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2158: Qualifiers

2019-06-03T17:51:19Z

NoHaxJustPi: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| number = 2158
| date = June 3, 2019
| title = Qualifiers
| image = qualifiers.png
| titletext = [20 minutes later] ", hi."
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by a QUALIFIER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

This comic shows how qualifiers can be used to delay saying something, which is usually done when the person speaking is nervous about saying something. In this comic, [[Cueball]] might have lost his original train of thought while thinking of qualifiers, so he has to keep using qualifiers until he comes up with something to say.

The title text says that after 20 minutes, he runs out of qualifiers or decides what to say, and says "hi".

==Transcript==
[[Cueball]] (or [[Randall]]) is standing next to [[White Hat]].]

Cueball: Ok, so, listen, the thing is well, like, I'm just saying, and maybe it's just me, but, I mean, here's the thing, I could be way off here, but, look, I gotta say,

[Caption below the panel:]
When I forget what I was going to say, I just keep prefixing qualifiers until I think of something new.
{{comic discussion}}

2158: Qualifiers

2019-06-03T17:40:56Z

NoHaxJustPi:

{{comic
| number = 2158
| date = June 3, 2019
| title = Qualifiers
| image = qualifiers.png
| titletext = [20 minutes later] ", hi."
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by a QUALIFIER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

This comic shows how qualifiers can be used to delay saying something, which is usually done when the person speaking is nervous about saying something. In this comic, [[Cueball]] might have lost his original train of thought while thinking of qualifiers, so he has to keep using qualifiers until he comes up with something to say.

The title text says that after 20 minutes, he runs out of qualifiers or decides what to say, and says "hi".

==Transcript==
([[Cueball]] (or [[Randall]]) talking to Hatty):

Cueball: Ok, so, listen, the thing is well, like, I'm just saying, and maybe it's just me, but, I mean, here's the thing, I could be way off here, but, look, I gotta say,

(Caption beyond comic):
When I forget what I was going to say, I just keep prefixing qualifiers until I think of something new.
{{comic discussion}}