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Also note that this situation is similar to the case of {{W|Newton's cannonball}}. However, that is actually in very-low-earth-orbit — and you would need to be going 7,300 m/s, or about 16,000 mph (26,000 km/h) to stay in orbit. At that speed, of course, air friction would quickly destroy the cannonball or person. This is clearly not the case in the dream. | Also note that this situation is similar to the case of {{W|Newton's cannonball}}. However, that is actually in very-low-earth-orbit — and you would need to be going 7,300 m/s, or about 16,000 mph (26,000 km/h) to stay in orbit. At that speed, of course, air friction would quickly destroy the cannonball or person. This is clearly not the case in the dream. | ||
− | Getting weightless and drifting around was a fantasy in [[226: Swingset] | + | Getting weightless and drifting around was a fantasy in [[226: Swingset]]. |
In the book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' Cueball jumps to score with a basketball in the explanation for ''Playing Fields'' only to find that he keeps rising steadily along a straight curve up above the hoop. Very similar to this jump that just lets Cueball float straight afterwards. | In the book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' Cueball jumps to score with a basketball in the explanation for ''Playing Fields'' only to find that he keeps rising steadily along a straight curve up above the hoop. Very similar to this jump that just lets Cueball float straight afterwards. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[In the first panel Cueball is seen as a stop motion cartoon | + | :[In the first panel Cueball is seen as a stop motion cartoon jumping down a small hill — jumping longer and longer between sentences. Jump is written over the head of Cueball that perform the jump until he floats.] |
:Cueball: I love these dreams | :Cueball: I love these dreams | ||
− | :'' | + | :''jump'' |
:Cueball: Each jump is a little longer | :Cueball: Each jump is a little longer | ||
− | :'' | + | :''jump'' |
:Cueball: Each push off the ground a little softer | :Cueball: Each push off the ground a little softer | ||
− | :'' | + | :''jump'' |
:Cueball: Until I | :Cueball: Until I | ||
− | :'' | + | :''g l i d e'' |
− | :[In the second panel Cueball | + | :[In the second panel Cueball glides over a fence and the dunes before the beach — then he glides out over the sea.] |
− | :[In the third panel Cueball | + | :[In the third panel Cueball glides across the open sea — birds circling, a fish splashing beneath the second.] |
:''sploosh'' | :''sploosh'' | ||
:Cueball: ...I ''hope'' this is a dream. | :Cueball: ...I ''hope'' this is a dream. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *The title text for this comic originally read "I hope I'm at least following the curve of the Earth around to land..." | + | *The comic [[417: The Man Who Fell Sideways]] has some resemblance to this one. |
− | + | *The title text for this comic originally read "I hope I'm at least following the curve of the Earth around to land..." but later it was changed to "Or that I'm at least following the curve of the Earth around to land..." | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Dreams]] | [[Category:Dreams]] | ||
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