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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This | + | This is an irony using the popular meme of mixing [[wikipedia:Diet Coke and Mentos eruption|Mentos into a bottle of soda]]. There was a period of time in 2007 when a large portion of videos depicting this phenomenon floated around the Internet. |
− | [[Cueball]] wants to show | + | [[Cueball]] wants to show an incredible phenomenon to his friend, because it's "the coolest thing", but it turns out instead of fizzling Diet Coke everywhere, the friend's father magically shows up (presumably from the dead or from abandonment). Cueball's "Ta-daa!" pose in panel 3 shows that he expected this exact outcome instead of carbonation nucleating out from microcraters in the candy. |
− | + | The title text shows that Randall considers (or at least then considered) this trick to be one of the two coolest tricks you can perform with normal kitchen supplies. The other is using corn starch and water to make a non-Newtonian fluid that reacts wildly with vibrations and impact. | |
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− | The title text shows that Randall considers (or at least then considered) this trick to be | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and his friend are sitting on the ground, with a bottle of Diet Coke between them, and Cueball appears to be putting mentos into the bottle.] | + | :[Cueball and his friend are sitting on the ground, with a bottle of Diet Coke between them, and Cueball's friend appears to be putting mentos into the bottle.] |
− | : | + | :Friend: This is the coolest thing. You just drop the mentos in the Diet Coke... |
− | : | + | :Cueball: Uh huh. |
:[Diet Coke starts to fizzle.] | :[Diet Coke starts to fizzle.] | ||
− | : | + | :Friend: Give it a moment... |
− | :[Someone teleports into frame in a magic puff | + | :[Someone teleports into frame in a magic puff.] |
:''POOF'' | :''POOF'' | ||
− | : | + | :Cueball: D-Dad? |
:Dad: I'm back, son. We can be a family again. | :Dad: I'm back, son. We can be a family again. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *An alternate take appears in [[1053|1053: Ten Thousand]]. | ||
*The "corn starch+water" trick from the title text is illustrated here at [http://what-if.xkcd.com/36/ what-if]. | *The "corn starch+water" trick from the title text is illustrated here at [http://what-if.xkcd.com/36/ what-if]. | ||