everything expensive in their household. And while they are not breaking the CD tray off the DVD-player, putting gum in their parent's shoes, or flushing their parent's mobile phone down the toilet, the parent always consider the possibility that they ''might''. So parents come up with various reasons along the lines of "You will break it, and pay for it" if their children so much as touch these items. This can be frustrating to children, who feel they don't have the freedom to explore. | ||
− | In the comic, [[Cueball]] lets go of these frustrations as he finally owns his own place. He buys an oscillating fan and grabs its head, locking the mechanism that rotates it. As it | + | In the comic, [[Cueball]] lets go of these frustrations as he finally owns his own place. He buys an oscillating fan and grabs its head, therefore locking the mechanism that rotates it. As it is safeguarded by a release stub, it will make a clicking sound. So, Cueball comes to the conclusion that his mother's constant yelling as he was near the fan wasn't necessary in the first place. |
− | This shares a theme with [[357: Flies]] | + | This shares a theme with [[357: Flies]] |
The title text gives more falsehoods that his mother told him: that bouncing a ball against a wall will dent the wall, or that the roof is too weak to hold his weight. | The title text gives more falsehoods that his mother told him: that bouncing a ball against a wall will dent the wall, or that the roof is too weak to hold his weight. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Cueball holding fan in place.] | :[Cueball holding fan in place.] | ||
:''click click'' | :''click click'' | ||
+ | :Best thing about having my own apartment: Holding fans in place so they twitch helplessly and make that clicking sound without my mom yelling at me. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] |