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| number = 1097 | | number = 1097 | ||
| date = August 20, 2012 | | date = August 20, 2012 | ||
− | | title = A | + | | title = A Hypochrondiac's Nightmare |
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| titletext = BUT WHAT IF I REASSURE MYSELF WITH A JOKE AND THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RASH AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE DEATH MITES AND I COULD HAVE CAUGHT IT | | titletext = BUT WHAT IF I REASSURE MYSELF WITH A JOKE AND THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RASH AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE DEATH MITES AND I COULD HAVE CAUGHT IT | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | {{w|Hypochondriac}}s are people who worry obsessively about their health | + | {{w|Hypochondriac}}s are people who worry obsessively about their health. This is a hypochondriac's nightmare because he always was expecting to die from of a mysterious undiagnosed disease, but instead dies by slipping on a banana and getting sucked into an airplane engine. [[Cueball]] regrets wasting so many hours {{w|WebMD}} (an online health symptom reference) worrying about a rash on his arm as opposed to looking out for banana peels laying in front of jet engines. |
− | The title text (in ALL CAPS | + | The title text (in ALL CAPS - so shouting in dispair) adds another level of hypochondrism. Randall drew this particular joke to soothe his fears and reassure himself that the rash is nothing. But what if that reassurance just makes him not check out the rash, and then it turns out the rash is caused by "death {{w|mite}}s" and ultimately lead to his death? |
− | == | + | == Trivia == |
− | + | *Hypochondriac is wrongly spelled as Hypochrondiac in this comic. | |
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