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 ==Trivia==
-In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:what_to_bring.png original version of the comic], one of Cueball's arms in the first panel was missing. This was later fixed.
+In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:what_to_bring.png original version of the comic], one of Cueball's arms in the ninth panel was missing. This was later fixed.
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 ==Trivia==
-In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:what_to_bring.png original version of this comic], one of Cueball's arms in the first panel was missing. This was later fixed.
+In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:what_to_bring.png original version of the comic], one of Cueball's arms in the first panel was missing. This was later fixed.
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		+	In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:what_to_bring.png original version of this comic], one of Cueball's arms in the first panel was missing. This was later fixed.

−	*The original image for this comic was missing one of Cueball's arms in the first panel. The original image is [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:what_to_bring.png here].
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 ! scope="row"| a gun
-| style="background:#C5E6C3;"| Bringing a gun to a knife fight will usually leave your opponent at a perilous disadvantage due to the gun's far greater range. (Though if the fight is in close quarters, you will likely be at a disadvantage. You may also be accused of "not playing fair", but only if you leave survivors.)
+| style="background:#C5E6C3;"| Bringing a gun to a knife fight will usually leave your opponent at a perilous disadvantage due to the gun's far greater range. (Though if the fight is in close quarters, you may be at a disadvantage - although likely not if your gun is already drawn and aimed, as the comic shows. You may also be accused of "not playing fair", but only if you leave survivors.)
 | style="background:#C5E6C3;"| <ref>While the chart states that you should bring a gun to a gun fight, the title text makes the observation that bringing a gun to a gunfight might just raise your status from 'inconsequential bystander' to 'combatant'. So perhaps you shouldn't bring a gun to a gun fight if not bringing one is a way to avoid being considered part of the fight. It probably all depends on why there is a gun fight to begin with, and why you are choosing to go to it, with or without a gun (or knife or water or lid). Or Randall may simply (and wisely) mean that you shouldn't go to a gunfight at all, which is a genuinely valid point, and not a joke. If you're not there, you can't get shot.</ref> Bringing a gun to a gun fight will leave you {{w|Mexican standoff|evenly matched with your opponent}}.
 | colspan="2"| Shooting at a wood or an oil fire will not extinguish either one. Depending on the exact caliber of the bullet, you may even end up scattering the wood or oil fueling the flames, leaving you with a worse situation than before. Also, most bullets contain lead, so the heat of the fire may cause the bullet to give off toxic fumes.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic derives its humor from combining two common but unrelated pieces of advice: "never bring a knife to a gun fight", and "never put water on an oil fire". The corollary to these phrases is that a knife is only useful for a knife fight, and water is only useful for a wood fire (or similar solid and porous fuel). [[Randall]] creates a {{w|confusion matrix}} applying each of the solutions (knives, guns, lids, and water) to each of the situations (knife fight, gun fight, wood fire, oil fire) to predict the likely outcomes.
+This comic derives its humor from combining two common but unrelated phrases: the proverb "never bring a knife to a gun fight", and the common advice "never put water on an oil fire". The corollary to these phrases is that a knife is only useful for a knife fight, and water is only useful for a wood fire (or similar solid and porous fuel). [[Randall]] creates a {{w|confusion matrix}} applying each of the solutions (knives, guns, lids, and water) to each of the situations (knife fight, gun fight, wood fire, oil fire) to predict the likely outcomes.
 The squares in the table are highlighted in green to answer "Yes" to the question, where the specified object is appropriate or advantageous for the situation, or red to answer "No", usually because the object would not be helpful in resolving the situation. The grid concludes that, not only are both pieces of advice correct (bringing knives to gun fights, and using water on oil fires would both end in likely disaster), but only the prescribed solutions are appropriate for each situation (e.g. any solution other than a lid would be ineffective for an oil fire, and potentially very dangerous). The sole exception to this trend is bringing a gun to a knife fight, which would give you a major tactical advantage over your opponent.

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 == Notes ==

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 ! scope="row"| a lid
-| colspan="2"| Attempting to put a lid on the head or weapon of a knife-wielder or gunman will probably not help matters,{{Citation needed}} as it may only serve to agitate them. While it might momentarily confuse your opponent, it probably won't give you much of a running start. (However, a metal lid can serve as a makeshift weapon, either blocking the knife, or bludgeoning your opponent){{w|buckler|shield}}.)
+| colspan="2"| Attempting to put a lid on the head or weapon of a knife-wielder or gunman will probably not help matters,{{Citation needed}} as it may only serve to agitate them. While it might momentarily confuse your opponent, it probably won't give you much of a running start. (However, a metal lid with the right sort of handle could serve as a makeshift {{w|buckler|shield}}.)
 | Trying to put out a wood fire with a lid would usually require a lid far too large for you to carry.
 | style="background:#C5E6C3;"| An {{w|Class B fire|oil fire}} is best extinguished by cutting it off from oxygen; stove top oil fires generally occur in cooking pans, which often come with lids suited to making an airtight seal. A fire-resistant blanket or towel also works well for this purpose.