https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=R3P1N5explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-03T17:26:44ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1503:_Squirrel_Plan&diff=870171503: Squirrel Plan2015-03-25T06:06:51Z<p>R3P1N5: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1503<br />
| date = March 25, 2015<br />
| title = Squirrel Plan<br />
| image = squirrel plan.png<br />
| titletext = [Halfway to the Sun ...] Heyyyy ... what if this BALLOON is full of acorns?!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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The joke is that squirrels are stupid and have no business trying their paws at aeronautics.<br />
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The title text further compounds this notion when the airborne squirrel jeopardizes the entire mission because he wants to test if the balloon itself is full of acorns. Basic observational skills will tell anyone that acorns do not float, and in fact have noticeable weight to them. Elementary logic then dictates that the balloon lifting the squirrel should not contain objects that contribute only weight, and therefore the balloon must not contain acorns. Yet perhaps this is for the best, since continuing on with the mission would (obviously, to us humans) end in death for the airborne squirrel, as well as inconclusive data for the ground team. Title text also suggests that the squirrel is "Half way to the Sun", a distance of roughly 74,800,000 KM. This provides a small amount of evidence that it was in fact a squirrel that authored the comic or at least it's title text as the squirrel would be dead at that altitude without an appropriate space suit and the balloon would have popped long before due to the expansion of the acorns within.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
There are three squirrels. One is suspended from a balloon. The other two are standing on the ground, looking up at it.<br />
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Squirrel on right: Once you've chewed a hole in the sun, shoot the balloon to fall back to earth, then pull the parachute ripcord to land.<br />
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Squirrel holding balloon: Are you <b><i>sure</i></b> it's full of acorns?<br />
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Squirrel on right: Look how bright and magnificent it is! What else could be in there?<br />
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<!-- Include any categories below this line. --></div>R3P1N5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1503:_Squirrel_Plan&diff=870161503: Squirrel Plan2015-03-25T06:05:59Z<p>R3P1N5: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1503<br />
| date = March 25, 2015<br />
| title = Squirrel Plan<br />
| image = squirrel plan.png<br />
| titletext = [Halfway to the Sun ...] Heyyyy ... what if this BALLOON is full of acorns?!<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Explanation is absent and therefore incomplete. (Explanatione is a comment)}}<br />
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The joke is that squirrels are stupid and have no business trying their paws at aeronautics.<br />
<br />
The title text further compounds this notion when the airborne squirrel jeopardizes the entire mission because he wants to test if the balloon itself is full of acorns. Basic observational skills will tell anyone that acorns do not float, and in fact have noticeable weight to them. Elementary logic then dictates that the balloon lifting the squirrel should not contain objects that contribute only weight, and therefore the balloon must not contain acorns. Yet perhaps this is for the best, since continuing on with the mission would (obviously, to us humans) end in death for the airborne squirrel, as well as inconclusive data for the ground team. Title text also suggests that the squirrel is "Half way to the Sun", a distance of roughly 74,800,000 KM. This provides a small amount of evidence that it was in fact a squirrel that authored the comic or at least it's title text as the squirrel would be dead at that altitude without an appropriate space suit and the baloon would have popped long before due to the expansion of the acorns within.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
There are three squirrels. One is suspended from a balloon. The other two are standing on the ground, looking up at it.<br />
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Squirrel on right: Once you've chewed a hole in the sun, shoot the balloon to fall back to earth, then pull the parachute ripcord to land.<br />
<br />
Squirrel holding balloon: Are you <b><i>sure</i></b> it's full of acorns?<br />
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Squirrel on right: Look how bright and magnificent it is! What else could be in there?<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<!-- Include any categories below this line. --></div>R3P1N5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1482:_NowPlaying&diff=840031482: NowPlaying2015-02-04T06:28:20Z<p>R3P1N5: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1482<br />
| date = February 4, 2015<br />
| title = #NowPlaying<br />
| image = nowplaying.png<br />
| titletext = If you click on the post, it takes you to search results for the note on various online music stores.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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Of note: Some of the tweets are out of order. Brian is now Listening TO A is timestamped at 3:29, with Caitlin on the next line timestamped st 3:28, with the next note likewise at 3:28.<br />
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Here are some synthesized versions of the notes in the order they appear in the comic. [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1079661/65467.ogg OGG] [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1079661/65467.mid MIDI]<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Brian is now listening to: E Major<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: A<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM\<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: B<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: D<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: C Sharp<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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: Mike What the hell<br />
: Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: B<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: A<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Caitlin Can someone Call him?<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: A<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: E<br />
:Today - 3:28 PM<br />
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:Brian is now listening to: A<br />
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My new social music service notifies your<br/>friends about what notes you're listening to.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>R3P1N5