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| title = Jump | | title = Jump | ||
| image = jump.png | | image = jump.png | ||
− | | titletext = | + | | titletext = I hope I'm at least following the curve of the Earth around to land ... |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] is presumably experiencing a common dream subject, flying or floating. As in | + | [[Cueball]] is (presumably) experiencing a common dream subject, flying or floating. As in many varieties of such a dream, the ability to fly, float or glide only gradually manifests, going from longer and longer jumps to a sort of flight or hovering. In Cueball's case, his jumps become longer and 'lighter' until at last he is gliding just above the surface of the Earth. He has apparently had such a dream before, with just such a flight mechanic manifesting itself, as he indicates that he 'loves' these dreams. |
− | In his presumed dream, Cueball finally achieves his gliding flight just as he reaches the shoreline, and his gliding carries him over the water's edge and out to sea. After a moment's reflection, he | + | In his (presumed) dream, Cueball finally achieves his gliding flight just as he reaches the shoreline, and his gliding carries him over the water's edge and out to sea. After a moment's reflection, he indicates that he HOPES it is a dream, as if he were really gliding out to sea without any real apparent means of control, his situation would presumably be rather perilous ... death by starvation or thirst, gradually slowing down and becoming 'stuck' over the water with no way to land, the loss of his gliding ability as suddenly as it came, etc, all suggest themselves as possible perils he would now be subject to if, in fact, his 'dream' were actual reality. |
− | The title text adds a further worry not immediately apparent unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in | + | The title text adds a further worry not immediately apparent unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line (some sort of cessation of gravity acting upon his person), in which case he would (if his forward momentum were maintained) continue moving in a straight line while the Earth's surface would curve away beneath him, sending him out into space instead of the (relatively) preferable scenario of merely floating across the ocean to the opposite shore. |
− | Also note that this situation is similar to the case of {{W|Newton's cannonball}}. However, that is actually in very-low-earth-orbit | + | 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 7300 m/s, or about 16000 mph (26000 km/h) to stay in orbit. At that speed, or course, air friction would quickly destroy the cannonball (or person). This is clearly not the case in the dream. |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
− | + | :[In panel one 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 the Cueballs that perform the jump. That is until he floats and realizes he won't fall down - then it says Glide over the next three Cueballs] | |
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− | + | :I love these dreams | |
− | + | :Jump | |
− | + | :Each jump is a little longer | |
− | : | + | :Jump |
− | + | :Each push off the ground a little softer | |
− | : | + | :Jump |
− | + | :Until I | |
− | : | + | :G L I D E |
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− | :[In | + | :[In panel two Cueball floats (glides) over a fence and the dunes before the beach - he then float out over the sea] |
− | :[In | + | :[In panel three there are four stop motion Cueballs that just floats across the open sea - birds circling the first, a fish splashing beneath the second:] |
− | : | + | :Fish jumping: Sploosh |
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− | + | :[The third Cueball is looking anxiously back toward the distant shore - and finally the fourth Cuball expresses a wish:] | |
− | + | :...I ''hope'' this is a dream. | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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