39: Bowl - Revision history

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 * This was the last comic that was [[LiveJournal|only posted to LiveJournal]], as Randall made a LiveJournal post the following day titled "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Announcement]":{{Quote|What with winter break starting and the like, I'll probably be going off my regular update schedule. I'll try to post something here and there, and might end up doing more drawings than I expect, but won't stick to the MWF schedule.<br>Thanks for the support! This has been and will continue to be a lot of fun.|[[Randall Munroe]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Source]}}
 :This may be due to his exams coming up, or the preparation for the release of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] the following year. The next LiveJournal comic, [[45: Schrodinger]], was released almost a month later. See [[LiveJournal]] for more info.
 * This was the last comic where the release day was part of the title on LiveJournal. The extra word, "Drawing", would be abandoned a few comics later.

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-* This was the last comic that was [[LiveJournal|only posted to LiveJournal, as Randall made a LiveJournal post the following day titled "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Announcement]":{{Quote|What with winter break starting and the like, I'll probably be going off my regular update schedule. I'll try to post something here and there, and might end up doing more drawings than I expect, but won't stick to the MWF schedule.<br>Thanks for the support! This has been and will continue to be a lot of fun.|[[Randall Munroe]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Source]}}
+* This was the last comic that was [[LiveJournal|only posted to LiveJournal]], as Randall made a LiveJournal post the following day titled "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Announcement]":{{Quote|What with winter break starting and the like, I'll probably be going off my regular update schedule. I'll try to post something here and there, and might end up doing more drawings than I expect, but won't stick to the MWF schedule.<br>Thanks for the support! This has been and will continue to be a lot of fun.|[[Randall Munroe]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Source]}}
 :This may be due to his exams coming up, or the preparation for the release of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] the following year. The next LiveJournal comic, [[45: Schrodinger]], was released almost a month later. See [[LiveJournal]] for more info.
-* This was the last comic where the release day was part of the title on LiveJournal. The extra word "Drawing" would be abandoned a few comics later.
+* This was the last comic where the release day was part of the title on LiveJournal. The extra word, "Drawing", would be abandoned a few comics later.
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 ==Trivia==
-* This was the last comic that was only posted on LiveJournal, as Randall made a LiveJournal post the following day titled "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Announcement]":{{Quote|What with winter break starting and the like, I'll probably be going off my regular update schedule. I'll try to post something here and there, and might end up doing more drawings than I expect, but won't stick to the MWF schedule.<br>Thanks for the support! This has been and will continue to be a lot of fun.|[[Randall Munroe]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Source]}}
+* This was the last comic that was [[LiveJournal|only posted to LiveJournal, as Randall made a LiveJournal post the following day titled "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Announcement]":{{Quote|What with winter break starting and the like, I'll probably be going off my regular update schedule. I'll try to post something here and there, and might end up doing more drawings than I expect, but won't stick to the MWF schedule.<br>Thanks for the support! This has been and will continue to be a lot of fun.|[[Randall Munroe]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=12%3A59%20am-,Announcement,-What%20with%20winter Source]}}
 :This may be due to his exams coming up, or the preparation for the release of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] the following year. The next LiveJournal comic, [[45: Schrodinger]], was released almost a month later. See [[LiveJournal]] for more info.
 * This was the last comic where the release day was part of the title on LiveJournal. The extra word "Drawing" would be abandoned a few comics later.

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 | date      = December 5, 2005
 | title     = Bowl
-| ognumber =41
+| ognumber  = 41
-| ogtitle =Friday's Drawing - Bowl
+| ogtitle   = Friday's Drawing - Bowl
-| oglink =https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Bowl
+| oglink    = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Bowl
-| ogprev =43
+| ogprev    = 43
-| ognext =45
+| ognext    = 45
 | image     = bowl.jpg
 | titletext = For the moment it's a standoff<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Bowl Original caption</span>]:'' This is not the barrel boy.<br><small>'''Current Mood:''' ''Final Exam-y''</small>
 }}
-This was the forty-first comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]], and the next one was [[45: Schrodinger]].
+This was the forty-first comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]], and the next one was [[45: Schrodinger]].
 ==Explanation==

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 | ognext =45
 | image     = bowl.jpg
-| titletext = For the moment it's a standoff<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Bowl Original caption</span>]: This is not the barrel boy.<br><small>'''Current Mood:''' ''Final Exam-y''</small>
+| titletext = For the moment it's a standoff<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Bowl Original caption</span>]:'' This is not the barrel boy.<br><small>'''Current Mood:''' ''Final Exam-y''</small>
 }}

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 }}
 This was the forty-first comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]], and the next one was [[45: Schrodinger]].
 The comic roughly parodies a situation in which two characters are seeing who can wait longer to get the result they want. However, in the comic, the model sailing ship is not alive and doesn't experience time (except perhaps if it absorbs water and falls apart or beaches once the water in the bowl evaporates). The comic compares the patience of a boy with that of an inanimate object. Also, it could imply that the boy has too much time on his hands. Like many of the earlier comics, some of this comic's humor comes from the surreality of the situation. The gravity of the boy's statement is juxtaposed with the insignificance of a child's toy floating in a bowl of water. On one level, the absurdity of this is funny in itself; on another level, the audience is invited to imagine what might possibly be going through the boy's mind to make him take this toy and bowl so seriously.

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 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 41]]
-[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 [[Category:Comics with color]]
 [[Category:Checkered paper]]
 [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]