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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] is pressing on [[Megan]] for stopping her idea to visit her family. While Megan is fully convinced that this visit will happen, Cueball takes advantage of her | + | [[Cueball]] is pressing on [[Megan]] for stopping her idea to visit her family. While Megan is fully convinced that this visit will happen, Cueball takes advantage of her being a librarian. He starts to open up a {{w|hardcover}} book much farther than it was made to open, ruining the spine, and then mistreats it some more. Megan cannot take this anymore, and gives up on the family visit. |
− | The | + | The humor comes from the {{w|Librarians in popular culture|stereotype of librarians}} as very sensitive to proper treatment of books and inflexibility with rule-breaking. |
− | The | + | The title text goes on with the inflexible stereotype, as librarians will not make exceptions for or give reductions to their romantic partners' overdue fees. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Advantages to dating librarians. | :Advantages to dating librarians. | ||
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:Megan: We're stopping in Baltimore to visit my family, and that's final. | :Megan: We're stopping in Baltimore to visit my family, and that's final. | ||
:Cueball: Oh yeah? | :Cueball: Oh yeah? | ||
− | + | :[Reaching inside paper bag.] | |
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:Cueball: Hey, look, it's a new hardback book! | :Cueball: Hey, look, it's a new hardback book! | ||
+ | :[Holds book in hands.] | ||
:Megan: You wouldn't. | :Megan: You wouldn't. | ||
− | + | :[The book is twisted and crinkled.] | |
− | :[ | + | :''crinkle'' |
− | + | :''creak'' | |
− | + | :[Megan twitches.] | |
− | + | :''crack'' | |
− | + | :[The book's spine is broken.] | |
− | :Megan: '' | + | :Megan: OKAY! You win! |
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− | :Megan: OKAY! | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] |