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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3209<br />
| date = February 18, 2026<br />
| title = Plums<br />
| image = plums_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 251x409px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Just_to_Say<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:Out of view: I got you the ingredients for dinner tonight.<br />
:Out of view: Oh, and the plums in the fridge drawer are for my yogurt tomorrow; you should just leave them.<br />
:Out of view: Be back later!<br />
:Cueball, thinking: Oh no.<br />
:Subtext: Help. It actually happened. I shouldn't, but how can I not!?<br />
{{comic discussion}}<noinclude></div>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EChttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3209:_Plums&diff=4065913209: Plums2026-02-19T03:08:37Z<p>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EC: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3209<br />
| date = February 18, 2026<br />
| title = Plums<br />
| image = plums_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 251x409px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Just_to_Say<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
Out of view: I got you the ingredients for dinner tonight.<br />
<br />
Out of view: Oh, and the plums in the fridge drawer are for my yogurt tomorrow; you should just leave them.<br />
<br />
Out of view: Be back later!<br />
<br />
Cueball, thinking: Oh no.<br />
<br />
Subtext: Help. It actually happened. I shouldn't, but how can I not!?<br />
{{comic discussion}}<noinclude></div>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EChttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3209:_Plums&diff=4065903209: Plums2026-02-19T03:07:51Z<p>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EC: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3209<br />
| date = February 18, 2026<br />
| title = Plums<br />
| image = plums_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 251x409px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Just_to_Say<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
Out of view: I got you the ingredients for dinner tonight.<br />
Out of view: Oh, and the plums in the fridge drawer are for my yogurt tomorrow; you should just leave them.<br />
Out of view: Be back later!<br />
<br />
Cueball, thinking: Oh no.<br />
<br />
Subtext: Help. It actually happened. I shouldn't, but how can I not!?<br />
{{comic discussion}}<noinclude></div>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EChttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3209:_Plums&diff=4065883209: Plums2026-02-19T03:06:18Z<p>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EC: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3209<br />
| date = February 18, 2026<br />
| title = Plums<br />
| image = plums_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 251x409px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
I got you the ingredients for dinner tonight.<br />
<br />
Oh, and the plums in the fridge drawer are for my yogurt tomorrow; you should just leave them.<br />
<br />
Be back later!<br />
<br />
Oh no.<br />
<br />
Help. It actually happened. I shouldn't, but how can I not!?<br />
{{comic discussion}}<noinclude></div>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EChttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3209:_Plums&diff=4065873209: Plums2026-02-19T03:04:12Z<p>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EC: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3209<br />
| date = February 18, 2026<br />
| title = Plums<br />
| image = plums_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 251x409px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<noinclude></div>2600:4040:7D3C:5B00:40E6:B147:C871:40EC