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| date = August 30, 2006 | | date = August 30, 2006 | ||
| title = Grownups | | title = Grownups | ||
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| titletext = I've looked into this, and I can't figure out a way to do it cheaply. And I guess it wouldn't be sanitary. | | titletext = I've looked into this, and I can't figure out a way to do it cheaply. And I guess it wouldn't be sanitary. | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | {{Incomplete|"100 samples" needs to be verified; it sounds like an urban legend.}} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Randall]] is | + | [[Randall]] is playing with the child/grownup setup again. During childhood, adults ("grownups") make most of the decisions and put constraints on what their children do. As children age and eventually become grownups, there are some things that they do not do anymore, as they see them as childish. |
− | [[Megan]] has taken these thoughts seriously, and realizes that with her newfound freedom as a grownup, she gets to define what her adulthood means. Free from constraints, she goes ahead and creates a {{w|ball pit}} in her apartment of colored plastic balls. [[Cueball]] admires this spirit and enters the | + | [[Megan]] has taken these thoughts seriously, and realizes that with her newfound freedom as a grownup, she gets to define what her adulthood means. Free from constraints, she goes ahead and creates a {{w|ball pit|playpen}} in her apartment of colored plastic balls. [[Cueball]] admires this spirit and enters the playpen. It is difficult to decipher Randall's true intent behind this somewhat cryptic comic, but it seems from the heart that the two are making love in the balls. |
− | The | + | The title text reveals that [[Randall]] also would like to make his own playpen, but he finds it [http://playpenballs.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=60 expensive to buy] and also hard to [http://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1q6bru/this_is_how_they_clean_the_plastic_balls_from_the/ keep clean]. Both of these are true - see links. Most public playpens can easily become very dirty as many children and toddlers play in them. |
− | The | + | The characters of this comic show up again in [[219: Blanket Fort]]. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Megan: I filled it with playpen balls! | :Megan: I filled it with playpen balls! | ||
:Cueball: I... what? Why? | :Cueball: I... what? Why? | ||
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:Megan: Because we're grown-ups now, and it's our turn to decide what that means. | :Megan: Because we're grown-ups now, and it's our turn to decide what that means. | ||
+ | :[Both vanish into the apartment, balls spilling out into the corridor. A love heart drifts out the door, indicating you-know-what.] | ||
− | + | ==Trivia== | |
+ | *[[Randall]], author of the comic, actually built one in his apartment, which he talks about and shows pictures of at [http://blog.xkcd.com/2007/11/19/growing-up/ here] and [http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/02/27/ballpit-phase-ii/ here]. Speaking of cost, [http://www.chiliahedron.com/ballroom/ chiliahedron.com] has a calculator for how much it would cost to make your own ball pit. | ||
− | + | *China takes the cake for this, though. China currently holds the record for the worlds largest ballpit: a [http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/china-worlds-largest-ball-pit swimming pool filled with 1 million balls]. | |
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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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[[Category:Sex]] | [[Category:Sex]] | ||
[[Category:Playpen balls]] | [[Category:Playpen balls]] | ||
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