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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 118 | | number = 118 | ||
− | | date = | + | | date = April 19, 2006 |
| title = 50 Ways | | title = 50 Ways | ||
| image = 50_ways.png | | image = 50_ways.png | ||
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| titletext = I woke up to find that I had scrawled the last line of this sleepily on a sheet of paper on my desk. I shouldn't have listened to the 70's hit marathon on the way home from work the night before. | | titletext = I woke up to find that I had scrawled the last line of this sleepily on a sheet of paper on my desk. I shouldn't have listened to the 70's hit marathon on the way home from work the night before. | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The comic provides alternate lyrics to the chorus of the 1975 song "{{w|50 Ways to Leave Your Lover}}" ([ | + | The comic provides alternate lyrics to the chorus of the 1975 song "{{w|50 Ways to Leave Your Lover}}" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5--Sje98jI Video]) by American artist {{w|Paul Simon}}. Both the original and alternate lyrics provide a textual hook because the first name at the end of the line is rhymed with the last word of the line before (back/Jack, plan/Stan, go/Joe). |
− | [[Randall]], we learn from the | + | [[Randall]], we learn from the image text, heard Simon's song during a 70's hit marathon, went to sleep, and while being sleepy replaced "lover" by "hover" while writing the title of the song. Clearly, this amused him so much he decided to create a comic where people learn how to hover, rather than leaving their lover. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Gotta levitate, Kate | :Gotta levitate, Kate | ||
:There must be 50 ways | :There must be 50 ways | ||
− | : | + | :to learn to hover. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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