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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by SIX ASTRONAUTS OVER YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | In this comic, [[Cueball]], [[Megan]], [[Ponytail]], and [[Hairbun]] can all be seen eating dinner together. Presumably, Ponytail and Hairbun were invited over for dinner, as, to impress them, [[Cueball]] misleadingly claims that they previously "had six {{w| | + | In this comic, [[Cueball]], [[Megan]], [[Ponytail]], and [[Hairbun]] can all be seen eating dinner together. Presumably, Ponytail and Hairbun were invited over for dinner, as, to impress them, [[Cueball]] misleadingly claims that they previously "had six {{w|astronauts}} over for dinner." Normally, this would be interpreted as the astronauts being friends with the hosts (which confers social prestige), going inside their house, and eating. As it turns out, the astronauts actually only briefly passed overhead while in {{w|orbit}}, and, by chance, this happened during dinnertime. This is a pun on the word "over", as the personnel of the {{w|International Space Station}} are overhead when it passes above you— yet they did not go "over ''to'' someone's house" in the sense that English speakers would usually assume. |
− | Cueball may also be considering the property lines to extend up indefinitely (just like in "What If?" article "{{what if|161|Star Ownership}}"), causing the astronauts to | + | Cueball may also be considering the property lines to extend up indefinitely (just like in "What If?" article "{{what if|161|Star Ownership}}"), causing the astronauts to technically be at their house despite being hundreds of miles away, vertically. |
− | The | + | The caption makes Cueball's statement even less impressive, alleging that statements like it are correct in a lot of places. This would make it not even interesting as a {{w|coincidence}}. |
− | + | This comic was posted the same day as the American release of a film set on the ISS (conveniently named ''{{w|I.S.S. (film)|I.S.S.}}''). | |
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− | This comic was posted the same day as the American release of a film set on the ISS (conveniently named ''{{w|I.S.S. (film)|I.S.S.}}'') | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript}} | ||
:[Cueball, Megan, Ponytail, and Hairbun are eating around a table. Cueball is leaning on the back of his chair and has his palm out.] | :[Cueball, Megan, Ponytail, and Hairbun are eating around a table. Cueball is leaning on the back of his chair and has his palm out.] | ||
:Cueball: We don't have houseguests often, but we once had six astronauts over for dinner. | :Cueball: We don't have houseguests often, but we once had six astronauts over for dinner. | ||
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:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
− | : If you spend enough time looking at orbital records and property lines, you can make this claim in a lot of places. | + | :If you spend enough time looking at orbital records and property lines, you can make this claim in a lot of places. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |