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648: Fall Foliage

2016-12-10T04:25:31Z

172.68.55.70: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number =648
| date =October 12, 2009
| title =Fall Foliage
| image =fall_foliage.png
| titletext =And I could replace you with older pictures of you, from back when you looked happy.
}}

==Explanation==
[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] have driven some distance from home, and Megan enjoys the pastime of {{w|leaf peeping}}, happily taking photographs of the beautiful {{w|fall}} or autumn foliage. Cueball points out that they could've stayed home and used {{w|Photoshop}} to alter pictures they've already taken, saving themselves the trouble of going on the trip. The {{w|hue}} control in such image editing programs shifts the colors around the spectrum without altering the brightness; the green leaves in a summer picture could then easily be shifted to yellow or red.

Megan simply shushes him in the strip, but the title text is implied to be Megan's retort, saying that Cueball used to be a happier person, and if he will continue being like this, she would prefer to see him in old pictures rather than living with him...

The comic is also showing how, because of technology, many people are not as "happy" as they once were. Instead of appreciating natural beauty, Cueball simply wishes to "replicate" the experience by using Photoshop; unfortunately, this would deprive him of both the experience of beautiful fall leaves and a shared intimacy with Megan.

See also [[1314: Photos]] about people taking pictures and White Hat complaining.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball and Megan are standing on a cliff overlooking a forest of gorgeous orange foliage. The forest grows up a hill and behind and right of the forest there are is forest free hill and in the horizon two small mountain peaks rises up to the gray blue sky. Cueball is holding his camera down while Megan is holding her camera up taking a photo. As opposed to normal the text is written inside two speech bubbles with arrow ending pointing at the two. Also the sound of the camera is written inside a white area with small u shapes forming part of the frame for this sound.]
:Cueball: Instead of driving all this way, we could've just taken our summer pictures and messed with the "hue" slider in Photoshop.
:Megan: Hush.
:Camera: ''Click''

{{comic discussion}}

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Talk:887: Future Timeline

2016-11-10T21:45:59Z

172.68.55.70:

Is it just my reading, or does it say "ACHEIVE" instead of "ACHIEVE" where it says something about 192 UN member nations achieving millennium development goals in the comic? (It's under 2015.) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.55.70|172.68.55.70]] 21:45, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

The explanation is really messed up. You can hardly tell where one year ends and the next begins. Can someone who's better at editing than me fix this, perhaps by putting a line across the page after each year? [[User:GizmoDude|GizmoDude]] ([[User talk:GizmoDude|talk]]) 19:11, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

This one slipped under the transcripting radar. I may do it. --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 20:52, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
:Do not talk about radars, just do it. The transcript is done right now, but the explain section still does need a big radar!--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:20, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Find the song! I have no idea so far but the repeating phrase "Social security trust fund exhausted" should match a refrain.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:20, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

They now have the dogs driving cars... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWAK0J8Uhzk Let's not wait for 2053.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.90|173.245.54.90]] 21:01, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Out of curiosity (I'm new to the standards of explainxkcd), are out of date pages considered incomplete? Or is it up to editors to chose when to update a pages explination. I would assume the former, except that would make maintaining the pages significantly more difficult. Also, referencing the Linux takes over. Since Android is now a part of the libux kernel,should thia be changed? It would definently put linux over the 50% mark. [[User:Mrmakeit|Mrmakeit]] ([[User talk:Mrmakeit|talk]]) 05:03, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
:Pages can not become out of date, as they refrence the meening of the comic at the time of creation. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.209|108.162.216.209]] 15:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

I would change the 2nd paragraph to say that the entirety of the search results are a super long set-up and "All your base..." is the punch-line. [[User:Smperron|Smperron]] ([[User talk:Smperron|talk]]) 08:46, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

I would correct the entry in 2014 that says that the Taliban are the organisation responsible for the September 11th attacks. The more accurate explanation would be that The US believed Al Qaeda (the real organisation responsible) were hiding out in Afghanistan and that defeating the Taliban, and bringing stability to the country was an important stepping stone towards finding Osama Bin Laden. Of course we now know he was in Pakistan all along, but still that was the original rationale for invading Afghanistan.--[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.192|141.101.98.192]] 15:27, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

This further details stuff is wrong about the comic. The lines are just random answers to Google searches. There is no explanation. I move to remove this table, or convert it into links or summaries of the articles in the links. This sucks. It is good enough as it is now without the table (as the table is random and the explanations on the table are incorrect. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.209|108.162.216.209]] 22:12, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
:Let's get to work on the table then. I'm adding suitable references to incomplete sections to aid as jumping off points, from where further expansion can be done on a case-by-case basis. Can you provide some inspiration as to which explanations are most egregiously in need of correction? [[User:Pmw57|Pmw57]] ([[User talk:Pmw57|talk]]) 01:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

As of 2014 I have noticed that a lot of US sites are moving from html to closed sources such as Adobe so the quote: "The prediction about GNU/Linux Operating Systems is ambiguous" is now fighting through government agencies. Users of Linux trying to access the volcano archive (once supplied by listserv using linux) now have to get access via Windows machines. This has to be the saddest computing news in a long time. [[User:Weatherlawyer|Weatherlawyer]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 08:19, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

“The prediction about GNU/Linux Operating Systems is ambiguous, as Android (based on Linux) constitutes nearly 50% of the mobile OS market” — GNU/Linux refers to an operating system consisting of the GNU userland toolchain over the Linux kernel. Android is based on Linux but not GNU, therefore, it is irrelevant in GNU/Linux context. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.230.107|108.162.230.107]] 11:18, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Can we change this to Incomplete explanation of the month? [[User:Foldark|Foldark]] ([[User talk:Foldark|talk]]) 22:03, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

2145:War... War never changes
(the Great War happens) {{unsigned ip|173.245.54.252}}

1756: I'm With Her

2016-11-07T19:04:27Z

172.68.55.70: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1756
| date = November 7, 2016
| title = I'm With Her
| image = im_with_her.png
| titletext = We can do this.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete| Just a stub! please add what you can!}}

[[Randall]] urges his viewership to vote, and states that he will vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the {{w|Democratic Party| democratic}} nominee in the 2016 United States Presidential . The "H" with an arrow is Clinton's campaign logo, and "I'm with her" is a slogan widely used by her supporters. He then lists tips to help you cast your vote, surprisingly using only real sites. This suggests he is invested in the election.
The [[Ponytail]] character seems to be Joanna from [[322: Pix Plz]], and the [[Cueball]] on the chair is from [[303: Compiling]]. The [[Hairbun]] sitting on the top-right part of the 'H' may be the 'Old Days' programmer from the previous comic, [[1755: Old Days]].

All the information on the bottom half of the comic includes sites, numbers, info, etc that will help US voters to vote, regardless of for whom they will vote for. Including this information helps voters because every election many voters don't vote because they feel they don't know how or that it isn't worth it. It seems like Randall doesn't want the US election to have some of the same problems that the Brexit vote had (where many voters opposed to exiting the EU didn't vote for one reason or another).

The websites are:
* https://iwillvote.com/ (for looking up polling location, ID requirements, etc.)
* http://www.drive2vote.org/ (for voters in Douglas or Sarpy County, Nebraska, who need a ride to the polls from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett Warren Buffett] or his friends)
* http://www.civicinnovation.com/ (a website which "gives you a list of the top 10 highest-impact potential voters in your address book to get in touch with -- based on the likelihood that they support progressive candidates, and that they live in states with the most competitive races")

The comic features a total of: 1 [[Black Hat]], 1 [[Blondie]], 2 Cueballs, 1 [[Beret Guy]], 1 [[White Hat]], 1 Hairbun, 1 [[Science Girl]], 1 Ponytail, and 2 [[Megan]]s

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Still nothing on the specific characters in the image.}}
Image of xkcd characters surrounding a large logo for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Caption: We can do this.

How to help

Vote-- iwillvote.com

Get a ride to the polls-- drive2vote.org

If you're having problems voting-- 866-OUR-VOTE

Experimental social turnout project-- civicinnovation.com App Store: VoteWithMe

Reminder: If you're in line when the polls close, they have to let you vote

{{comic discussion}}

1756: I'm With Her

2016-11-07T19:02:49Z

172.68.55.70: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1756
| date = November 7, 2016
| title = I'm With Her
| image = im_with_her.png
| titletext = We can do this.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete| Just a stub! please add what you can!}}

[[Randall]] urges his viewership to vote, and states that he will vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the {{w|Democratic Party| democratic}} nominee in the 2016 United States Presidential . The "H" with an arrow is Clinton's campaign logo, and "I'm with her" is a slogan widely used by her supporters. He then lists tips to help you cast your vote, surprisingly using only real sites. This suggests he is invested in the election.
The [[Ponytail]] character seems to be Joanna from [[322: Pix Plz]], and the [[Cueball]] on the chair is from [[303: Compiling]]. The [[Hairbun]] sitting on the top-right part of the 'H' may be the 'Old Days' programmer from the previous comic, [[1755: Old Days]].

All the information on the bottom half of the comic includes sites, numbers, info, etc that will help US voters to vote, regardless of for whom they will vote for. Including this information helps voters because every election many voters don't vote because they feel they don't know how or that it isn't worth it. It seems like Randall doesn't want the US election to have some of the same problems that the Brexit vote had (where many voters opposed to exiting the EU didn't vote for one reason or another).

The websites are:
* https://iwillvote.com/ (for looking up polling location, etc.)
* http://www.drive2vote.org/ (for voters in Douglas or Sarpy County, Nebraska, who need a ride to the polls from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett Warren Buffett] or his friends)
* http://www.civicinnovation.com/ (a website which "gives you a list of the top 10 highest-impact potential voters in your address book to get in touch with -- based on the likelihood that they support progressive candidates, and that they live in states with the most competitive races")

The comic features a total of: 1 [[Black Hat]], 1 [[Blondie]], 2 Cueballs, 1 [[Beret Guy]], 1 [[White Hat]], 1 Hairbun, 1 [[Science Girl]], 1 Ponytail, and 2 [[Megan]]s

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Still nothing on the specific characters in the image.}}
Image of xkcd characters surrounding a large logo for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Caption: We can do this.

How to help

Vote-- iwillvote.com

Get a ride to the polls-- drive2vote.org

If you're having problems voting-- 866-OUR-VOTE

Experimental social turnout project-- civicinnovation.com App Store: VoteWithMe

Reminder: If you're in line when the polls close, they have to let you vote

{{comic discussion}}

1756: I'm With Her

2016-11-07T19:00:27Z

172.68.55.70: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1756
| date = November 7, 2016
| title = I'm With Her
| image = im_with_her.png
| titletext = We can do this.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete| Just a stub! please add what you can!}}

[[Randall]] urges his viewership to vote, and states that he will vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the {{w|Democratic Party| democratic}} nominee in the 2016 United States Presidential . The "H" with an arrow is Clinton's campaign logo, and "I'm with her" is a slogan widely used by her supporters. He then lists tips to help you cast your vote, surprisingly using only real sites. This suggests he is invested in the election.
The [[Ponytail]] character seems to be Joanna from [[322: Pix Plz]], and the [[Cueball]] on the chair is from [[303: Compiling]]. The [[Hairbun]] sitting on the top-right part of the 'H' may be the 'Old Days' programmer from the previous comic, [[1755: Old Days]].

All the information on the bottom half of the comic includes sites, numbers, info, etc that will help US voters to vote, regardless of for whom they will vote for. Including this information helps voters because every election many voters don't vote because they feel they don't know how or that it isn't worth it. It seems like Randall doesn't want the US election to have some of the same problems that the Brexit vote had (where many voters opposed to exiting the EU didn't vote for one reason or another).

The websites are:
* https://iwillvote.com/
* http://www.drive2vote.org/ (for voters in Douglas or Sarpy County, Nebraska, who need a ride to the polls from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett Warren Buffett] or his friends)
* http://www.civicinnovation.com/ (a website which "gives you a list of the top 10 highest-impact potential voters in your address book to get in touch with -- based on the likelihood that they support progressive candidates, and that they live in states with the most competitive races")

The comic features a total of: 1 [[Black Hat]], 1 [[Blondie]], 2 Cueballs, 1 [[Beret Guy]], 1 [[White Hat]], 1 Hairbun, 1 [[Science Girl]], and 2 [[Megan]]s

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Still nothing on the specific characters in the image.}}
Image of xkcd characters surrounding a large logo for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Caption: We can do this.

How to help

Vote-- iwillvote.com

Get a ride to the polls-- drive2vote.org

If you're having problems voting-- 866-OUR-VOTE

Experimental social turnout project-- civicinnovation.com App Store: VoteWithMe

Reminder: If you're in line when the polls close, they have to let you vote

{{comic discussion}}

1756: I'm With Her

2016-11-07T18:50:35Z

172.68.55.70: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1756
| date = November 7, 2016
| title = I'm With Her
| image = im_with_her.png
| titletext = We can do this.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete| Just a stub! please add what you can!}}

[[Randall]] urges his viewership to vote, and states that he will vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the {{w|Democratic Party| democratic}} nominee in the 2016 United States Presidential . The "H" with an arrow is Clinton's campaign logo, and "I'm with her" is a slogan widely used by her supporters. He then lists tips to help you cast your vote, surprisingly using only real sites. This suggests he is invested in the election.
The [[Ponytail]] character seems to be Joanna from [[322: Pix Plz]], and the [[Cueball]] on the chair is from [[303: Compiling]]. The [[Hairbun]] sitting on the top-right part of the 'H' appears to be the 'Old Days' programmer from the previous comic, [[1755: Old Days]].

All the information on the bottom half of the comic includes sites, numbers, info, etc that will help US voters to vote, regardless of for whom they will vote for. Including this information helps voters because every election many voters don't vote because they feel they don't know how or that it isn't worth it. It seems like Randall doesn't want the US election to have some of the same problems that the Brexit vote had (where many voters opposed to exiting the EU didn't vote for one reason or another).

Viewers are directed to the websites:
* https://iwillvote.com/
* http://www.drive2vote.org/ (for voters in Douglas or Sarpy County, Nebraska, who need a ride to the polls from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett Warren Buffett] or his friends)
* http://www.civicinnovation.com/

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Still nothing on the specific characters in the image.}}
Image of xkcd characters surrounding a large logo for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Caption: We can do this.

How to help

Vote-- iwillvote.com

Get a ride to the polls-- drive2vote.org

If you're having problems voting-- 866-OUR-VOTE

Experimental social turnout project-- civicinnovation.com App Store: VoteWithMe

Reminder: If you're in line when the polls close, they have to let you vote

{{comic discussion}}

1756: I'm With Her

2016-11-07T18:47:44Z

172.68.55.70: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1756
| date = November 7, 2016
| title = I'm With Her
| image = im_with_her.png
| titletext = We can do this.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete| Just a stub! please add what you can!}}

[[Randall]] urges his viewership to vote, and states that he will vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the {{w|Democratic Party| democratic}} nominee in the 2016 United States Presidential . The "H" with an arrow is Clinton's campaign logo, and "I'm with her" is a slogan widely used by her supporters. He then lists tips to help you cast your vote, surprisingly using only real sites. This suggests he is invested in the election.
The [[Ponytail]] character seems to be Joanna from [[322: Pix Plz]], and the [[Cueball]] on the chair is from [[303: Compiling]]. The [[Hairbun]] sitting on the top-right part of the 'H' appears to be the 'Old Days' programmer from the previous comic, [[1755: Old Days]].

All the information on the bottom half of the comic includes sites, numbers, info, etc that will help US voters to vote, regardless of for whom they will vote for. Including this information helps voters because every election many voters don't vote because they feel they don't know how or that it isn't worth it. It seems like Randall doesn't want the US election to have some of the same problems that the Brexit vote had (where many voters opposed to exiting the EU didn't vote for one reason or another).

Viewers are directed to the websites:
* https://iwillvote.com/
* http://www.drive2vote.org/ (for voters in Douglas or Sarpy County, Nebraska, who need a ride to the polls from Warren Buffet or his friends)
* http://www.civicinnovation.com/

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Still nothing on the specific characters in the image.}}
Image of xkcd characters surrounding a large logo for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Caption: We can do this.

How to help

Vote-- iwillvote.com

Get a ride to the polls-- drive2vote.org

If you're having problems voting-- 866-OUR-VOTE

Experimental social turnout project-- civicinnovation.com App Store: VoteWithMe

Reminder: If you're in line when the polls close, they have to let you vote

{{comic discussion}}

1752: Interplanetary Experience

2016-10-28T09:49:45Z

172.68.55.70:

{{comic
| number = 1752
| date = October 28, 2016
| title = Interplanetary Experience
| image = interplanetary_experience.png
| titletext = But instead of hitting the ocean, you should land in an overheating hot tub on a sinking cruise ship, sending it crashing through the floor into the burning engine room as the ship goes under.
}}

==Explanation=

===Table of celestial bodies and like Earth places===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Body(ies)
! Day/Night
! Place on Earth
! Explanation
|-
| Pluto, Moon, Mercury || Night || Mt. Everest at night || Pluto, Moon and Mercury are relatively small, rocky bodies with practically no atmosphere and relatively slow rotation. Therefore their surfaces not illuminated by Sun will cool down to very low temperatures (around 100 Kelvins), making their nighttime hemispheres desolate, dark and cold places. Randall proposes the summit of Mt. Everest as the place on Earth that will emulate the conditions most closely. It is a rocky, desolate and cold place. Even though it is not the coldest place on Earth, it is the highest point on land, therefore it has the lowest atmospheric pressure. It cannot be compared to the near-zero pressure and 100 Kelvins conditions on the aforementioned bodies, but it is as close as you can get on Earth. The top of Mt. Everest has an air pressure just 1/3 of what it is at sea level, and the oxygen levels are so low that they are barely survivable ([http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/21/how-climbing-everest-without-oxygen-can-go-very-wrong/ a few people have reached the top without oxygen tanks, but others have died after losing their supply]), making it as close as you can get on Earth to the near-vacuum found on these worlds.
|-
| Moon || Day || Mt. Everest at noon under a tanning lamp || As explained above, Mt. Everest is as good emulation of Moon surface at night as you can get. During the Moon's day, its surface gets about as much Sun's radiation as Earth, because both bodies' distance from the Sun is almost the same. The Earth's atmosphere, however, stops most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. A tanning lamp is a device emitting mostly ultraviolet radiation.
|-
| Mercury || Day || A lava flow at a volcano at noon || Mercury never quite reaches lava temperatures (if it did, its surface would be molten), but it gets close. At noon, Mercury's equator reaches 420°C (800°F, 700 K) - depending on what type of rock it's formed from, [http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/archive/2003/03_04_17.html lava can erupt] at 500°C-600°C (930°F-1100°F, 770-870 K). Standing on a partially solidified lava flow (which, it goes without saying, is incredibly dangerous) would expose you to similar temperatures. Close to the North Pole, Mercury is around 100°C (230°F, 380 K).
|-
| Venus || || A heat-shrink wetsuit in a blast furnace || The average surface temperature on Venus is around 470°C (870°F, 740 K), and the pressure is 92 bar (by comparison, pressure on earth is only about 1 bar). A blast furnace is a bit too hot - the blast itself is 900 °C to 1300 °C (1600 °F to 2300 °F), and they can reach 2000 °C - but either temperature is enough to kill you in seconds. As the blast furnace would emulate Venus temperature but not pressure, Randall proposes a daring volunteer shall wear a hypothetical heat-shrink wetsuit. A {{w|wetsuit}} is an elastic garment worn mostly over the whole body by swimmers, divers etc. {{w|Heat-shrink tubing}} is a tube made of a material that shrinks when heated, used to provide extra insulation and mechanical or environmental protection in electrical and electronics work - you put a length of tubing over your wire, connector, or a joint and heat it with hot air gun, making it shrink and crimp over your device. A hypothetical heat-shrink wetsuit worn while sitting in a blast furnace supposedly would shrink rapidly in the extreme temperature, extorting great pressure on your body, thus emulating Venus surface atmospheric pressure.
|-
| Mars || || Mt. Everest at sunset || Again, thin atmosphere and very cold temperatures, but Mars's dusty, greenhouse-gas-containing atmosphere means it's not as cold as Mercury at night, nor as hot as the Moon during the day. The sunset will also make the sky reddish-purple, similar to [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA17944-MarsCuriosityRover-AfterCrossingDingoGapSanddune-20140209.jpg the way the Martian sky often looks].
|-
| Titan || || Waist-deep in an outgassing Siberian swamp || Titan is one of the promising worlds for life - given that its surface temperature is −180°C (−290°F, 95 K), that says a lot about how inhospitable the rest of the solar system is. The chemistry of the planet is interesting - there are lots of nitrogen compounds and hydrocarbons, and the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen and methane. Similar compounds are produced by rotting material in swamps, hence the comparison. One key difference though is that on Earth, swamps are mostly water. On Titan, they're liquid methane. Siberia also has some of the most extreme temperature differences on Earth, while Titan is just consistently cold. Randall is presumably referencing Siberia's {{w|Pole of Cold}}, the coldest point in the Northern hemisphere having reached −71.2 °C (−96.2 °F). Not quite Titan levels of cold, but certainly deadly enough.
|-
| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune || || Jumping from a high-altitude balloon over an Antarctic Ocean winter storm ('''title text:''' and landing in an overheating hot tub on a sinking cruise ship, sending it crashing through the floor into the burning engine room as the ship goes under.) || They're called {{w|gas giants}} for a reason. All the planets have stormy weather (Uranus is the least active, and Neptune is the most active) and a very dramatic temperature and pressure gradient. On the edge of the atmosphere, conditions aren't much different to space, but as you fall in, the temperature and pressure rapidly increases past freezing point (allowing clouds of ice and water), past boiling point, and up to thousands of degrees until you reach the core of superheated iron and nickel. Being inside a burning metal ship crushed by the water pressure of the deep ocean is the closest imaginable representation of the pressure, but in fact the cores of these planets are far, far more inhospitable than that - Jupiter is so hot and high-pressure that {{w|Metallic hydrogen|''hydrogen'' becomes a metal}}.
|}

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript}}

{{comic discussion}}

1729: Migrating Geese

2016-09-05T15:41:14Z

172.68.55.70:

{{comic
| number = 1729
| date = September 5, 2016
| title = Migrating Geese
| image = migrating_geese.png
| titletext = "Hey guys! I have a great idea for a migration!" "Dammit, Kevin."
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete| Only a rough draft.}}
Migrating refers the changing a habitat, like it happens every year with geese travelling long distances as to not experience cold seasons. When geese fly to their new habitat they tend to fly in a very clear shape or formation which resembles a flipped V. This formation is shown and explained here like a military formation with different roles:
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Explanation
|-
|Head Goose
(4th in line to the British throne)
|This goose may become the newest monarch of the UK, assuming the three who are further in line die. The current fourth in line to the British throne is {{w|HRH}} {{w|Princess Charlotte of Cambridge}}.
|-
|Quarterback
|A {{w|quarterback}} is a position in {{w|American Football}}.
|-
|Comptroller
|A {{w|comptroller}} is a position in a company. A comptroller oversees and manages all financial operations.
|-
|Migration abort goose
|This might be a reference to launch abort capsules used in rockets to safely land astronauts in the case of a critical stage failure
|-
|Twin-Engine Model
|This goose has two tails, which makes it look like a Twin-Engine aircraft which has two motors on either wing instead of one in the nose.
|-
|Kevin
|Might be a reference to the Kevin of reddit fame: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/219w2o/whos_the_dumbest_person_youve_ever_met/cgbhkwp
Or possibly a reference to one of the Minions from the "Despicable Me" franchise (http://despicableme.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin), who leaves the main Minion group in search of a new master, hence the comment about migration.
|-
|CIA Informant
|A person, usually a criminal, that surreptitiously provides information to the {{w|Central Intelligence Agency}}.
|-
|Backups
|These are geese that are not used in the formation so they can replace other geese in their positions in case they have problems performing their task.
|-
|Missing Valence Geese
|In Chemistry, {{w|Valence (chemistry)|valence}} electrons are the electrons in the outermost "layer" which change places when chemical reactions happen. As there is an optimal number of electrons in a layer, if there are missing valence electrons, elements which can fill in these gaps tend to react with the elements having the missing electrons.
|-
|Shock Front
| A shock front is the front boundary of a shock wave created by either a sonic boom or another explosion in a fluid. It can also refer to the shock wave itself.
|-
|Stealth cargo being escorted
|The formation is forming a protective surrounding around an empty space in the middle which in a military formation could contain protected cargo. As there is no cargo visible in the goose formation, it is titled "stealth".
|}

==Transcript==
:[Caption above the panel:]
:Understanding Migration of Geese

:[20 geese are shown flying in a typical migratory V-formation. As they are shown in silhouette it is not possible to determine if they are seen from above or from below. They are flying toward the top of the image with the first goose close to the top in the middle of the image. There is one head goose, and then there are 7 geese in the left arms and 9 geese in the right arm. Behind the left arm there are two stragglers that are not in line with the others, but closer to the middle than those above and not as close to each other as the rest but still flying in the same direction. Finally there is one goose at the bottom right corner flying at a 45 degree angle away from the other to the right. The first goose is flapping its wing, which is also the case with six other geese, no. 4 and 6 in the left and 3, 5 and 6 in the right arm as well as the middle of the two in the rear towards the middle. The rest are soaring with straight wings and all of these look the same except no. 7 in the right arm which has two tails, which both goes ahead of the wings, making it look like a plane with two engines. The head goose and 5 of the 9 geese in the right arm as well as the one bottom right are labelled with and arrow pointing to them from the label. The front goose has the label in front to the left, the other have it in front to the right, except the second last in the arm which has the label inside the V and one flying away which has the label right above it. The two behind and right of the left arm have one label behind them with two arrows from the label pointing at both geese. There is a thick curvy line in front of geese no. 3 to 5 in the left arm. In front of that line is a thinner broken line. In front of this is a label written with the same curvature. There are two areas surrounded by dotted lines. The first one is behind the last of the left arms geese, extending in the same direction for a distance of about two geese. It has a label above and left with and arrow pointing to it. The other area is in the middle of the V forming a loose triangular structure with a label inside.]
:Head goose: Head goose <small>(4<sup>th</sup> in line to the British throne)</small>
:Right no. 1: Quarterback
:Right no. 3: Comptroller
:Right no. 5: Migration abort goose
:Right no. 7: Twin-engine model
:Right no. 8: CIA informant
:Bottom right corner: Kevin
:Behind center: Backups
:In front of left no. 3-5: Shock front
:Empty area behind left arm: Missing valence geese
:Empty area in center: Stealth cargo being escorted

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