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← Older revision		Revision as of 17:03, 31 March 2026
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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is a reference to the {{w|breast cancer}} surgery that [[Randall]]'s fiancee/wife underwent, and is one of many [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] he made because of this.
+This comic is a reference to the {{w|breast cancer}} surgery that [[Randall]]'s fiancee/wife underwent, and is one of many [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] he made because of this. This comic is the follow up appointment after the surgery. When doctor [[Ponytail]] asks [[Megan]] to take her shirt off, she refuses until Ponytail gives her a necklace of purple beads. Younger and more boorish {{w|Mardi Gras}} tourists sometimes offer necklaces like this in exchange for the [http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/travel_archive_200/217_mardi-gras-dos-and-donts.html exposure of a person's breasts.]
-This comic is the follow up appointment after the surgery. When doctor [[Ponytail]] asks [[Megan]] to take her shirt off, she refuses until Ponytail gives her a necklace of purple beads. Younger and more boorish {{w|Mardi Gras}} tourists sometimes offer necklaces like this in exchange for the [http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/travel_archive_200/217_mardi-gras-dos-and-donts.html exposure of a person's breasts.]
+Megan's line "You know the rules" implies that Megan has stipulated that every time she takes off her shirt for the doctor, a necklace of beads must be exchanged. In the [http://xkcd.com/996/info.0.json official transcript] the doctor is described as an {{w|Oncologist}}, a doctor who works with cancer patients, and Megan/Randall's wife is described as a ''Delightfully Awesome Person''. It is also stated that the oncologist fake-annoyedly searches for something in pockets and that it is a Mardi Gras bead necklace she takes out.
-Megan's line "You know the rules" implies that Megan has stipulated that every time she takes off her shirt for the doctor, a necklace of beads must be exchanged.
+Below the xkcd logo, in the [[Header text|header]] at the top of the comic page there is the following text: "Some context for the cancer comics:" and below that a link to a [[Blag]] post regarding [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ family-illness] that talked about the real world events leading up to this comic. This is one of the few comics where a character wears regular clothes, but doctor Ponytail has been seen before in [[883: Pain Rating]] and later in [[1713: 50 ccs]]. Megan is in both, and Cueball also in the latter.
 The title text refers to a {{w|mastectomy}}, the surgical removal of one or both breasts. One possible treatment for breast cancer is to surgically remove the breast. After this procedure a false or prosthetic breast is often added to retain the prior physical appearance. The title text suggests this prosthesis could serve as a charging station by including the following features: a spare battery inside the prosthesis, a USB port where the nipple would normally be, and a ring of lights showing the charge level of the battery arranged around the {{w|areola}} (the darker circle of skin around the nipple).
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Explanation==
 This comic is a reference to the {{w|breast cancer}} surgery that [[Randall]]'s fiancee/wife underwent, and is one of many [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] he made because of this.
-I actually fucking hate niggers dawg r is described as an {{w|Oncologist}}, a doctor who works with cancer patients, and Megan/Randall's wife is described as a ''Delightfully Awesome Person''. It is also stated that the oncologist fake-annoyedly searches for something in pockets and that it is a Mardi Gras bead necklace she takes out.
 Below the xkcd logo in the header at the top of the comic page there is the following text: "Some context for the cancer comics:" and below that a link to a [[blag]] posting regarding [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ family-illness] that talked about the real world events leading up to this comic.

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 ==Explanation==
 This comic is a reference to the {{w|breast cancer}} surgery that [[Randall]]'s fiancee/wife underwent, and is one of many [[:Category:Cancer|comics about cancer]] he made because of this.
+I actually fucking hate niggers dawg r is described as an {{w|Oncologist}}, a doctor who works with cancer patients, and Megan/Randall's wife is described as a ''Delightfully Awesome Person''. It is also stated that the oncologist fake-annoyedly searches for something in pockets and that it is a Mardi Gras bead necklace she takes out.
 Below the xkcd logo in the header at the top of the comic page there is the following text: "Some context for the cancer comics:" and below that a link to a [[blag]] posting regarding [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ family-illness] that talked about the real world events leading up to this comic.