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| date      = November 14, 2005
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
The basis for this fairly simple xkcd comic is the subject riddle, which is properly answered, as given in the title text: "Hell if I know". When spoken, this "correct" answer sounds like "elefino" – a {{w|portmanteau}} of "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''". This makes it again one of the early comics where Randall explains the comic via the title text.
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This was the thirty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[29: Hitler]], and the next one was [[31: Barrel - Part 5]].
  
Instead of giving the punchline of the joke, Randall answers with the unexpected "I haven't a goddamn clue", which, while having the same meaning, ruins the joke.
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The answer for the riddle in this comic is given by the title text, "Hell if I know", which, when spoken out loud, sounds like the title of this comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the words "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''". In the comic itself, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] unexpectedly says, "I haven't a goddamn clue", which still conveys the same meaning but ruins the joke instead of giving the punchline. As with many of the earlier comics, the title text explains the joke rather than adding to it.
  
 
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:A: I haven't a goddamn clue.
 
:A: I haven't a goddamn clue.
  
==Trivia==
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*This was the 32nd comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
 
**The previous was [[29: Hitler]].
 
**The next was [[31: Barrel - Part 5]].
 
*Original title: "Monday's Drawing - Elefino"
 
*There were no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic.
 
*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
 
**It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
 
**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
 
*One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]].
 
*In an episode of Muppets Tonight, with Sandra Bullock as the guest star, Seymour and Pepe were telling this joke to the Muppet audience, who totally did not understand it at all.  The two comedians had tried to explain the joke, but still nobody understood it.
 
:: Found it. Pepe and Seymour [https://youtu.be/yhN9BK56PTg Elifino] ... Totally worth the 🐇 hole. [[User:Iggynelix|Iggynelix]] ([[User talk:Iggynelix|talk]]) 15:45, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 
  
 
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[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 
 
[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 32]]
 
[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
 
 
[[Category:Checkered paper]]
 
[[Category:Checkered paper]]
 
[[Category:Math]]
 
[[Category:Math]]
 
[[Category:Animals]]
 
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Rabbits]]
 
 
[[Category:Portmanteau‏‎]]
 
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Revision as of 07:53, 31 August 2023

Elefino
Original title: Monday's Drawing - Elefino
Hell if I know
Title text: Hell if I know

Explanation

This was the thirty-second comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 29: Hitler, and the next one was 31: Barrel - Part 5.

The answer for the riddle in this comic is given by the title text, "Hell if I know", which, when spoken out loud, sounds like the title of this comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a portmanteau of the words "elephant" and "rhino". In the comic itself, Randall unexpectedly says, "I haven't a goddamn clue", which still conveys the same meaning but ruins the joke instead of giving the punchline. As with many of the earlier comics, the title text explains the joke rather than adding to it.

Transcript

Q: What do you get when you cross an Elephant with a Rhino?
[Picture of elephant, mathematical addition symbol, picture of rhino, equals sign, large question mark.]
A: I haven't a goddamn clue.

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Discussion

I would say that you get something Relephant --Akres141.101.92.41 12:11, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

That's probably relevant 141.101.104.102 05:34, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

I feel like the comparison to Back to the Future is rather pointless, so I'm going to delete it. OriginalName (talk) 04:58, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Elefino is the name of a restaurant in the animated series Bojack Horseman. They make the same pun as this comic. I wonder if the writers of the show had read this comic a decade earlier? 172.70.54.96 (talk) 18:22, 15 June 2021‎ (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
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