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− | + | This comic presents a doctor who has nothing better to do than play with words all day. What the reader does not observe is that after the doctor gets 50 ccs she is then witnessed going into a closet and shooting herself up with dopamine. She gets questioned about it and quickly becomes defensive, showing the reader that Randall isn't funny. | |
− | + | In medicine, "cc" usually means "{{w|cubic centimeter}}", and is often called that by medical personnel. A cubic centimeter is equal to 1 ml (milliliter), so "50 CCs" usually means 50 ml of a certain medicine. In this case however, the doctor has not told the nurse to bring 50 ccs of any given medicine; she needs to write "hi'''cc'''up va'''cc'''ine" 25 times, with both words containing the letter combination "cc", so she needs to write those combination 50 times. | |
− | *50 cc would be | + | |
+ | That is the joke, that the 50 ccs literally means the two letters c and c fifty times. | ||
+ | *50 cc would be: | ||
**cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc | **cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc | ||
− | * | + | *Which is just sufficient double c's to spell hiccup vaccine 25 times. |
− | There's no | + | There's no {{w|vaccine}} against {{w|hiccup}}s. |
The title text text refers to a fictional event with four words containing "cc" (ra'''cc'''oon, a'''cc'''ident, a'''cc'''ordion, ba'''cc'''hanalia), which means she needs to write "cc" 100 times. Referring to the 50 CCs from above, this would be a double dosage. | The title text text refers to a fictional event with four words containing "cc" (ra'''cc'''oon, a'''cc'''ident, a'''cc'''ordion, ba'''cc'''hanalia), which means she needs to write "cc" 100 times. Referring to the 50 CCs from above, this would be a double dosage. | ||
− | Although the words of the sentence has been chosen based on their | + | Although the words of the sentence has been chosen based on their CC's the sentence is quite interesting in itself: |
− | *An {{w|accordion}} is a box-shaped musical | + | *An {{w|accordion}} is a box-shaped musical instruments with tangents like on a piano. The instrument is played by compressing or expanding the bellows. It has sometimes been accused of being a [http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f193/ZenLunatic82/FarSide-Accordion.jpg hellish instrument]... It has not been used in xkcd before. |
− | *The ''{{w|Bacchanalia}}'' were Roman festivals of {{w|Bacchus}} (Roman name for the equivalent Greek wine God Dionysus). The festivals were based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek {{w|Dionysia}}. | + | *The ''{{w|Bacchanalia}}'' were Roman festivals of {{w|Bacchus}} (Roman name for the equivalent Greek wine God Dionysus). The festivals were based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek {{w|Dionysia}}. |
− | *The animal {{w|raccoon}}, has begun to appear in {{w|Raccoon#Urban_raccoons|urban areas}} which has given rises to increasing {{w|Raccoon#Conflicts|conflicts with humans}}. A dead raccoon had thus found | + | *The animal {{w|raccoon}}, has begun to appear in {{w|Raccoon#Urban_raccoons|urban areas}} which has given rises to increasing {{w|Raccoon#Conflicts|conflicts with humans}}. A dead raccoon had thus found it's way into Cueball's car in [[1565: Back Seat]] and already back in [[1025: Tumblr]] Megan has a raccoon sex dungeon in her attic! |
− | So here there is talk of a wine festival with music played on accordions that has had an accident involving raccoons | + | So here there is talk of a wine festival with music played on accordions that has had an accident involving raccoons. On top of the need for vaccine against the hiccups. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Ponytail in a doctor's coat, walks right while reading from a clipboard, passing Cueball walking the other way while she talks to Megan walking in front of her.] | :[Ponytail in a doctor's coat, walks right while reading from a clipboard, passing Cueball walking the other way while she talks to Megan walking in front of her.] | ||
− | :Ponytail: Nurse, bring me 50 | + | :Ponytail: Nurse, bring me 50 ccs! |
:Ponytail: I need to write "hiccup vaccine" 25 times! | :Ponytail: I need to write "hiccup vaccine" 25 times! | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Animals]] <!-- Raccoons--> | [[Category:Animals]] <!-- Raccoons--> | ||
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