xkcd

by **NoodleIncident** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:19 am UTC

Burkitt wrote:Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night? I do, I do!

Am I the only one crazy enough to have thought that the alt text was to the tune of "Mrs. Santa Claus" at first?

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by **Spambot5546** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:20 pm UTC

It's this tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZI_aEalijE

by **Burkitt** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:49 pm UTC

Sleeping cabin: locked. Other sleeping cabin: crewmate in raid. Bridge: Occupied by tour for visiting Nelson Mandela.

by **Giant Speck** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:30 pm UTC

That's actually... better.

by **Yakk** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:38 pm UTC

No, that is just the alt text.

by **Roĝer** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:45 pm UTC

Now that's a very phallic looking rocket.

by **gingermrkettle** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:12 pm UTC

Because I can't quite believe someone hasn't done this already...

by **King of Frogs** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:05 pm UTC

gingermrkettle wrote:Because I can't quite believe someone hasn't done this already...

kitty is everything.PNG

Amazing, just amazing. Actually loling.

by **Burkitt** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:49 pm UTC

Note - Werner von Braun used slave labourers to build the V2 rockets which bombed London. Elon Musk left South Africa to avoid serving in the Army and participating in the the oppression of the country's black population. Politically the two are not really comparable.

by **WolfieMario** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:45 am UTC

gingermrkettle wrote:Because I can't quite believe someone hasn't done this already...

kitty is everything.PNG

This is brilliant! :mrgreen:

by **Burkitt** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:09 pm UTC

Your country is screwed

by **Dason** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:56 am UTC

Burkitt wrote:
Your country is screwed

by **WolfieMario** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:02 am UTC

It seems odd though - the part about the War on Christmas seems to imply that the drones will be against the Christianity in Christmas, meanwhile most Republicans would support more Christianity in Christmas.

Oh wait, that means we're even more screwed - nobody gives a damn that we're using unmanned predator drones against ourselves at all, and the only reason he slipped 5% is from doing something against his party.

by **iChef** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:50 am UTC

He's using the drones to bomb those Godless heathens that started the war. All the "Happy Holidays" cards and "Solstice" parties in the world can't save you now.
MUHAHAHAHA!!!!

by **WolfieMario** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:54 am UTC

Waste Management

It might be a step towards self-sufficiency, however.
Source: 986

(As per my first impression)

by **SlyReaper** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:07 pm UTC

by **Burkitt** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:36 pm UTC

How can one hour possibly pass so slowly?

by **sunami** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:24 am UTC

Someone thought it was a water fountain and cracked the right side.

by **xchrissypoox** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:09 am UTC

The Santa Clause X- with a Vengeance

by **Elvish Pillager** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:47 pm UTC

THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL GET FOR AUTHORIZING THE USE OF UNMANNED PREDATOR DRONES IN THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS

by **chridd** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:34 am UTC

Source: Tradition (988)
Edit: Fixed 1850

by **Burkitt** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:02 am UTC

I once spent several hours in a shop that wasn't even playing the whole song, they were just playing the first few notes of it over and over and over again, constantly, for hours. ARRRRRGGGGHHH.

by **Dason** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:07 pm UTC

chridd wrote:Source: Tradition (988)

The 1980s took place around the same time as the 1850s... huh... I never knew that.

by **Whelan** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:14 pm UTC

Burkitt wrote:-img-

I once spent several hours in a shop that wasn't even playing the whole song, they were just playing the first few notes of it over and over and over again, constantly, for hours. ARRRRRGGGGHHH.

I was hoping someone would do a UK version. Most of ours seem to be 70's or 80's.

by **chridd** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:24 pm UTC

Dason wrote:
chridd wrote:Source: Tradition (988)

The 1980s took place around the same time as the 1850s... huh... I never knew that.

Oops. I replaced the wrong digit with an 8 there (I made the 1800's part of the timeline by copying the 1900's and changing the 9's). Fixed now.

by **You, sir, name?** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:09 pm UTC

Seeing as how modern Christmas was largely popularized by Dickens (in the 1840s), the first cluster doesn't really surprise me. We're trying to recreate the X-mas of baby boomers, who were trying to recreate the X-mas depicted by Dickens.

by **sourmìlk** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:33 am UTC

Burkitt wrote:
Spoiler:

Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night? I do, I do!

I couldn't tell you why that gave me this idea, but it did.

Spoiler:

by **eSOANEM** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:10 am UTC

That gave me an idea:

by **sourmìlk** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:51 am UTC

I had to look up that reference, therefore mine is funnier.

To be clear, I'm not saying that jokes are funnier when the references are clear. I'm saying that jokes are objectively funnier when I specifically understand the references.

by **Whelan** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:38 pm UTC

Found on Reddit:

Spoiler:

I also saw a weirdly familiar one posted in the comments by someone called 'Burkitt'? Who could that be?

by **Burkitt** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:51 pm UTC

Whelan wrote:I also saw a weirdly familiar one posted in the comments by someone called 'Burkitt'? Who could that be?

Hmm... I think I've heard that name before somewhere.

The best gadget of the past year is a mask that allows you to breathe safely outside for up to five hours!

by **rath358** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:29 pm UTC

Burkitt wrote:
Whelan wrote:I also saw a weirdly familiar one posted in the comments by someone called 'Burkitt'? Who could that be?

Hmm... I think I've heard that name before somewhere.

The best gadget of the past year is a mask that allows you to breathe safely outside for up to five hours!

I think you win.

by **Burkitt** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:59 am UTC

Bonus extra alt-text for the previous XKCDSW:

First there was the great hybridised spork pandemic, then the windmills went rogue and pretty much finished us off.

I'll actually be a bit disappointed if the Higgs Boson is definitely found, because its existence would probably rule out the fascinating Heim-Droscher theory.

by **Oflick** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:07 am UTC

WolfieMario wrote:Waste Management

It might be a step towards self-sufficiency, however.
Source: 986

(As per my first impression)

For years as a kid I couldn't drink out of the tap in my bathroom for that very reason.

by **Nylonathatep** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:15 am UTC

First Attempt.

Also first post.

by **sourmìlk** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:04 am UTC

The second one has been pretty much done before. I rather liked the demotivational-translated-to-xkcd though.

by **Under A Pale Grey Sky** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:34 am UTC

Been a while since I've done an SW.

Source: 992

by **Burkitt** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:27 am UTC

They are also often placed on the lower shelves to keep them out of customers eyelines, ensuring upmarket products on the middle shelves are seen first.

by **sourmìlk** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:30 pm UTC

Weird, because I certainly noticed the big, white products first.

by **Kirby** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:53 pm UTC

It didn't bug me until just now, but shouldn't that milk be refrigerated?

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