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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a DISGUSTED NURSE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | + | {{w|Capri Sun}} is a fruit juice concentrate beverage that comes in soft rectangular mylar bags with a small seal near the top, to be pierced with an included straw so as to sip the drink. {{w|Saline (medicine)|Saline}} bags, used in hospitals and other medical settings, are also soft and rectangular, with an {{w|Intravenous therapy#Medical uses|intravenous}} (IV) drip connection about the same size as such straws, and usually contain a 0.9% sodium chloride (table salt) solution in sterile water so they are salty enough to be {{w|Tonicity#Isotonicity|isotonic}} to blood. Capri Sun is mostly sugar water, and only 0.00008% salt,[https://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/food-volume-to-weight/substance/capri-blank-sun-coma-and-blank-fruit-blank-juice-blank-drink] so it tastes sweet instead. | |
− | + | Almost everyone would be very unlikely to accidentally mistake saline bags for Capri Sun, especially a medical doctor. Cueball's apparent attempt to impersonate a doctor was derailed when hospital staff noticed that he had made such an absurdly unlikely and therefore humorous mistake. | |
− | + | The title text has Cueball pointing out that drinking saline out of the bag is better than putting Capri Sun into patient's IV drip, as it would endanger the patient.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47623816] He is trying to claim this mitigates the severity of his incompetence. The security personnel apprehending him are likely not persuaded, as impersonating hospital staff is a serious offense with dangerous risks and severe consequences. | |
− | The | + | The comic arguably functions as a continuation of [[451: Impostor]] and [[699: Trimester]]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball, wearing a lab coat, is drinking out of a straw inserted into an IV drip bag that is | + | :[Cueball, wearing a lab coat, is drinking out of a straw inserted into an IV drip bag that is labelled with unreadable text. Cueball is surrounded by hospital staff. To the left is Megan with a white hat, she is holding a clipboard, with a paper with unreadable text. To his right is Dr. Ponytail holding a rolled up paper under one arm and to the right of her a man with a similar hat as Megan. They are all looking at Cueball.] |
:Cueball: You know, these Capri Suns are good, but they're ''really'' salty. | :Cueball: You know, these Capri Suns are good, but they're ''really'' salty. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Ponytail]] | [[Category:Doctor Ponytail]] | ||
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[[Category:Characters with hats]] | [[Category:Characters with hats]] | ||
[[Category:Medicine]] | [[Category:Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Food]] | [[Category:Food]] |