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| | title = Geology | | | title = Geology |
| | image = geology.png | | | image = geology.png |
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| | titletext = That's a gneiss butte. | | | titletext = That's a gneiss butte. |
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | Here we have [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] discussing {{w|geology}} and the words they use are ripe with puns and {{w|double entendre}}s which also have sexual meanings. In the end, they just decide to get it on. | + | Here we have [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] (with her stylish Geology hat) discussing Geology and the words they use are ripe with puns and {{w|double entendre}}s which also have sexual meanings. In the end they just decide to get it on. |
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− | Specifically, the suggestive terms are "{{w|Bed (geology)|bedding}}," "{{w|Extensional tectonics|spreading}}," "{{w|friction}}," "{{w|Cleavage (geology)|cleavage}}," "deeper in the {{w|rift}}," "{{w|orogeny}}," (perhaps a {{w|portmanteau}} of {{w|orgy}} and {{w|erogenous}}), "huge," and "{{w|Thrust fault|thrust}}."
| + | In the alt text, {{w|gneiss}} (pronounced "nees") is a type of rock, and {{w|Butte (geology)|butte}} (pronounced "but") is a conspicuous isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top. Thus, phonetically, a "gneiss butte" is pronounced similar to a "nice butt". |
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− | The technical terms are:
| + | == Transcript == |
− | ;Bedding : The division of usually {{w|sedimentary rock|sedimentary rocks}} into distinct layers.
| + | : [Two people are doing a geological survey] |
− | ;Spreading : A process in which two geological regions are moving apart, and potentially allowing for {{w|magma}} to rise between them. Spreading occurs in {{w|mid-ocean ridge|mid-ocean ridges}} and in {{w|rift valley|rift valleys}}.
| + | : Person 1: Forget the bedding - we were wrong about the whole valley. |
− | ;Friction breccia : {{w|Breccia}} is a rock made of broken fragments of other rocks. When these fragments can be formed from the rubbing between rocks in a fault, it is a friction breccia.
| + | : Person 2: The spreading is recent. |
− | ;Flow cleavage : The {{w|crystal|crystals}} in a rock can be aligned by the {{w|plastic flow}} of a rock when it is hot. This causes the rock to split (cleave) along particular planes.
| + | : Person 1: See the friction breccia? |
− | ;Rift : A result of spreading is that rocks break, forming vertical faults, and allowing regions to sink and form valleys.
| + | : Person 2: Oh - flow cleavage! Deeper in the rift. |
− | ;Orogeny : The process of mountain forming, or a period in which mountains are formed.
| + | : Person 1: Deeper. |
− | ;Thrust fault : A sloping crack in the rocks at which one region of rocks is pushing another up.
| + | : [An idea pops into Person 1's head] |
− | | + | : Person 1: This orogeny |
− | So it seems that Megan tells Cueball to ignore the layers in the rock, as there is evidence that the valley they are in is a recent rift valley. It was formed in cracking following the lifting up of the surrounding rocks.
| + | : Person 2: is driven by a |
− | | + | : Person 1: *huge* |
− | The title text is a wordplay, as it could sound like "nice butt". {{w|Gneiss}} is a type of {{w|metamorphic rock}} made up of different bands, and a {{w|butte}} is an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top that is smaller than a {{w|plateau}}. However, "butte" is not pronounced as "butt", but more like "beaut".
| + | : Person 2: *thrust* fault |
− | | + | : [The same idea pops into person 2's head] |
− | ==Transcript== | + | : [They both drop to the ground in a fit of passion] |
− | :[Two people are doing a geological survey in a rock-strewn landscape. Megan pointing off at the ground, wearing a fedora, Cueball apparently comparing a paper/map with another patch.] | + | : Geology: Surprisingly erotic. |
− | :Megan: Forget the bedding - we were wrong about the whole valley. | |
− | :Cueball: The spreading is recent. | |
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− | :[Close up on the figures: Megan in a thoughtful pose, Cueball turned her way.]
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− | :Megan: See the friction breccia? | |
− | :Cueball: Oh - flow cleavage! | |
− | :Cueball: Deeper in the rift.
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− | :Megan: Deeper. | |
− | :[An idea pops into Megan's head.] | |
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− | :[Megan also turns to Cueball.] | |
− | :Megan: This orogeny
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− | :Cueball: is driven by a | |
− | :Megan: ''huge'' | |
− | :Cueball: ''thrust'' fault | |
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− | :[They both drop to the ground, off-panel, leaving only Megan's tumbling hat and a vocal effect.] | |
− | :The couple: MMM
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− | :[Down from comic]: Geology: Surprisingly erotic.
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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]] |
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