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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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In this comic the couple [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] want to rent a car. The [[:Category:Multiple Cueballs|Cueball-like guy]] from the {{w|car rental}} agency tells them they only have two vehicles available: | In this comic the couple [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] want to rent a car. The [[:Category:Multiple Cueballs|Cueball-like guy]] from the {{w|car rental}} agency tells them they only have two vehicles available: | ||
− | * One car that puts its occupants into mortal danger, so much | + | * One car that puts its occupants into mortal danger, so much so that it is called ''The Murder Car''. The danger, however, is abstract - it is [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haunted haunted] by a {{w|ghost}}, and actual death befalls only "maybe one in six". (That is the equivalent of a round of {{w|Russian Roulette}}). |
− | * The other car, a regular {{w|Sedan (automobile)| | + | * The other car, a regular {{w|Sedan (automobile)|Sedan}}, has a defective {{w|GPS}} that incessantly gives instructions to go specifically to {{w|Seattle}}, regardsess of the driver's intention to go there. And it cannot be turned off. |
− | Megan believes she can ignore this and accepts the | + | Megan believes she can ignore this and accepts the least lethal car. The comic suggests that driving with a GPS that tries to guide you to a different destination than that which you wish to visit - so it is always recalculating and asking you to do U-turns - is in credibly annoying. So annoying that given the choice between the persistent low-level annoyance of the GPS on one hand, and the ("low") probability of being murdered on the other, most people will choose the latter option. After all, they might survive murderous ghosts but they feel they will not survive long having to listen to the broken GPS. |
− | According to the title text, the murderous ghosts haunt both cars, but as soon as the car starts driving and the GPS begins to drone on, even the ghost cannot stand listening to the broken GPS and | + | According to the title text, the murderous ghosts haunt both cars, but as soon as the car starts driving and the GPS begins to drone on, even the ghost cannot stand listening to the broken GPS and returns to ''The Murder Car''. |
− | Apart from the joke about GPS, | + | Apart from the joke about GPS, there is also a joke on the horrible cars one might get at a car rental service... |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[The guy lifts his hand and looks at Megan and Cueball.] | :[The guy lifts his hand and looks at Megan and Cueball.] | ||
− | :Guy: The other is a regular | + | :Guy: The other is a regular Sedan. |
− | :Guy: But | + | :Guy: But is has a GPS that's stuck trying to navigate to Seattle. |
:Megan: ...I can ignore it, right? That's fine. | :Megan: ...I can ignore it, right? That's fine. | ||
− | :[In a frame-less panel Megan and Cueball | + | :[In a frame-less panel Megan and Cueball drives in the Sedan.] |
− | :GPS: | + | :GPS: Turn left |
− | :GPS: | + | :GPS: Recalculating |
− | :GPS: | + | :GPS: Make a U-Turn |
− | :GPS: | + | :GPS: Recalculating |
− | :GPS: | + | :GPS: Turn right |
− | :GPS: | + | :GPS: Make a U-Turn |
− | :GPS: | + | :GPS: Recalculating |
− | :[Megan and Cueball | + | :[Megan and Cueball walks back into the the guy behind his desk. Megan holds out the car keys in one hand.] |
:Guy: Back already? | :Guy: Back already? | ||
:Megan: We'll take the murder car. | :Megan: We'll take the murder car. | ||
− | :Guy: Popular | + | :Guy: Popular Choice. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |