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2026-04-29T19:29:51Z

107.1.219.44:

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This is a test. [[User:PoolloverNathan|PoolloverNathan]]<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Special:Contributions/PoolloverNathan|s]][[User talk:PoolloverNathan|talk]] [[Wikipedia:WP:SEAOFBLUE|the blue seas]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> 20:48, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
::This is not. —[[User:While False|While False]] ([[User:While False/explain xkcd museum|'''museum''']] | [[User talk:While False|talk]] | [[special:Contributions/While_False|contributions]] | [[special:Log/While_False|logs]] | [[Special:UserRights/While_False|rights]] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&printable=yes printable version] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&action=info page information] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:While_False what links there] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&days=30&from=&target=User%3AWhile_False related changes] | [https://www.google.com Google search] | current time: {{CURRENTTIME}}) 18:38, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

:A foreign student asked me to help fight against his math teacher. That was unusual. He was in that class for just a couple of weeks. The teacher's phone number was sent to me. The student asked me to spam-call the teacher. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.155.55|172.71.155.55]] 22:58, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

here i'm just messing around in html, ignore this

furhhfghure guyrburgryhuyvfr "rvhru"
interesting way of writing quotations xd
:hmmm this one of putting "" in a line break will come in handy for when i want it to start at the same place than the first line

::Please beware that on mediawiki also disables automatic paragraph breaks, so you need a closing or you'll break automatic paragraph formatting for the rest of the page. [[User:Zmatt|Zmatt]] ([[User talk:Zmatt|talk]]) 22:06, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

edit: da hek did that "</div>" come from [[User:An user who has an account|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet|talk]]) 14:14, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

hi uh its hard to get here.
is this a reference to undocumented feature??? hmm... this is interesting.
 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.216|108.162.241.216]] 02:05, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
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More testing: hello doesthiswork (yesitdoes) [[User:This isn't a good name|This isn't a good name]] ([[User talk:This isn't a good name|talk]]) 22:44, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

‮hi [[Special:Contributions/164.58.172.158|164.58.172.158]] 14:21, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

What is this?????????????????????? [[User:King Pando|King Pando]] ([[User talk:King Pando|talk]]) 04:25, 10 March 2026 (UTC)‭

Hello [[Special:Contributions/107.1.219.44|107.1.219.44]] 19:29, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

3206: Installation

2026-04-29T19:28:41Z

107.1.219.44: Removed incomplete

{{comic
| number = 3206
| date = February 11, 2026
| title = Installation
| image = installation_2x.png
| imagesize = 740x272px
| noexpand = true
| titletext = Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?
}}

==Explanation==
[[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are installing wall-to-wall carpeting (also known as {{w|fitted carpet}}), which usually runs from the inner edge of one wall to the inner edge of a facing wall. Somehow, they have managed to mistakenly start laying the carpet against the outer edge of the wall without noticing. Despite encountering unfinished and uneven surfaces, plants, rocks, and other obstructions, they have not realized their error, and have simply continued laying carpet for an unknown distance. Presumably, they would continue doing so until they encountered the outer wall of another building. Alternatively, if they check whether the wall is actually the other end of their room, they may keep going even then. Provided they can overcome the various geographical obstacles they might encounter — including oceans — they could eventually reach the other wall of their building by {{w|Circumnavigation|circumnavigation}}. They may run into a more immediate problem that prevents either approach, though, as it appears their last roll of carpet is about to run out. One wonders whether Cueball and Megan are {{w|Topology|topologists}}, since the inside and outside of a room (a closed loop) on a sphere (Earth) are {{w|Equivalence_of_metrics#Topological_equivalence|topologically equivalent}}.

According to the title text they have failed to notice another rather large clue to their problem — that there is a big open sky above them. Instead, they have, rather improbably, interpreted this as an extremely large {{w|skylight}} — a window on the ceiling designed to add light to a space of a building.

==Transcript==
[Four side-by-side panels showing Megan and Cueball rolling carpet over rough, outdoors terrain]

[Panel one: Cueball is pushing a roll of carpet over rough terrain, including a small rock and plant. Megan is walking behind him, pulling a cart holding two more rolls of carpet.]

[Panel two: Now on a slight incline, Cueball and Megan continue rolling and pulling respectively. The roll of carpet is approximately half as big as before.]

[Panel three: Having gone over a medium-size rock, the carpet being pushed has run out, and Megan and Cueball are lifting a new roll off the cart. One remains.]

[Panel four: Megan and Cueball have stopped walking, and are now talking to each other. Meanwhile a small rock is underneath the carpet, & 3 small plants & another rock are ahead of the carpet.]

:Megan: You're ''sure'' we started installing the wall-to-wall carpet on the right side of the wall?
:Cueball: The other end of the room ''must'' be getting close by now.

{{comic discussion}}<noinclude>

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