Should we consider calling him "Hatman" now? - Jimmy C ( talk) 19:43, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Īs an aside, this is the first time Black Hat has ever been referred to by a name of any kind. It is sometimes nicknamed the 'Rubber Bible' or the 'Rubber Book', as CRC originally stood for "Chemical Rubber Company". From wikipedia: The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is in its 93rd edition. Of note is probably that the book young black hat is reading is known as the "Rubber Bible". The in-joke here is presumably that CRC stands (or stood?) for the Chemical Rubber Company, and the handbook - found in many a physics and chemistry lab - is often referred to as the "Rubber Bible".ġ31.251.254.81 16:07, 26 November 2012 (UTC) It's basically "I know you are, but what am I?" with different words. The sticks to you portion typically means that the recipient of the insult is implying that the sender is calling out other people by names that apply to themselves.
"Which bounces off me and sticks to you" is not meant in the literal sense. It's really not wrong, it's just a clarification.I am not a native speaker, but after some research, I found that rubber/glue refers to the rhyme "I am rubber, you are glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you." If that's true, the current explanation that the topos is meant "to imply that insults of another person are an indication of their own insecurity and weakness" is just plain wrong. Hairy (off-panel): Moooom!Īdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! Discussion Black Hat: Staring at you with my dead, rubber eyes- Black Hat: Forever. Black Hat: Your neoprene base bonds instantly with my surface. Black Hat: I wrap my rubber arms around your sticky bulk. Black Hat: You try to scream, but your mouth fills with glue. Hairy: Yeah, well- Black Hat: Glue can't speak. Cueball: You are such a loser, it's painful. Transcript Hairy: Whatchya reading, Hatboy? Black Hat: The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Young Black Hat also taunts young Hairy later in 1753: Thumb War. This could be a reference to how powerless we are in the changing of the world. Rubber is not a living object, so it is stuck in "vulcanized horror" in the position it was sculpted in. The title text says that I (meaning him) and you (Hairy and Cueball, although it could possibly be the reader) are both rubber. It is also nicknamed the 'Rubber Bible' or the 'Rubber Book', as CRC originally stood for "Chemical Rubber Company". The book is the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Black Hat takes the traditional saying and twists it into a creepy thought by saying that they are both literally glue and rubber and that they are permanently stuck together, which scares Hairy and Cueball and prompts them to call for their mothers. He uses the retort to frighten the children bullying him (young versions of Hairy and Cueball). In this comic, a young Black Hat is reading a chemistry and physics handbook, which leads to a literal and graphic visualization of the phrase. On a deeper level, it may imply that a person insulting others is an indication of their own insecurity and weakness. "I'm rubber, you're glue whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" is a school-ground retort used by children to suggest that one's insults are being ignored by the intended recipient of the insult and counter that the insult rather refers to the insulter. We contemplate the reality of our existence in mute, vulcanized horror.
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