2389: Calabi-Meow
Calabi-Meow |
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Explanation[edit | edit source]
In the original, Garfield encountered Jon with normal string wound around him. Here, Jon is surrounded by open and closed strings, a concept from string theory, and Garfield's mention of "world" is changed to "worldsheet", also a concept from string theory.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
You have to admit, it took branes to come up with this one.
Original strip: 2001-01-16.
Attribution: "Open and closed strings" by Xoneca - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_and_closed_strings.svg#/media/File:Open_and_closed_strings.svg.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Garfield: All is right with my universe.
{Garfield encounters Jon, who is covered in open and closed strings.}
Jon: Stringmaaaan!
{Garfield walks away.}
Garfield: Gotta sweep up a smaller worldsheet.