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<p>Panjo: NY: automatc transmission?</p> <hr /> <div>{{ComicHeader|1079|July 9, 2012}}<br /> <br /> [[File:United_shapes.png]]<br /> <br /> Link to the even larger version. [http://xkcd.com/1079/large/]<br /> <br /> <br /> == Image Text ==<br /> That eggplant is in something of a flaccid state.<br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> Click on the image above to see the large version, which makes every state perfectly clear.  Additionally, Randall provides a closeup of the Colorado article. [http://xkcd.com/1079/colorado/] (It is obviously a fake Wikipedia article.)<br /> <br /> In the large version, all of the items inside the States make sense once you get your head oriented the correct direction.  I can't for the life of me figure out what New York's shape is, but a commenter suggests that it looks like an automatic transmission in cross section.  Any other thoughts?  I guess a key was too obvious.<br /> <br /> There is also a pun in the image text on the word State.  It is playing off the definition of the word as a noun (which means &quot;The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time&quot;) and the word as a proper noun as in &quot;The State of Florida&quot;.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics|1079]]</div>

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