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| date = June 2, 2008 | | date = June 2, 2008 | ||
| title = Delivery | | title = Delivery | ||
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| image = delivery.png | | image = delivery.png | ||
| − | | titletext = Ma'am, I admit that wasn't in the best taste, but you have to admire my delivery! Ha, ha get it? Oh god, don't throw those syringes! Your baby's fine! | + | | titletext = Ma'am, I admit that wasn't in the best taste, but you have to admire my delivery! Ha, ha get it? Oh god, don't throw those syringes! Your baby's fine! |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | An old superstition is that you can tell at the end of winter if spring will be early or late by whether a {{w|groundhog}} (a type of rodent akin to a large squirrel), after sticking his head out, see's his shadow and retreats back in, or - thanks to cloudy weather - doesn't and boldly steps out. This, in turn, is the basis for a really funny {{w|Groundhog Day (film)|movie}} that has been referenced in [http://xkcd.com/1076 other comics]. | |
| − | The joke here is that, instead of a groundhog predicting when spring will come, | + | The joke here is that, instead of a groundhog predicting when spring will come, it's a baby predicting when he'll be born. Evidently he decided to wait six more weeks. I feel for the mother, especially with a doctor like that. |
| − | + | On a side note, the title-text may or may not imply that the doctor was joking about the baby retreating back inside. He certainly appears to have taste bad enough to pull a prank like that. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | + | [In a delivery room] | |
| − | + | Doctor: There's the head... he's looking at me... Wait, he's crawling back into the womb. | |
| − | + | Mother: What?! | |
| − | + | Doctor: Yeah, it's the darnedest thing. | |
| − | + | Mother: Um, what does it mean? | |
| − | + | Doctor: My guess? Six more weeks of winter. | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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