Editing 35: Sheep

{{comic
| number    = 35
| date      = November 26, 2005
| title     = Sheep
| image     = sheep.jpg
| titletext = I think it's the sheep zapping the cactus and not vice-versa
}}

==Explanation==
Due to Randall's vacation, he picked out comics from his old high-school notebooks. This is the second in a row. It was also released a day too late.

It is a very weird drawing, especially with the title text proclaiming that it may be the sheep that is zapping the cactus. The comic [[520: Cuttlefish]] may be a reference to this comic.

It may also be a {{w|Pokémon}} reference, with the sheep being the Electric-type Mareep or its evolution Flaaffy, and the cactus being Cacnea or Cacturne.

==Transcript==
:[Caption in a black frame above the image written in normal letters not all caps:]
:Another from my high-school notebooks.
:[A sheep and a green saguaro cactus in a brown pot are linked by an arcing yellow electricity bolt.]

==Trivia==
*This was the 37th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
**The previous was [[41: Old Drawing]].
**The next was [[42: Geico]].
*Original title: "Friday's Drawing - Sheep"
*Original [[Randall]] quote: "I'm still on vacation, sorry this is a bit late. I forgot what day it was. Anyway, I'll be back Monday, possibly with new drawings about cereal!"
**This was the reason the Friday comic came out on a Saturday for the second week running.
**The one about cereal came out on Wednesday: [[38: Apple Jacks]]
*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]].

===Poem by Scott===
In the comment to the original [[LiveJournal]] post there was a user called Scott who posted this original poem:
:I had a little cactus and I treasured it with pride,
:admiring its spines and dainty flowers.
:Until the day - oh tragic day! - when it was RAMIFIED,
:by a ram with strange psychokinetic powers.

:Baaing deep, this shaman sheep came whiffling through the brambles.
:It gazed upon my cactus and, with yellow flash and thudrous crash,
:with dashing, brash, and rash panache,
:it blew the plant to shambles.

:I was, I confess, horrified - I sat and cried my eyes out!
:Oh stupid sheep, satanic sheep, so wrong and rash and willful!
:I nursed the cactus best I could, till finally it came about.
:It grows apace now, once again, but all it blooms is steel wool!

[And then in another post beneath this posted four minutes after the poem at 4:57 UTC (AM?) he finished with:]
:Oh God I need sleep!

If this is the [[Scott]] who is a friend of Randall, it is not entirely clear....

===Other poems===
:Mary had a little lamb
:She tied it to a pylon
:Ten thousand volt went up its a**
:And turned its wool to nylon.

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