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| number    = 18
 
| date      = October 10, 2005
 
| title    = Snapple
 
| image    = snapple.jpg
 
| titletext = Sn = tin
 
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==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 joke in this comic is pretty self-explanatory, especially given that the title 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."
 
 
 
{{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").
 
 
[[James]] (in the caption) presumably once made a joke to [[Randall]] about tin or Snapple or both.
 
 
 
==Transcript==
 
:[Above the frame:]
 
:This one is entirely James' fault.
 
 
 
:[Two Cueball-like guys are standing and talking.]
 
:Cueball: Here, take a bite of this Snapple.
 
:Friend: food!
 
 
 
:[Cueball's friend takes a bite.]
 
:Friend: Ow!  What is this?
 
:''Clink''
 
 
 
:[The panel switches to Cueball.]
 
:Cueball: It's an apple infused with tin.
 
 
 
:[Beat panel. A wide shot of the two.]
 
 
 
:[Same scene, except the panel is lightly shaded and the is a box above saying:]
 
:Those of you who know your periodic table should be laughing right about now.
 
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*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.
 
 
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 17]]
 
[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
 
[[Category:Checkered paper]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring James]]
 
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 
[[Category:Food]]
 
[[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]
 

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