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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | Cellular phone users can set darn near ''anything'' as their ringtone; even the default rings on new phones are a short string of notes put together, and serve a dual purpose as a company's trademark. Cueball is saying that there's one thing in his life he's never compromised on: When someone calls his phone, it makes a ''ringing'' sound. Of course, this is a rather minor thing on which to make a stand. | + | Cellular phone users can set darn near ''anything'' as their ringtone; even the default rings on new phones are a short string of notes put together, and serve a dual purpose as a company's trademark. [[Cueball]] is saying that there's one thing in his life he's never compromised on: When someone calls his phone, it makes a ''ringing'' sound. Of course, this is a rather minor thing on which to make a stand. |
To continue the comic's theme of Cueball-as-crochety-old-man, the title text says that he needs a lawn, so he can yell at kids to stay off of it — a stereotypical "old man" behavior. | To continue the comic's theme of Cueball-as-crochety-old-man, the title text says that he needs a lawn, so he can yell at kids to stay off of it — a stereotypical "old man" behavior. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[Cueball standing in room next to round table, looking out window. Blue and orange sunset visible outside the window.] | + | :[Cueball is standing in room next to round table, looking out a window. Blue and orange sunset visible outside the window. There is a phone on the table.] |
:I haven't lived a perfect life. | :I haven't lived a perfect life. | ||
:Made plenty of mistakes. | :Made plenty of mistakes. | ||
:Got my share of regrets. | :Got my share of regrets. | ||
| − | :[Viewpoint zooms in onto Cueball and | + | |
| + | :[Viewpoint zooms in onto Cueball and table.] | ||
:But there's one thing of which I'm proud. | :But there's one thing of which I'm proud. | ||
:One stand on which I've never wavered. | :One stand on which I've never wavered. | ||
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:[Viewpoint zooms in onto cell phone on table.] | :[Viewpoint zooms in onto cell phone on table.] | ||
:When someone calls my phone, | :When someone calls my phone, | ||
| − | :it makes a goddamn | + | :it makes a goddamn <u>ringing</u> sound. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 23 February 2014
| Tones |
 Title text: I need a lawn, so I can yell at kids to stay off it. |
Explanation
Cellular phone users can set darn near anything as their ringtone; even the default rings on new phones are a short string of notes put together, and serve a dual purpose as a company's trademark. Cueball is saying that there's one thing in his life he's never compromised on: When someone calls his phone, it makes a ringing sound. Of course, this is a rather minor thing on which to make a stand.
To continue the comic's theme of Cueball-as-crochety-old-man, the title text says that he needs a lawn, so he can yell at kids to stay off of it — a stereotypical "old man" behavior.
Transcript
- [Cueball is standing in room next to round table, looking out a window. Blue and orange sunset visible outside the window. There is a phone on the table.]
- I haven't lived a perfect life.
- Made plenty of mistakes.
- Got my share of regrets.
- [Viewpoint zooms in onto Cueball and table.]
- But there's one thing of which I'm proud.
- One stand on which I've never wavered.
- [Viewpoint zooms in onto cell phone on table.]
- When someone calls my phone,
- it makes a goddamn ringing sound.
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Yes!! To the death!!! A goddamn ringing sound... 162.158.91.165 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
In the olden days of electro-mechanical telephone exchanges, each exchange would have a 17 Hz ring tone generator. When a call was switched through, it would send a 17 Hz signal down the line which would be picked off by a 17 Hz pick-off filter in the receiver. This would then activate the bell inside the receiver, causing it to ring. (Feel free to delete if deemed irrelevant). -- The Cat Lady (talk) 10:56, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
could be a reference to “a softer world”, seeing how it has the same style of text boxes on top of one consistent image. thats what it reminded me of immediately, anyway Fjathom (talk) 21:34, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
