Editing 475: Further Boomerang Difficulties
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This comic is a sequel of sorts to [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]], as it deals with the same subject matter with the same panel layout. | This comic is a sequel of sorts to [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]], as it deals with the same subject matter with the same panel layout. | ||
− | The first strip shows [[Cueball]] throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back | + | The first strip shows [[Cueball]] throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back. In [[939: Arrow]], a boomerang returns to Cueball, which can either be the same Cueball from this comic or another person. |
− | In the second strip | + | In the second strip he throws another boomerang, which somehow manages to hurt the {{w|ozone layer}} (as indicated by an off-screen voice). This is of course not possible with a boomerang,{{Citation needed}} as the ozone layer is a layer of molecules very high up in the atmosphere. |
− | The third strip shows Cueball throwing something that ''appears'' to be a boomerang, but then [[Megan]] enters and reveals that it was their last banana - which she probably had expected to eat since she calls him an asshole | + | The third strip shows Cueball throwing something that ''appears'' to be a boomerang, but then [[Megan]] enters and reveals that it was their last banana - which she probably had expected to eat since she calls him an asshole. |
− | The final strip shows Cueball throwing one last boomerang, which breaks the frame of the comic, already after two out of the four frames used in each of the first three strips | + | The final strip shows Cueball throwing one last boomerang, which breaks the frame of the comic, already after two out of the four frames used in each of the first three strips. Then panning down we find the last panel, much larger and suddenly mainly black instead of white. It shows that this time he was actually inside a spacecraft (which resembles an {{w|Apollo Lunar Module}} in a very bad manner), and the boomerang has just broken out through the hull. We see the boomerang and Cueball tumbling out into space with the escaping air to certain death{{Citation needed}}. |
− | + | The title text notes that, assuming a theory, that is {{w|Accelerating universe|no longer generally accepted}}, where the universe has a positive (closed) {{w|curvature}} and lots of mass, the boomerang would, after a (very) long time hit Cueball in the back of his head. This would happen because under those conditions the entire universe would eventually fall back on itself in the {{w|Big Crunch}}. Before this happens, everything would again get pressed close together, and it is during this process that the boomerang would finally return to his frozen (but quite possibly preserved) head. (So at least one "success" in four attempts.) | |
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− | The title text notes that, assuming a theory that is {{w|Accelerating universe|no longer generally accepted}} where the universe has a positive (closed) {{w|curvature}} and lots of mass, the boomerang would, after a (very) long time | ||
Boomerangs also became a main theme in the interactive comic [[1350: Lorenz]]. The same format of multiple bad endings to the same starting set-up is used in [[1515: Basketball Earth]]. | Boomerangs also became a main theme in the interactive comic [[1350: Lorenz]]. The same format of multiple bad endings to the same starting set-up is used in [[1515: Basketball Earth]]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball is throwing | + | :[Cueball is throwing boomerang.] |
:[Holding his hands up.] | :[Holding his hands up.] | ||
:[Cueball waits for return; continual waiting.] | :[Cueball waits for return; continual waiting.] | ||
:[Cueball is dejected, head hangs low.] | :[Cueball is dejected, head hangs low.] | ||
− | :[Cueball throws | + | :[Cueball throws boomerang.] |
− | :[Cueball waits for | + | :[Cueball waits for boomerang.] |
:Outside: Oh God | :Outside: Oh God | ||
:Outside: The ozone layer! | :Outside: The ozone layer! | ||
:[Cueball is surprised.] | :[Cueball is surprised.] | ||
− | :[Cueball throws | + | :[Cueball throws boomerang-like banana.] |
:[Cueball waits.] | :[Cueball waits.] | ||
:[Megan walks in.] | :[Megan walks in.] | ||
:Megan: That was our last banana. | :Megan: That was our last banana. | ||
:Megan: You're such an asshole. | :Megan: You're such an asshole. | ||
+ | :[Cueball throws boomerang.] | ||
+ | :[Boomerang breaks out of the panel box.] | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Boomerang breaks out of a spacecraft, followed by Cueball.] |
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== |