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;No rhyme nor reason to these pairings?<br />
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It appears the pairings are completely random. I was looking for some deeper meaning to them but it seems this is one of those comics to be taken entirely at face value. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.12|108.162.216.12]] 14:18, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Aren't "Pinky and Clyde" also the names of the pink and orange Pacman ghosts? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.36|108.162.216.36]] 11:48, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
: Yes, this is true. Are there any other sensible pairings? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.35|173.245.54.35]] 17:10, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
::I noticed an interesting pun with "Timon and Garfunkel" in that "Timon" is the same as "Simon" just with a different first letter. And "Mario" rhymes with "Romeo" [[Special:Contributions/141.101.70.61|141.101.70.61]] 20:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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You've already posted the correct pairs, but of course I wanted to draw them with lines, nursery school style:<br />
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http://i.imgur.com/tWTJAYC.gif<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.228.143|108.162.228.143]] 15:33, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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;Possible inspiration<br />
Possible inspiration: the comedy music duo calling themselves Garfunkel and Oates<br />
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.48|108.162.216.48]] 15:45, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Yes, that was my first thought as well. Never heard of Hall. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.5|108.162.219.5]] 16:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:: If you're from the U.S. and over 35, you probably should have. Hall & Oates are the [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/hall-and-oates-road-to-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-20131216 best-selling musical duo of all time]. [[User:Fryhole|Fryhole]] ([[User talk:Fryhole|talk]]) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:: "Never heard of Hall", this statement saddens me greatly, LOL! It's up there with Kanye fans thinking he discovered Paul McCartney. :) Wow. I myself had barely heard of Garfunkel & Oates until I looked up and watched their show, they're the obscure ones here. I, however, agree that they probably inspired this comic, or at least contributed. - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.191|198.41.235.191]] 00:54, 27 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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As currently described, the cycles thing does not make any sense to me. The order seems wrong. For example, the way the first cycle makes sense is to start with Thelma and Louise, Batman and Robin; and end with Anna and the King,Calvin and Hobbes. That way you've arrived back at the top and would only repeat if you continued. Can anyone justify the current order? [[User:Trlkly|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly|talk]]) 19:01, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Yeah, you can do it that way and will arrive at the same cycle lengths, each cycle just backwards. The way I did it was to go from "Thelma" to "Hobbes", then go to "Calvin" because that's who "Hobbes" belongs to, then go from "Calvin" to "The King" and so on. If the first name is the order of couples, then the second name basically just tells you the index where to jump next, that's usually how permutations are written. Your way considers the second names to be in the right order and uses the first as an index to jump to next. I also doubt it's an important part of the meaning, but I was curious how long the cycles would be. [[User:Or|or]] ([[User talk:Or|talk]]) 19:38, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The rating system for "At the Movies", at least during Siskel and Ebert's term, was that each reviewer would give a thumbs up or thumbs down. "Two thumbs up" referred to the aggregate rating when both reviewers liked the film. The explanation said that Siskel gave ''Romeo and Butthead'' two thumbs up, which wouldn't make sense if we assume that the show's rules were the same. [[User:Fryhole|Fryhole]] ([[User talk:Fryhole|talk]]) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Haven't there been some similar comics? I cannot remeber which... The style reminds of [[1625: Substitutions 2]] and [[1288: Substitutions]]. But they are not like this in theme. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 23:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I thought it was interesting how there's only one "Bill" and one "Ted", but both their movies are represented, I thought it indicated that there was some mismatch, like an incomplete pair somewhere... But sorting it out, I realize now that's it's only that "Bill" got one complete title, "Ted" the other. Oh well. Usually view these on my iPad, I needed a computer to truly analyze. Turns out I nerd-sniped myself, LOL! - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.191|198.41.235.191]] 00:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC)</div>198.41.235.191https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113434Talk:1648: Famous Duos2016-02-27T00:47:44Z<p>198.41.235.191: </p>
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;No rhyme nor reason to these pairings?<br />
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It appears the pairings are completely random. I was looking for some deeper meaning to them but it seems this is one of those comics to be taken entirely at face value. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.12|108.162.216.12]] 14:18, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Aren't "Pinky and Clyde" also the names of the pink and orange Pacman ghosts? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.36|108.162.216.36]] 11:48, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
: Yes, this is true. Are there any other sensible pairings? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.35|173.245.54.35]] 17:10, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
::I noticed an interesting pun with "Timon and Garfunkel" in that "Timon" is the same as "Simon" just with a different first letter. And "Mario" rhymes with "Romeo" [[Special:Contributions/141.101.70.61|141.101.70.61]] 20:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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You've already posted the correct pairs, but of course I wanted to draw them with lines, nursery school style:<br />
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http://i.imgur.com/tWTJAYC.gif<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.228.143|108.162.228.143]] 15:33, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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;Possible inspiration<br />
Possible inspiration: the comedy music duo calling themselves Garfunkel and Oates<br />
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.48|108.162.216.48]] 15:45, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Yes, that was my first thought as well. Never heard of Hall. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.5|108.162.219.5]] 16:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:: If you're from the U.S. and over 35, you probably should have. Hall & Oates are the [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/hall-and-oates-road-to-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-20131216 best-selling musical duo of all time]. [[User:Fryhole|Fryhole]] ([[User talk:Fryhole|talk]]) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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As currently described, the cycles thing does not make any sense to me. The order seems wrong. For example, the way the first cycle makes sense is to start with Thelma and Louise, Batman and Robin; and end with Anna and the King,Calvin and Hobbes. That way you've arrived back at the top and would only repeat if you continued. Can anyone justify the current order? [[User:Trlkly|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly|talk]]) 19:01, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Yeah, you can do it that way and will arrive at the same cycle lengths, each cycle just backwards. The way I did it was to go from "Thelma" to "Hobbes", then go to "Calvin" because that's who "Hobbes" belongs to, then go from "Calvin" to "The King" and so on. If the first name is the order of couples, then the second name basically just tells you the index where to jump next, that's usually how permutations are written. Your way considers the second names to be in the right order and uses the first as an index to jump to next. I also doubt it's an important part of the meaning, but I was curious how long the cycles would be. [[User:Or|or]] ([[User talk:Or|talk]]) 19:38, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The rating system for "At the Movies", at least during Siskel and Ebert's term, was that each reviewer would give a thumbs up or thumbs down. "Two thumbs up" referred to the aggregate rating when both reviewers liked the film. The explanation said that Siskel gave ''Romeo and Butthead'' two thumbs up, which wouldn't make sense if we assume that the show's rules were the same. [[User:Fryhole|Fryhole]] ([[User talk:Fryhole|talk]]) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Haven't there been some similar comics? I cannot remeber which... The style reminds of [[1625: Substitutions 2]] and [[1288: Substitutions]]. But they are not like this in theme. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 23:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I thought it was interesting how there's only one "Bill" and one "Ted", but both their movies are represented, I thought it indicated that there was some mismatch, like an incomplete pair somewhere... But sorting it out, I realize now that's it's only that "Bill" got one complete title, "Ted" the other. Oh well. Usually view these on my iPad, I needed a computer to truly analyze. Turns out I nerd-sniped myself, LOL! - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.191|198.41.235.191]] 00:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC)</div>198.41.235.191https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1612:_Colds&diff=1067441612: Colds2015-12-10T21:46:49Z<p>198.41.235.191: /* Explanation */ Removed duplicate "headache"</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1612<br />
| date = December 4, 2015<br />
| title = Colds<br />
| image = colds.png<br />
| titletext = The contagious period ends right around when you start to sound sick over the phone, which is probably evidence of cold viruses evolving to spread optimally in the workplace.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The typical symptoms of a {{w|Common cold|cold}} are a sore throat, blocked or runny nose, sneezing, and coughing. Slightly less common symptoms can include headache, aching muscles and an unpleasant sensation of temperature.<br />
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The earlier symptoms to occur following infection are generally the more unpleasant-feeling symptoms: headache, aching muscles, sneezing and feeling cold. However, these symptoms are also those which are least obvious to other people, and so elicit very little {{w|sympathy}}.<br />
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Within a few days, these symptoms start to subside, while a cough and runny nose start. These symptoms generally feel less unpleasant, but are much more noticeable to others, and so more sympathy may be given. The cough may lead to a hoarse voice, making the patient sound very ill; ironically, at this point, it may be easier for an employed person to phone in sick, but it is less desirable to stay off work.<br />
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But it is now when the patient sounds hoarse that others give the {{w|sympathy}} that was really needed when the patient was feeling awful during the first couple of days. And to [[Randall]] this is the worst about colds, that the patients first gets sympathy when it is no longer really needed.<br />
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The graph shows the above mentioned facts as two curves, one that indicates how bad the sickness is, really bad on day 2, but much better already on day 3. And the other curve how bad it sounds due to the hoarseness and the coughing. And this curve first peaks around day 4-6 when the sympathy from it is no longer needed.<br />
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The symptoms of the two periods are listed below the curves indicating which periods are affected by them.<br />
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In the title text Randall muses about the fact that contagiousness ends around the time when hoarseness begins. This is the time when employers ask sick employees to stay at home in bed when they call in to the office, because they sound so hoarse. And also the time when coworkers will stay clear of those who do come in. But then it is too late, since everyone is probably already infected by then. Randall thus suggests that this is evidence that the cold virus has evolved to spread optimally in a work place. Since the cold virus is much older than offices this is unlikely. But it will always spread better in places where many people are close together; and since we are more inside in the winter, this is the main reason why it spreads more during cold periods. However, viruses do evolve very quickly so it may not be unlikely that some of them has already adapted to our present way of living.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A graph is shown with two curves. The Y-axis indicated how you feel, with three levels indicated with small ticks on the inside of the axis. These are labeled to the left of the Y–axis. The X-axis gives the time. The unit is given (days written in gray text) to the left and then the number of days are noted below the axis for each of the eight ticks on the inside of the axis). Both curves begin at the lowest level just off the Y-axis. One curve, indicating how bad you feel, rises rapidly, reaching it's maximum in less than two days only to fall off almost as rapidly, ending up on an even lower level than it began with before day 5. The other curve, indicating how bad you sound, start out by staying constantly low, first rising on day 3, when the first curve are drooping down. They cross between day 3 and 4, and first then does the second curve rise, reaching its max around day 5, not as high a maximum as the first curve, but it stays up longer, falling only moderately off even after day 8, where it reaches the middle level on the Y-axis. Above the two curves are two line intervals that indicated when you need sympathy and when you get it. This text is written on the broken line. All this is in gray text. Below the X-axis are the symptoms listed for the different time period. These are written in white inside gray rectangles. The rectangles are a different length depending on how many days they last. And they are in two layers.]<br />
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:[Y-axis:]<br />
:The worst<br />
:Bad<br />
:Fine<br />
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:[The X-axis, with the unit written in gray just below ''Fine'' from the Y-axis:]<br />
:<font color="gray">Days:</font> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
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:[Labels for curves:]<br />
:How bad you feel<br />
:How bad you sound<br />
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:[Gray text on the two gray lines above:]<br />
:<font color="gray">Need sympathy<br />
:Get sympathy</font><br />
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:[Text in white on gray below, first the three to the left (one above two below), then the two to the right one above the other:]<br />
:Skin crawling<br />
:Sore throat<br />
:Aching<br />
:Cough<br />
:Hoarseness<br />
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:The worst part about colds<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Charts]]</div>198.41.235.191https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1152:_Communion&diff=1011911152: Communion2015-09-05T19:31:19Z<p>198.41.235.191: /* Explanation */ not all Protestants.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1152<br />
| date = December 26, 2012<br />
| title = Communion <br />
| image = communion.png<br />
| titletext = The local police, growing increasingly concerned about this church, ask parishioners to take a sip of wine and then spit it back out for DNA testing. It's blood, and it matches a 1970s murder victim.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic plays on the Christian doctrine that the {{w|Eucharist|Holy Communion}} bread and wine are Jesus' flesh and blood. It is based on the words of Jesus from the {{w|synoptic gospels}} and {{w|Paul the Apostle|Paul's}} {{w|first epistle to the Corinthians}} during the {{w|Last Supper}}, today used by the priest as {{w|Words of Institution}}. According to the Roman Catholic doctrine of {{w|transubstantiation}}, as well as in the Eastern Christian tradition, the substance (using the {{w|Accident_(philosophy)|Aristotelian}} concept that all things have an accidents, or physical make-up, as well as a substance, or true nature/purpose) of the bread and wine change to Jesus' flesh and blood, while their accidents remains the same. Many people, including many Catholics, believe this concept means the bread and wine literally turn (i.e., their accidents changes) into Jesus' flesh and blood during the ceremony. Some Protestant denominations reject this doctrine, both its actual and misunderstood application, with some taking the words as wholly symbolic of Jesus' sacrificial death and others believing the bread and wine create a real spiritual connection to Christ but do not change their substance. <br />
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In the second panel, [[Danish]] accurately describes what would happen at a traditional Christian Christmas service, though in such a way as to make it sound macabre.<br />
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After walking and thinking in panel three she makes it real macabre when worrying that they, again, may have gotten hold of the wrong child for the sacrifice needed to drink blood and eat flesh.<br />
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The title text further spoofs the common understanding of the doctrine of {{w|transubstantiation}} and elaborates on [[Danish]]'s concern in the last panel by supposing that the act of taking a sip of wine during {{w|Eucharist|Holy Communion}} turns that wine into the blood, not of Jesus, but of a decades-old murder victim. Alternatively, the title text could be interpreted as saying that the wine actually acquires Jesus' DNA, and that Jesus was "killed" in the 1970s. The police, who investigated Jesus' 1970s death, would then have his DNA on file.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball and Danish are taking a stroll.]<br />
:Cueball: How was Christmas? Did you go to church?<br />
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:Danish: Yup. We celebrated the birth of a child, then we ate of his flesh and blood.<br />
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:[Silence from Cueball.]<br />
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:Danish: ''Seriously'' hope we got the right child this time.<br />
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