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From: Jim on 19 May 2010 10:47 On 2010-05-19, Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > In article <85ib64F85qU36(a)mid.individual.net>, > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>There's an XKCD forum, but - really - you might just as well accept that >>you're never going to get all of 'em. > > There even a site that explains each one: http://xkcdexplained.com/ Good Lord. I don't know if that's incredibly sad or incredibly useful... Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Adrian on 19 May 2010 10:48 richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>There's an XKCD forum, but - really - you might just as well accept that >>you're never going to get all of 'em. > There even a site that explains each one: http://xkcdexplained.com/ "The Author is making a joke about how sometimes things in your fridge are very old." Oh. My. God. No. Really?
From: Pd on 19 May 2010 10:48 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >Meaningless to me. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babysitter_and_the_Man_Upstairs > > Didn't know that story, and I'm not sure it adds much Que? That's about 99% of the joke! Children gasping at an IP address is incidental, until you read the mouseover. That's like suggesting that knowing a bit of Edgar Allan Poe doesn't add much to <http://xkcd.com/740/>. -- Pd
From: Peter Ceresole on 19 May 2010 10:58 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > There even a site that explains each one: http://xkcdexplained.com/ > > Good Lord. I don't know if that's incredibly sad or incredibly useful... Sad, I think. But harmless. And leaden. -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 19 May 2010 11:01
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) gurgled > happily, sounding much like they were saying: > > > <sigh> > > > > Oi vey. > > > > Was it worth the hassle of finding out what it meant? > > > > Probably not. > > Since when was a joke that had to be explained, slowly and patiently, > ever funny? In my case, often. Some jokes are better that way. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |