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− | + | ''A running chainsaw:'' While a chainsaw may be mailed with appropriate precautions, a running chainsaw would be very dangerous to mail, assuming there was a constant power source. | |
− | + | ''A baby's first word:'' This is a sound, and thus cannot be mailed. It could be recorded, and the recording mailed. | |
− | + | ''A blank stare:'' This is abstract, and the closest to mailing it would be a picture. | |
− | + | ''A dizzying height:'' Like the above, this is abstract. However, someone could conceivably package and mail a telescoping ladder, such that it would allow the recipient to reach a dizzying height. | |
− | + | ''Pi:'' This is a mathematical term close to 3.141592653589793238462643383..., but it is infinitely precise and thus cannot be mailed to the full extent of its precision. However, with a compass and ruler, someone could draw a graph that would represent a line of length pi. | |
− | + | ''Time:'' This is completely abstract and cannot be mailed.{{Citation needed}} | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Phone: Do you think I could mail a running chainsaw to someone? | :Phone: Do you think I could mail a running chainsaw to someone? | ||
− | :Cueball: I doubt it | + | :Cueball: I doubt it. |
:Phone: What about a baby's first word? | :Phone: What about a baby's first word? | ||
:Cueball: Look, your obsession with sending strange things through the mail is getting out of hand. | :Cueball: Look, your obsession with sending strange things through the mail is getting out of hand. | ||
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:Phone: Can you mail a blank stare? | :Phone: Can you mail a blank stare? | ||
:Phone: A dizzying height? | :Phone: A dizzying height? | ||
:Phone: Pi? | :Phone: Pi? | ||
:Cueball: ... | :Cueball: ... | ||
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:Phone: Well, did you at least get that package of time I sent you? | :Phone: Well, did you at least get that package of time I sent you? | ||
:Cueball: I... you... no, I didn't. | :Cueball: I... you... no, I didn't. | ||
− | :Phone: Well, there was a lot of it, so it will probably take a while | + | :Phone: Well, there was a lot of it, so it will probably take a while. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] |