Editing 57: Wait For Me

{{comic
| number    = 57
| date      = January 31, 2006
| title     = Wait For Me
| image     = wait_for_me.jpg
| titletext = Opening dialogue by [[Scott]]
}}

==Explanation==
[[Megan]] is returning after a ''short absence'' less than two minutes. [[Cueball]]'s reaction is as if she had been gone for years, and so  he had formed a relationship with someone else while waiting. The more Cueball describes this "affair", the more ridiculous it becomes.

There are a number of different possible interpretations of the humour utilised here:
*The stereotypically<sup>'''[Citation Needed]'''</sup> female behavior of announcing that a task will just last a minute, while in fact it takes many hours or more.
*He is just joking. Cueball's pause before admitting to the affair, as well as the claim of having a son by the affair who is Megan's age, suggest that he is joking. It seems impossible for Cueball to have a son at Megan's age.
*{{w|Time Travel}}: What took 90 seconds for Megan actually took much longer for Cueball, perhaps via travel to {{w|Narnia}}, {{w|Special Relativity}} or some other form of Time Travel.
*Mental Fantasy, Cueball has just had a day dream.
*Cueball's ignorance (also see: "[[386: Duty Calls|someone is wrong on the internet]]").

One thing that we know for sure, however, is that the title text is telling us that this dialogue is from [[Scott]].
Scott appears to be a friend of [[Randall Munroe]]. Comics 57 through 59 all have the title text "Opening dialogue by Scott", forming a sort of informal mini-series inspired by him.

Referenced in:

*[[17: What If]]
*[[35: Sheep]]
*57: Wait For Me (this one)
*[[58: Why Do You Love Me?]]
*[[59: Graduation]]

==Transcript==
:[Cueball and Megan stand facing one another.]

:Megan: Why didn't you wait for me?
:Cueball: I thought you were gone forever!

:Megan: I said I'd be back in a minute!
:Cueball: The... the seconds went fast at first, but then they started to drag on. She was there for me.

:Megan: You had an affair in the 90 seconds I was gone?!
:Cueball: ...yes.

:Cueball: And we had a son.

:Cueball: He'd be about your age now.

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