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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic shows various | + | {{incomplete|Created by a POGO STICK ON A SLIP'N'SLIDE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This comic shows various children's toys, ranked by how practical they would be for long-distance transportation. | ||
− | The "Practical" panel shows | + | The "Practical" panel shows toys designed for convenient transportation, namely {{w|bicycles}} and {{w|Motorized_scooter|electric scooters}}. Most people know how to ride a bicycle, and can easily go several miles on it. Scooters (shown in the comic panel) are also relatively easy to use, and since they have a motor can be used for significant distances. These are often not even considered "toys". |
− | The "Less Practical" panel has | + | The "Less Practical" panel has toys designed for transportation, but which may be harder to use than the first panel. {{w|Skateboards}} and {{w|roller skates}}, while designed for transportation, don't work great over long distances or when carrying objects, and {{w|Big Wheel (tricycle)|Big Wheels}} and {{w|unicycles}} (shown in the panel) are simply less practical bikes. |
− | In the "Impractical" panel are | + | In the "Impractical" panel are toys that are designed for transportation, but are ''very much not'' designed for convenience, especially over long distances. {{w|Stilts}} are long poles that one stands on to extend their legs; while they increase the user's stride length, it takes quite a bit of practice to use them, especially if they're very long. A {{w|jump rope}} is a rope that the user swings around their body while they jump over it whenever the rope passes below their feet; it doesn't actually provide any transportation by itself, the user is simply hopping to their destination, which is a very tiring way to travel (but very good exercise if you can do it). A {{w|toy wagon|wagon}} has no propulsion of its own, it has to be pulled by the user; parents sometimes use it to transport their children short distances (such as to a playground). A {{w|Pogo stick}} is a pole with a spring at the bottom and a platform for standing on, which can be used to bounce; while fun for bouncing a few yards (as shown in the panel), like the jump rope it would be tiring for long distances. |
− | The "Very Impractical" panel has | + | The "Very Impractical" panel has toys that may be used for transportation, but to an ''incredibly'' limited degree. {{w|Slip_%27N_Slide|Slip 'N Slides}} (shown in the panel) only work (effectively) downhill, and only where they are placed down. {{w|Trampolines}} and {{w|Tire Swings}} could let you go somewhere, but you'd need to set up multiple in a row leading to your destination beforehand. {{w|Hot Wheels}} cars could be put onto the bottom of shoes to create ''extremely'' ill-advised{{citation needed}} improvised rollerskates, but the car on its own has effectively no merit for transportation. |
− | The title text refers to {{w|tetherball}}, a game found in many playgrounds where a ball is attached to a pole by a long rope. This is also very impractical, as the rope just winds around a stationary pole. It's possible that he is swinging from the rope and letting go (which would explain the bruises and scrapes, as well as the torn rope), but there is no ''remotely'' practical way to use this to commute.{{citation needed}} | + | The title text refers to {{w|tetherball}}, a game found in many playgrounds where a ball is attached to a pole by a long rope. This is also very impractical, as the rope just winds around a stationary pole. It's possible that he is swinging from the rope and letting go (which would explain the bruises and scrapes, as well as the torn rope), but there is no clear (or even ''remotely'' practical) way to use this to commute.{{citation needed}} |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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*Bicycle | *Bicycle | ||
*Electric Scooter | *Electric Scooter | ||
− | :[Cueball, wearing a helmet, drives by on an electric scooter, passing another Cueball and Hairbun, who is holding a briefcase.] | + | :[Cueball, wearing a bicycle helmet, drives by on an electric scooter, passing another Cueball and Hairbun, who is holding a briefcase.] |
:Scooter Cueball: Hi, boss! | :Scooter Cueball: Hi, boss! | ||
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*Hot Wheels | *Hot Wheels | ||
*Slip 'N Slide | *Slip 'N Slide | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |