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April 22, 2015

#1515: Basketball Earth

Basketball Earth

[[This comic consists of four rows of four panels each.]]

[[First row.]]

[[A presenter gestures at a hovering model of our planet.]]

Presenter: IF the earth were the size of a basketball,

[[Presenter gestures at hovering model of earth’s moon.]]

Presenter: The moon would be–

[[Blackhat enters]]

Blackhat: Hey, cool!

[[Blackhat begins touching the earth]]

Presenter: Um.

[[A massive tsunami hundreds of feet tall dwarfs a coastal city. Screams are heard.]]

The earth’s inhabitants: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[[Second row.]]

[[Presenter gestures at a hovering model of our planet.]]

Presenter: Let’s try that again. If the earth were the size of a basketball,

[[Presenter gestures at hovering model of earth’s moon.]]

Presenter: The moon would be–

[[Lady enters, carrying squirt bottle]]

[[Lady squirts earth model with water.]]

[[The earth is completely covered in water, and very wet. The lady leaves.]]

[[Third row]]

[[Presenter gestures at a hovering model of our planet.]]

Presenter: If the earth were the size of a basketball,

[[Presenter gestures at hovering model of earth’s moon.]]

Presenter: The moon would…

[[A cat enters]]

[[The cat leaps towards the earth]]

[[The cat rolls away with the earth, purring]]

[[Fourth row]]

[[Presenter gestures at a hovering model of our planet.]]

Presenter: If the earth were the size of a basketball,

[[Presenter gestures at hovering model of earth’s moon.]]

Presenter: The moon would, uh…

[[A basketball player enters]]

[[The player grabs the earth model]]

[[The player leaps towards a basketball hoop, clearly intending to dunk the earth.]]