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| date = November 7, 2005 | | date = November 7, 2005 | ||
| title = Donner | | title = Donner | ||
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| image = donner.jpg | | image = donner.jpg | ||
| titletext = Some people haven't heard of the Donner Party. They were pioneers who got stranded and likely resorted to cannibalism. | | titletext = Some people haven't heard of the Donner Party. They were pioneers who got stranded and likely resorted to cannibalism. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | In the early days of [[xkcd]] (and days when Wikipedia was not quite in the mainstream consciousness), [[Randall]] didn't trust people to [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ViewersAreMorons understand his comics or his references], and often explained the joke in the title text. | |
− | + | As the title text says, the {{w|Donner party}} was a group of pioneers who set out west along a new route that was supposed to be easier to travel, but ultimately proved slow and treacherous. They became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains and many died. Low on food, it is believed that many of the pioneers resorted to cannibalism, eating the bodies of party members who had already died. | |
− | + | In this comic, three ''Donner party'' members arrive at Joe's restaurant, where they have ordered a table for four, as given by the fact that the ''{{w|Maître d'hôtel|maître d'}}'' knows they are the ''Donner party'' and calls for a party of four. The three declines the table since they are already full. This suggests that they just have eaten the, unknown to us, fourth member of their party after they placed the order for a table at the restaurant, but before they strolled over to it anyway. | |
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+ | Of course, since they are not in a survival situation in this strip, cannibalism would be completely unnecessary. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Three people stand outside a restaurant; Megan, a man with some hair and another shorter person, probably a woman. There is a sign above the door | + | :[Three people stand outside a restaurant; Megan, a man with some hair and another shorter person, probably a woman. There is a sign above the door and a menu next to it. Outside the door, there's a ''maître d''' with a cap behind a podium. There is sign on the podium.] |
− | :maître d': Donner, party of four? | + | :''maître d''': Donner, party of four? |
:Man: Actually, never mind. | :Man: Actually, never mind. | ||
:Megan: We're full. | :Megan: We're full. | ||
+ | :Sign over door: Joe's | ||
+ | :Menu: Menu | ||
+ | :Sign on podium: Eat <u>in</u> | ||
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+ | == Trivia == | ||
+ | *This is the twenty-ninth comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous was [[27: Meat Cereals]]. The next was [[34: Flowers]]. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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