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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] is fascinated about engines | + | {{incomplete}} |
+ | [[Cueball]] is fascinated about that engines can burn organic matter. But in fact {{w|Biofuel}} is a big industry today, criticized widely because it is in competition to food in general while still many people die on hunger. | ||
− | + | But then we have a reference the famous quote "Mussolini made the trains run on time", a piece of propaganda from Italy under dictator {{w|Benito Mussolini}} in the 1920's until 1943. The pun is made on the fact that {{w|Thyme|thyme}} (the spice, as in the comic, or sometimes a herb) and time (the physical phenomenon, as in the original quote) are homophonous. | |
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+ | Cueball does not like this joke because he doesn't like jokes in this way about {{w|Nazi|Nazis}}. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball at | + | :[Cueball at computer and a friend standing nearby.] |
:Cueball: Wow – Engines can burn vegetable oil. | :Cueball: Wow – Engines can burn vegetable oil. | ||
− | :Friend: Well, sure. You can burn most any organic matter. | + | :Friend: Well, sure. You can burn most any organic matter. Corn, leaves, spices... |
:Cueball: Spices? Really? | :Cueball: Spices? Really? | ||
:Friend: Sure – Mussolini made the trains run on thyme. | :Friend: Sure – Mussolini made the trains run on thyme. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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