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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | [[Cueball]] wrote a script that searches online shopping sites for items that cost US$1 with free shipping. Because the script is programmed to use an account with a $365 balance, this script will buy one random item per day for a full year. [[Megan]] comments that Cueball might just end up with "lots of crap" but | + | [[Cueball]] wrote a script that searches online shopping sites for items that cost US$1 with free shipping. Because the script is programmed to use an account with a $365 balance, this script will buy one random item per day for a full year. [[Megan]] comments that Cueball might just end up with "lots of crap" but replies that he might get something interesting. |
| − | Over five days the script orders a length of rubber hose, a ski mask, a bear trap, a map of {{w|The Pentagon}} and "lube" (sexual lubrication). This pattern prompts Cueball to stop the script out of fear of being placed on a FBI watch list; to a paranoid passerby, the purchased items make Cueball look like a terrorist who plans to kidnap and torture federal employees. And also a {{ | + | Over five days the script orders a length of rubber hose, a ski mask, a bear trap, a map of {{w|The Pentagon}} and "lube" (sexual lubrication). This pattern prompts Cueball to stop the script out of fear of being placed on a FBI watch list; to a paranoid passerby, the purchased items make Cueball look like a terrorist who plans to kidnap and {{w|Rubber-hose cryptanalysis|torture}} federal employees. And also a pervert; such a contrast is considered funny.{{Citation needed}} |
| − | In the title text a sixth item is sent, a {{w|bobcat}}. This | + | In the title text a sixth item is sent, a {{w|bobcat}}. This may be connected with [[325: A-Minus-Minus]] where [[Black Hat]] delivered a bobcat instead of a chair. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: Could be handy around the house. | :Cueball: Could be handy around the house. | ||
| − | :[Cueball stands with a black item and the | + | :[Cueball stands with a black item and the torn paper it came in. Megan looks on.] |
:Day 2: Ski mask | :Day 2: Ski mask | ||
:Cueball: It's spring, but hey. | :Cueball: It's spring, but hey. | ||
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:Megan: Uh oh. | :Megan: Uh oh. | ||
| − | :[Cueball is standing alone with a | + | :[Cueball is standing alone with a tube in one hand and the box it came in in the other hand.] |
:Day 5: Lube | :Day 5: Lube | ||
:Cueball: I'm stopping this before I end up on every F.B.I. watch list ever. | :Cueball: I'm stopping this before I end up on every F.B.I. watch list ever. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | Someone has set up an [http://bobcatinabox.com/ actual service] inspired by this comic, which does exactly what this comic describes | + | Someone has set up an [http://bobcatinabox.com/ actual service] inspired by this comic, which does exactly what this comic describes. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Bobcats]] | [[Category:Bobcats]] | ||
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