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172.68.205.151: Undo revision 374098 by 162.158.42.88 (talk) Cueball is on the computer, but the grawlix is coming through the computer from the noob.

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Undo revision 374098 by 162.158.42.88 (talk) Cueball is on the computer, but the grawlix is coming through the computer from the noob.

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball is typing on a computer, and his friend is lying on the floor.]
+:[Cueball is typing on a computer, and his friend is lying on the floor with his head in his hands.]
-:"Noob" (on computer): *$@#!
+:Noob (on computer): *$@#!
 :Friend: Hey, ease up on the noobs. Like my mom always said, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
-:[Cueball has turned his chair around.]
+:[The panel focuses on Cueball, who has turned his chair around.]
 :Cueball: No, you don't.
-:Friend: You don't?
+:Friend (off-screen): You don't?
 :Cueball: Nope, set out a bowl of balsamic and a bowl of honey. The vinegar gets more.
-:[Cueball's friend is now sitting on the floor.]
+:[Cueball's friend has sat up.]
 :Friend: ...Seriously?
-:Cueball: You have fruit flies. Try it yourself.
+:Cueball (off-screen): You have fruit flies. Try it yourself.
 :Later:

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 The saying "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar" means that people are more likely to be won over with politeness than hostility.
-When [[Cueball]]'s friend tells him this after he replies to a "{{W|noob}}" using swear words, he then says that the saying is literally false by saying that {{w|balsamic vinegar}} attracts more flies than {{w|honey}}. He then tells his friend to try it with his own {{w|Fruit fly|fruit flies}}. Fruit flies are attracted to the products of {{w|fermentation}}, particularly to {{w|ethanol}} and {{w|acetic acid}}. The acidity in vinegar is due mostly to acetic acid.
+When [[Cueball]]'s friend tells him this after he replies to a "{{W|noob}}" using swear words, he then says that the saying is literally false by saying that {{w|balsamic vinegar}} attracts more flies than {{w|honey}}. He then tells his friend to try it with his own {{w|Fruit fly|fruit flies}}. Fruit flies are attracted to the products of {{w|fermentation}}, particularly to {{w|ethanol}} and {{w|acetic acid}}. The acidity in vinegar is due mostly to acetic acid. Nevertheless, you figuratively catch more ''people'' with honey than with vinegar.
 When Cueball's statement is found true, as balsamic vinegar smells like sweet and decomposing fruit to the fruit flies, his friend complains to his mother (with a vitriol influenced by Cueball, perhaps to get some favor) that she lied to him. He then says that another saying, "a watched pot never boils," is also literally false. That saying means that an event that is monitored with impatient attention will seem to take longer, much like watching a clock. However, the pot will boil eventually, so if you keep watching it continuously, you are bound to see it boil at some point.

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 ==Transcript==
 :[Cueball is typing on a computer, and his friend is lying on the floor.]
-:Cueball (on computer): *$@#!
+:"Noob" (on computer): *$@#!
 :Friend: Hey, ease up on the noobs. Like my mom always said, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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 ==Transcript==
 :[Cueball is typing on a computer, and his friend is lying on the floor.]
-:"Noob" (on computer): *$@#!
+:Cueball (on computer): *$@#!
 :Friend: Hey, ease up on the noobs. Like my mom always said, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.