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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Megan]] gave her number to [[Cueball]] at a party, but now doesn't want to talk to him. Because Megan works with recording voice messages at {{w|Verizon}}, she can with no effort put on the | + | [[Megan]] gave her number to [[Cueball]] at a party, but now doesn't want to talk to him. Because Megan works with recording voice messages at {{w|Verizon}}, she can with no effort put on the characteristical semi-lifeless tone of professional automated answers, and answer the phone with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF1wbBlSz0 "call cannot be completed"-message]. Perhaps it was even she who recorded it in the first place. |
− | + | The title text is a reference to Randall's [[My Hobby|Hobby series]] and can be interpreted as {{w|Reverse Turing test}} with [[Cueball]] imitating an {{w|Interactive voice response}} system. | |
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− | The title text | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball is | + | :[Cueball is standing talking to friend in a chair, who is holding a phone.] |
− | : | + | :Cueball: Did you call that hot girl from the party yet? |
− | : | + | :Friend: I've been trying. |
− | : | + | :Friend: It's weird. I swear I got her the first time. But now it says the number's wrong. |
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− | : | + | :Cueball: What did you say she did, again? |
− | + | :Friend: Voice work. At Verizon, I think. | |
− | : | + | :Friend: Why? |
− | : | + | :Cueball: No reason. |
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− | :[Megan is talking into a phone, in an italic voice | + | :[Megan is talking into a phone, in an italic voice.] |
:Megan: ''We're sorry, your call could not be completed as dialed.'' | :Megan: ''We're sorry, your call could not be completed as dialed.'' | ||
− | : | + | :Friend: Damn. *click* |
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:Megan: ''Please check the number and try again.'' | :Megan: ''Please check the number and try again.'' | ||
{{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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