https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Bigmadhabib 2026-04-22T04:18:55Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1160:_Drop_Those_Pounds&diff=25374 2013-01-14T11:53:55Z

<p>Bigmadhabib: added the bit about 'dropping thirty pounds fast'</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1160<br /> | date = January 14, 2013<br /> | title = Drop Those Pounds<br /> | image = drop those pounds.png<br /> | titletext = If the flyers don't work, we'll switch to the LEAST subtle method of informing a town of the existence of a trebuchet club.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> <br /> The comic presents a what looks like a &quot;Weight Loss Program&quot;, but instead it announces a trebuchet club in a subtle way. People nowadays tend to ignore &quot;Weight Loss&quot; flyers even if they're interested in losing weight. The subtitle accounts that saying &quot;the flyer may have been too subtle&quot;. The title text suggest they will announce the existence of the trebuchet club by the least subtle way: attacking the city with a trebuchet.<br /> <br /> A trebuchet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet] works by dropping a raised counter weight to rotate the throwing arm. Hence the 'drop thirty pounds fast' part of the comic.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Poster with drawing of Megan and Cueball in bottom left corner, castle in bottom right corner and a curved line between them. On the poster is some large text.]<br /> :Struggling with those 2013 resolutions?<br /> :We'll help you hit hit your target<br /> :By dropping thirty pounds '''fast'''<br /> :[Small print.]<br /> :Web: https:// [Illegible.]<br /> :Call: [Illegible.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category: Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category: Comics featuring Megan]]</div>

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