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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | Cueball (representing [[Randall]]) is uncomfortable about talking with couples who have just had a baby, as he never knows what to say. He has many strange thoughts and/or reasonable questions, that you just do not mention in front of happy parents showing off their precious baby for the first time. (See [[#Table|the table]] below for his thoughts.) | |
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===Table=== | ===Table=== | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! scope="col" | Explanation | ! scope="col" | Explanation | ||
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| Wow, it's getting so big! Unlike most babies, which stay the same size forever. | | Wow, it's getting so big! Unlike most babies, which stay the same size forever. | ||
− | | The first part of the sentence is quite a normal response, if it is not the first time the person sees the baby. But the second part | + | | The first part of the sentence is quite a normal response, if it is not the first time the person sees the baby. But the second part is something Cueball adds in his head, because newborn babies are supposed to grow fast, and it would be strange/bad if the baby had not grown considerably if it had been some month since last time. |
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| Hi! I'm talking to a baby! | | Hi! I'm talking to a baby! | ||
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| What brand is it? | | What brand is it? | ||
− | | | + | | Usually it may be OK to ask what sex the baby is. The normal question would be ''Is it a boy or a girl.'' Those are the two "{{w|brands}}" a baby comes in. |
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| Wow, definitely much smaller than a regular person! | | Wow, definitely much smaller than a regular person! | ||
− | | As all babies are... Typically a real response would be ''Wow, they are so small'' | + | | As all babies are... Typically a real response would be ''Wow, they are so small''. |
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| You sure did make that. | | You sure did make that. | ||
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− | | ★★★★☆ | + | | ★★★★☆ great baby. |
− | | It is custom to praise parents for their lovely baby, but do not ever rate it with stars! In [[1608: Hoverboard]] Megan [http://xkcd.com/1608/1019:-1073+s.png rates a sea], something also not usually done. At least Cueball | + | | It is custom to praise parents for their lovely baby, but do not ever rate it with stars! In [[1608: Hoverboard]] Megan [http://xkcd.com/1608/1019:-1073+s.png rates a sea], something also not usually done. (At least she gives less stars than Cueball does for the baby). According to [[1098: Star Ratings]] this means the baby is OK. |
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| It doesn't really look like you since you're not a baby. | | It doesn't really look like you since you're not a baby. | ||
− | | A common comment is ''He totally looks like you''. What people mean is that they can see features in the face (he has his | + | | A common comment is ''He totally looks like you''. What people mean is that they can see features in the face (he has his fathers nose but his mothers eyes). But of course given that the parents are adults they of course no longer look like a baby. Often it could be speculated that people just say this because they wish to see the similarities and to please the parents (hopefully). |
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| So do they learn words one at a time alphabetically or can you pick the order or what? | | So do they learn words one at a time alphabetically or can you pick the order or what? | ||
− | | Here Cueball displays interest in the process of learning to speak a language as a baby. Very interesting subject, but since this is a very small baby | + | | Here Cueball displays interest in the process of learning to speak a language as a baby. Very interesting subject, but since this is a very small baby not something first time parents for instance would have thought about yet. Learning one word at a time seems reasonable, but the last two suggestions that they learn alphabetically or in a specific order the parents chooses is plain silly. |
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| I hope it does a good job. | | I hope it does a good job. | ||
− | | | + | | A baby actually does nothing that can be described as a ''job'', so this statement is not meaningful. |
− | + | If it were about the future of the baby, it would be a socially very inadequate comment to care only about the possible usefulness of the baby, than to anticipate the joy of the parents about the child's person. | |
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| Title text: Does it get taller first and then widen, or does it reach full width before getting taller, or alternate, or what? | | Title text: Does it get taller first and then widen, or does it reach full width before getting taller, or alternate, or what? | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball is standing in front of a family consisting a Cueball-like guy holding a newborn baby, with spiky hair, in a blanket and Megan. Cueball is thinking lots of thoughts about what to say to the couple upon seeing their baby for the first time. There is thus a huge thinking bubble in the top of the panel above the characters. Everything in this bubble has been crossed out like taking a pencil and drawing lines on top of the text, but it can still be read. After using all this time thinking, Cueball finally decides what to say, only to immediately regret this as can be seen in a small thought bubble below his spoken line, which is between the huge and the small bubble.] | :[Cueball is standing in front of a family consisting a Cueball-like guy holding a newborn baby, with spiky hair, in a blanket and Megan. Cueball is thinking lots of thoughts about what to say to the couple upon seeing their baby for the first time. There is thus a huge thinking bubble in the top of the panel above the characters. Everything in this bubble has been crossed out like taking a pencil and drawing lines on top of the text, but it can still be read. After using all this time thinking, Cueball finally decides what to say, only to immediately regret this as can be seen in a small thought bubble below his spoken line, which is between the huge and the small bubble.] | ||
− | :Cueball (thoughts that are crossed out): | + | :Cueball (thoughts that are crossed out): <!--These thoughts are not striked-out --> |
− | :: | + | ::Wow, it's getting so big! Unlike most babies, which stay the same size forever. |
::Hi! I'm talking to a baby! | ::Hi! I'm talking to a baby! | ||
::What brand is it? | ::What brand is it? | ||
::Wow, definitely much smaller than a regular person! | ::Wow, definitely much smaller than a regular person! | ||
::You sure did make that. | ::You sure did make that. | ||
− | ::★★★★☆ | + | ::★★★★☆ great baby. |
::It doesn't really look like you since you're not a baby. | ::It doesn't really look like you since you're not a baby. | ||
::So do they learn words one at a time alphabetically or can you pick the order or what? | ::So do they learn words one at a time alphabetically or can you pick the order or what? | ||
− | ::I hope it does a good job. | + | ::I hope it does a good job. |
:Cueball: Wow, that's a really cool baby! | :Cueball: Wow, that's a really cool baby! | ||
− | :Cueball (thinking): | + | :Cueball (thinking): Dammit. |
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
:I can never figure out what to say about babies. | :I can never figure out what to say about babies. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | ||
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