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SomebodyElse: /* Explanation */ Turning the word "House" blue in House of Leaves

2026-05-13T11:26:26Z

‎Explanation: Turning the word "<span style="color:blue">House</span>" blue in <span style="color:blue">House</span> of Leaves

Amateurautist: /* Explanation */ added a sentence about how the house on ash tree Lane might be able to alter records

2026-02-05T19:40:50Z

‎Explanation: added a sentence about how the house on ash tree Lane might be able to alter records

Davidy22: Reverted edits by Explain xkcd server admin (talk) to last revision by Jacky720

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Explain xkcd server admin at 00:00, 21 May 2022

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 20:41, 4 May 2022

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Davidy22: Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 172.68.34.112

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X. K. C. D. at 00:31, 4 May 2022

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172.68.34.112 at 15:27, 20 December 2019

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 {{w|Austria-Hungary}} was a European empire that existed between 1867 and 1918, {{w|Austria-Hungary#Dissolution|dissolving}} during {{w|World War I}}. It is possible that Cueball's ancestors hail from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, though it would be even more absurd for that to be used as an address, given that the polity ended a century ago, whereas the earliest programmable computer was created 20 years after the country was dissolved and personal/small business computers approximately 40 years after that.
-Ash Tree Lane refers to {{w|House of Leaves}}, a postmodern novel from 2000 in which one of many nested plots involves a house on Ash Tree Lane that is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and in fact contains a {{w|labyrinth}} with a {{w|minotaur}}.  The book, and Ash Tree Lane specifically, have previously been referenced in [[472: House of Pancakes]], [[827: My Business Idea]], and [[886: Craigslist Apartments]]. Since the house is shown to have supernatural properties, it is not unlikely that it might be able to alter records.
+Ash Tree Lane refers to {{w|House of Leaves}}, a postmodern novel from 2000 in which one of many nested plots involves a <span style="color:blue">house</span> on Ash Tree Lane that is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and in fact contains a {{w|labyrinth}} with a {{w|minotaur}}.  The book, and Ash Tree Lane specifically, have previously been referenced in [[472: House of Pancakes]], [[827: My Business Idea]], and [[886: Craigslist Apartments]]. Since the house is shown to have supernatural properties, it is not unlikely that it might be able to alter records.
 The title text treats bank accounts (and the PIN codes needed to access them) as though they were physical heirlooms passed down generation to generation. The patent for PIN codes was submitted in May 1966, and the first public use of a {{w|Personal identification number|PIN code}} was in 1967, when {{w|Barclays}} used them to process {{w|cheques}} at {{w|automated teller machines}}. It would be unusual for Cueball to inherit both an active bank account and the PIN associated with it --  when a person with a bank account dies, the bank usually closes the account altogether and transfers the money to a separate account of whoever is named the beneficiary. Treating the account number and/or its PIN as though they were physical heirlooms plays into the joke of them not changing through the years (due to the perceived difficulty of updating them).

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 {{w|Austria-Hungary}} was a European empire that existed between 1867 and 1918, {{w|Austria-Hungary#Dissolution|dissolving}} during {{w|World War I}}. It is possible that Cueball's ancestors hail from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, though it would be even more absurd for that to be used as an address, given that the polity ended a century ago, whereas the earliest programmable computer was created 20 years after the country was dissolved and personal/small business computers approximately 40 years after that.
-Ash Tree Lane refers to {{w|House of Leaves}}, a postmodern novel from 2000 in which one of many nested plots involves a house on Ash Tree Lane that is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and in fact contains a {{w|labyrinth}} with a {{w|minotaur}}.  The book, and Ash Tree Lane specifically, have previously been referenced in [[472: House of Pancakes]], [[827: My Business Idea]], and [[886: Craigslist Apartments]].
+Ash Tree Lane refers to {{w|House of Leaves}}, a postmodern novel from 2000 in which one of many nested plots involves a house on Ash Tree Lane that is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and in fact contains a {{w|labyrinth}} with a {{w|minotaur}}.  The book, and Ash Tree Lane specifically, have previously been referenced in [[472: House of Pancakes]], [[827: My Business Idea]], and [[886: Craigslist Apartments]]. Since the house is shown to have supernatural properties, it is not unlikely that it might be able to alter records.
 The title text treats bank accounts (and the PIN codes needed to access them) as though they were physical heirlooms passed down generation to generation. The patent for PIN codes was submitted in May 1966, and the first public use of a {{w|Personal identification number|PIN code}} was in 1967, when {{w|Barclays}} used them to process {{w|cheques}} at {{w|automated teller machines}}. It would be unusual for Cueball to inherit both an active bank account and the PIN associated with it --  when a person with a bank account dies, the bank usually closes the account altogether and transfers the money to a separate account of whoever is named the beneficiary. Treating the account number and/or its PIN as though they were physical heirlooms plays into the joke of them not changing through the years (due to the perceived difficulty of updating them).

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 {{w|Austria-Hungary}} was a European empire that existed between 1867 and 1918, {{w|Austria-Hungary#Dissolution|dissolving}} during {{w|World War I}}. It is possible that Cueball's ancestors hail from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, though it would be even more absurd for that to be used as an address, given that the polity ended a century ago, whereas the earliest programmable computer was created 20 years after the country was dissolved and personal/small business computers approximately 40 years after that.
-Ash Tree Lane refers to {{w|House of Leaves}}, a postmodern novel from 2000 in which one of many nested plots involves a house on Ash Tree Lane that is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and in fact contains a {{w|labyrinth}} with a {{w|minotaur}}.  The book, and Ash Tree Lane specifically, have previously been referenced in [[472: House of Pancakes]] and [[886: Craigslist Apartments]].
+Ash Tree Lane refers to {{w|House of Leaves}}, a postmodern novel from 2000 in which one of many nested plots involves a house on Ash Tree Lane that is bigger on the inside than on the outside, and in fact contains a {{w|labyrinth}} with a {{w|minotaur}}.  The book, and Ash Tree Lane specifically, have previously been referenced in [[472: House of Pancakes]], [[827: My Business Idea]], and [[886: Craigslist Apartments]].
 The title text treats bank accounts (and the PIN codes needed to access them) as though they were physical heirlooms passed down generation to generation. The patent for PIN codes was submitted in May 1966, and the first public use of a {{w|Personal identification number|PIN code}} was in 1967, when {{w|Barclays}} used them to process {{w|cheques}} at {{w|automated teller machines}}. It would be unusual for Cueball to inherit both an active bank account and the PIN associated with it --  when a person with a bank account dies, the bank usually closes the account altogether and transfers the money to a separate account of whoever is named the beneficiary. Treating the account number and/or its PIN as though they were physical heirlooms plays into the joke of them not changing through the years (due to the perceived difficulty of updating them).

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball is standing, holding a phone.]
+:[Cueball is standing and talking on a phone.]
 :Voice: Do you still live at 342 River St?
 :Cueball: No, I moved last year.
 :[Cueball is standing behind a counter with Hairy, whose hands are on a keyboard.]
 :Hairy: Is 21 Ash Tree Lane still a good address?
 :Cueball: What? That's my childhood home. How is that even in your system?
-:[Cueball is holding a phone again in a borderless panel.]
 :Voice: The address we have is 205 Second St #2.
 :Cueball: I... think that's where my parents lived before I was born!?
 :[Cueball stands behind another counter with Ponytail and a tablet.]
 :Ponytail: Are you still living in... "The Austro-Hungarian Empire?"
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 :Ponytail: Austria-Hungary dissolved in 1918.
 :Cueball: Well, I come from a long line of people who hate updating stuff.
 {{comic discussion}}