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− | {{comic
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− | | number = 18
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− | | date = October 10, 2005
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− | | title = Snapple
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− | | image = snapple.jpg
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− | | titletext = Sn = tin
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− | ==Explanation==
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− | [[Cueball]] hands another Cueball-like guy an apple calling it a ''snapple.'' When the guy bites into it, his teeth go ''clink'' against the apple's metal surface; Cueball has infused the apple with tin.
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− | The fourth panel is a silent wide shot, perhaps suggesting {{w|Anti-humor|the joke was met with silence as a weak joke}}. As a meta-joke, the final panel might jokingly suggest that the silence is because those unfamiliar with the periodic table of elements don't get the joke.
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− | The joke in this comic is pretty self-explanatory, especially given that the title text continues the trend in early [[xkcd]] comics of explaining the joke. {{w|Tin}} is a metallic element whose abbreviation on the periodic table is "Sn" (as the Latin word for tin is "stannum"). Thus, the apple is a "Sn-apple."
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− | {{w|Snapple}} is a brand of beverages -- mostly bottled juices and teas -- whose name is based on a carbonated apple juice they once produced ("snappy apple").
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− | [[James]] (in the caption) presumably once made a joke to [[Randall]] about tin or Snapple or both.
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− | ==Transcript==
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− | :[Above the frame:]
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− | :This one is entirely James' fault.
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− | :[Two Cueball-like guys are standing and talking.]
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− | :Cueball: Here, take a bite of this Snapple.
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− | :Friend: food!
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− | :[Cueball's friend takes a bite.]
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− | :Friend: Ow! What is this?
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− | :''Clink''
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− | :[The panel switches to Cueball.]
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− | :Cueball: It's an apple infused with tin.
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− | :[Beat panel. A wide shot of the two.]
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− | :[Same scene, except the panel is lightly shaded and the is a box above saying:]
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− | :Those of you who know your periodic table should be laughing right about now.
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− | ==Trivia==
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− | *This was the 17th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
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− | **The previous was [[17: What If]].
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− | **The next was [[19: George Clinton]].
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− | *Original title: "Monday's drawing: Snapple"
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− | *There was no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic.
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− | **It could be argued that the caption of the comic ''This one is entirely James' fault'' was the quote. But it is part of the comic picture.
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− | *This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
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− | **It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
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− | **The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
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− | *One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]].
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− | *This is another early xkcd comic in which [[Cueball]] characters are drawn in some panels with faces.
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− | {{comic discussion}}
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− | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 17]]
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− | [[Category:First day on xkcd]]
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− | [[Category:Checkered paper]]
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring James]]
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− | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
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− | [[Category:Food]]
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− | [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]
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