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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic's premise is a reference to the phenomenon of {{w|Diet Coke and Mentos eruption|dropping Mentos into a bottle of a carbonate beverage to create a geyser of said beverage}}. During 2007, a large number of videos depicting this phenomenon floated around the Internet. | + | This comic's premise is a reference to the phenomenon of {{w|mixing Diet Coke and Mentos eruption|dropping Mentos into a bottle of a carbonate beverage to create a geyser of said beverage}}. During 2007, a large number of videos depicting this phenomenon floated around the Internet. |
[[Cueball]] wants to show this phenomenon to his friend, because it's "the coolest thing". However, instead of achieving the standard result, a geyser of Diet Coke, the friend's father magically appears (presumably from the dead or from abandonment). | [[Cueball]] wants to show this phenomenon to his friend, because it's "the coolest thing". However, instead of achieving the standard result, a geyser of Diet Coke, the friend's father magically appears (presumably from the dead or from abandonment). | ||
− | + | 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 {{w|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Newtonian_fluid#Oobleck|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 appears to be putting mentos into the bottle.] | ||
− | :Cueball: This is the coolest thing. You just drop the | + | :Cueball: This is the coolest thing. You just drop the mentos in the Diet Coke... |
:Friend: Uh huh. | :Friend: Uh huh. | ||
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:Cueball: Give it a moment... | :Cueball: Give it a moment... | ||
− | :[Someone teleports into frame in a magic puff | + | :[Someone teleports into frame in a magic puff.] |
:''POOF'' | :''POOF'' | ||