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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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[[Randall]]'s then-fiancée, now wife was diagnosed with cancer in late 2010. This is a matter he has discussed in the comic [[:Category:Cancer|multiple times before]], with Randall being depicted as Cueball and his wife as Megan. It has been 10 years since her diagnosis and treatments. | [[Randall]]'s then-fiancée, now wife was diagnosed with cancer in late 2010. This is a matter he has discussed in the comic [[:Category:Cancer|multiple times before]], with Randall being depicted as Cueball and his wife as Megan. It has been 10 years since her diagnosis and treatments. | ||
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The first of the new panels shows Randall and his wife at a "Rabbit Rescue", interacting with buns ([[:Category:Buns|a recurring theme]] of xkcd). The purpose of such events is to get rescued (often surrendered or seized) rabbits or other animals used to interacting with each other and with unfamiliar humans under controlled circumstances, to help them be more suitable as pets and hopefully entice visitors to adopt them. Randall facetiously asks his wife if she thinks the rabbits have socialized enough, even though he and his wife are there for the sake of their own enjoyment (and she indicates that she would like to spend more time patting a bunny on its head). | The first of the new panels shows Randall and his wife at a "Rabbit Rescue", interacting with buns ([[:Category:Buns|a recurring theme]] of xkcd). The purpose of such events is to get rescued (often surrendered or seized) rabbits or other animals used to interacting with each other and with unfamiliar humans under controlled circumstances, to help them be more suitable as pets and hopefully entice visitors to adopt them. Randall facetiously asks his wife if she thinks the rabbits have socialized enough, even though he and his wife are there for the sake of their own enjoyment (and she indicates that she would like to spend more time patting a bunny on its head). | ||
− | In the next panel, | + | In the next panel, Cueball is pushing Megan in a handcart, which is presumably stolen. (As evidenced by the off-panel person asking if anybody has seen the handcart.) |
− | The third new panel shows | + | The third new panel shows Cueball and Megan exploring a mountain. They appear to have found something interesting, due to Megan pointing her finger towards something off-panel. |
− | The fourth panel shows | + | The fourth panel shows Cueball and Megan sitting on the edge of a pier, looking at the night sky. This is a typical romantic nighttime activity{{Citation needed}}. |
− | The | + | The fifth new panel shows Cueball and Megan sitting on a hill, talking about how they couldn't believe that Megan would make it to 10 years cancer-free, which according to [[881: Probability]] wasn't all that certain (77% probability -- [[2379: Probability Comparisons|the probability of picking an M&M out of a bag at random and getting one that isn't blue]]). Because the table does not include values for probability of survival more than ten years after treatment, she jokingly concludes that she is now immortal, perhaps thanks to a cursed artifact. Many anniversaries are traditionally marked by giving gifts, such as the {{w|silver jubilee}} after twenty-five years of marriage (or of a monarch's reign, or an employee's seniority within a company, or anything else). The tenth anniversary is traditionally associated with a tin gift (tin being a much more precious metal [https://www.bartleby.com/95/22.html in 1922] than it is today), but maybe Randall bought it at [[2376: Curbside|a cursed shop]]. |
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Cursed artifacts that cannot die were recently mentioned in [[2332: Cursed Chair]]. | Cursed artifacts that cannot die were recently mentioned in [[2332: Cursed Chair]]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:'''From [[1141: Two Years]]''' | :'''From [[1141: Two Years]]''' | ||
:[Randall (drawn as Cueball) and Randall's fiancée (drawn as Megan) sit on a bed, Randall's fiancée is talking on the phone. The person she is talking to, a doctor holding a clipboard, is shown inset.] | :[Randall (drawn as Cueball) and Randall's fiancée (drawn as Megan) sit on a bed, Randall's fiancée is talking on the phone. The person she is talking to, a doctor holding a clipboard, is shown inset.] | ||
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:[Randall and his wife are sitting in a room with five bunnies sitting around and on them. The Poster on the wall reads: Rabbit rescue.] | :[Randall and his wife are sitting in a room with five bunnies sitting around and on them. The Poster on the wall reads: Rabbit rescue.] | ||
:Randall: Do you think they're socialized enough? | :Randall: Do you think they're socialized enough? | ||
− | :Randall's wife: This one might need | + | :Randall's wife: This one might need some more head pats. |
:[Randall is running and pushing his wife on a hand cart.] | :[Randall is running and pushing his wife on a hand cart.] | ||
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:[Randall and his wife walks up hill with snowy mountains near by and in the background. his wife is gesturing to something ahead of them.] | :[Randall and his wife walks up hill with snowy mountains near by and in the background. his wife is gesturing to something ahead of them.] | ||
− | :[A large dark panel, to the right of the previous three, to the left in two rows. Randall and his wife sits, leaning back on their hands looking up, at the end of a pier going into a lake. The end is broader and they sit to each side of the middle of | + | :[A large dark panel, to the right of the previous three, to the left in two rows. Randall and his wife sits, leaning back on their hands looking up, at the end of a pier going into a lake. The end is broader and they sit to each side of the middle of he pier. It is night and behind the lake there is a forest of pine trees. Above the three is a clear starlit night sky with hundreds of stars and the band of the Milky Way clearly visible. The trees and some of the stars are reflected in the water of the lake, distorted by the movements of the water.] |
:[Randall is sitting on a grassy field, a bit higher than his wife who lies on her back looking up.] | :[Randall is sitting on a grassy field, a bit higher than his wife who lies on her back looking up.] | ||
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[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
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[[Category:Total Solar Eclipse 2017]] | [[Category:Total Solar Eclipse 2017]] | ||
[[Category:Buns]] | [[Category:Buns]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with inverted brightness]] | [[Category:Comics with inverted brightness]] | ||
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