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| date = October 10, 2005 | | date = October 10, 2005 | ||
| title = Snapple | | title = Snapple | ||
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| image = snapple.jpg | | image = snapple.jpg | ||
| titletext = Sn = tin | | titletext = Sn = tin | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | [[Cueball]] hands another Cueball-like guy an apple calling it a ''Snapple.'' When the guy bites into it, his teeth go ''clink'' against the apple's metal surface; Cueball has infused the apple with tin. | |
| − | + | The fourth panel is a silent wide shot, perhaps suggesting {{w|Anti-humor|the joke was met with silence as a weak joke}}. As a meta-joke, the final panel might jokingly suggest that the silence is because those unfamiliar with the periodic table of elements don't get the joke. | |
| − | The | + | The joke in this comic is pretty self-explanatory, especially given that the image text continues the trend in early [[xkcd]] comics of explaining the joke. {{w|Tin}} is a metallic element whose abbreviation on the periodic table is "Sn" (as the Latin word for tin is "stannum"). Thus, the apple is a "Sn-apple." |
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| + | {{w|Snapple}} is a brand of beverages -- mostly bottled juices and teas -- whose name is based on a carbonated apple juice they once produced ("snappy apple"). | ||
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| + | [[James]] (in the caption) presumably once made a joke to [[Randall]] about tin or Snapple or both. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[Above the | + | :[Above the frame:] |
:This one is entirely James' fault. | :This one is entirely James' fault. | ||
:[Two Cueball-like guys are standing and talking.] | :[Two Cueball-like guys are standing and talking.] | ||
:Cueball: Here, take a bite of this Snapple. | :Cueball: Here, take a bite of this Snapple. | ||
| − | : | + | :Guy: food! |
| − | :[ | + | :[Guy takes a bite.] |
| − | : | + | :Guy: Ow! |
| − | :''Clink'' | + | :Snapple and teeth: ''Clink'' |
| + | :Guy: What is this? | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[Cueball explains:] |
:Cueball: It's an apple infused with tin. | :Cueball: It's an apple infused with tin. | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[The two guys continue to stand as if frozen.] |
| − | :[ | + | :[Above two silent guys the following text is written inside a black frame:] |
:Those of you who know your periodic table should be laughing right about now. | :Those of you who know your periodic table should be laughing right about now. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | This is the | + | *This was the 17th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. |
| + | **The previous was [[17: What If]]. | ||
| + | **The next was [[19: George Clinton]]. | ||
| + | *Original title: "Monday's drawing: Snapple" | ||
| + | *There was no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic. | ||
| + | **It could be argued that the caption of the comic ''This one is entirely James' fault'' was the quote. But it is part of the comic picture. | ||
| + | *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]]. | ||
| + | *This is another early xkcd comic in which [[Cueball]] characters are drawn in some panels with faces. | ||
| + | *The explain xkcd page for this comic is cited in the English Wikipedia at {{w|Snapple#Popular culture}}. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 17]] |
| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] |
[[Category:Checkered paper]] | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Comics featuring James | + | [[Category:Comics featuring James]] |
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | ||
[[Category:Food]] | [[Category:Food]] | ||
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