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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 manner 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 manner with the same panel layout.
  
The first strip shows [[]Cueball]] throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back. It's implied to have come back to either him or another one like in [[939: Arrow]].
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The first strip shows [[Cueball]] throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back. It's implied to have come back to either him or another one like in [[939: Arrow]].
  
 
Then he throws another boomerang, which somehow hurts the {{w|ozone layer}} (as indicated by an offscreen voice).
 
Then he throws another boomerang, which somehow hurts the {{w|ozone layer}} (as indicated by an offscreen voice).

Revision as of 01:22, 1 September 2013

Further Boomerang Difficulties
An eternity later, the universe having turned out to have positive curvature and lots of mass, the boomerang hits him in the back of the head.
Title text: An eternity later, the universe having turned out to have positive curvature and lots of mass, the boomerang hits him in the back of the head.

Explanation

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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 manner with the same panel layout.

The first strip shows Cueball throwing a boomerang, which doesn't come back. It's implied to have come back to either him or another one like in 939: Arrow.

Then he throws another boomerang, which somehow hurts the ozone layer (as indicated by an offscreen voice).

The third strip Cueball throwing something what appears to be a boomerang, but then Megan appears and reveals that it was their last banana.

The final strip shows Cueball throwing one last boomerang, which breaks the window of his spaceship.

The title text notes that the boomerang would return and hit him in the back of the head thanks to the universe's curvature and mass.

Transcript

[Cueball throws a boomerang, which doesn't come back.]
[Cueball throws another boomerang.]
Offscreen voice: Oh god
Offscreen voice: The ozone layer!
[Cueball seems shocked.]
[Cueball throws what appears to be a boomerang, but then Megan arrives.]
Megan: That was our last banana.
Megan: You're such an asshole.
[Cueball throws the final boomerang which smashes through the panel, which turns out to be his spaceship.]

Trivia


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Discussion

Wow, that's a pretty cool spaceship. How does he leave? Me[citation needed] 15:02, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

I feel like he isn't leaning back in horror in the last strip. I rather think that, since he's in a spaceship with no gravity, the angular momentum makes him turn a bit. 162.158.222.45 22:38, 26 December 2023 (UTC)