February 12, 2007
#222: Small Talk explain

[Two Cueballs standing next to each other]:
[Header box on top of the panel:]
Sometimes I forget how to do small talk.
Friend: Hey!
Cueball: Hey, man!
Friend: What’s up? How’ve you been?
Cueball: Well…
[Three overlapping identical frames of the two Cueballs standing next to each other indicate the passage of time.]
[The Cueball on the left snaps his fingers at the Cueball on the right.]
Friend: Uh, you ok?
Cueball: Yeah! It’s just an interesting question. I’m trying to decide what best sums up my–
Friend: Hey. Conversation.
Cueball: Oh, right. I’m fine. You?
Snap