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* Original comment from [[Randall]]: "Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel."
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* Original comment from [[Randall]]: "Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel." The comic posted on Monday was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]], which wasn't the conclusion of the story of the boy and his barrel.
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* This is the twenty-fifth comic posted to livejournal.  The previous was {{explain|23}}.  The next was {{explain|25}}
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Hyphen
I do this constantly
Title text: I do this constantly

Explanation

Transcript

{Headline: My hobby: whenever calls something an [adjective]-ass [noun], I mentally move the hyphen one word to the right.}

[One man is talking to another about a car that resembles a Volkswagen Beetle]

Man: Man, that's a sweet ass-car.

Trivia

  • Original comment from Randall: "Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel." The comic posted on Monday was 25: Barrel - Part 4, which wasn't the conclusion of the story of the boy and his barrel.
  • This is the twenty-fifth comic posted to livejournal. The previous was xkcd 23. The next was xkcd 25


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Discussion

the later Randall would have used regular expression... ‎141.101.93.203 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

There is a community portal discussion of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since Cueball has the hobby, I have listed the other as Cueball-like. --Kynde (talk) 14:32, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Should this be in Category:Substitutions? 108.162.216.45 23:10, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

No this is not a substitution but a change of what is being said in relation to the placement of the same word. So nothing is substituted, but the hyphen is moved. Not the same. --Kynde (talk) 20:45, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

"Outside of North America, most English speakers use "arse" to mean the buttocks, so to them, it may sound as if Randall's talking about donkeys." is a reasonably amusing joke, but I don't think it really works as part of the explanation as it stands. Can anybody rework it so that it fits better in the explanation flow?141.101.76.16 16:52, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

If "ass-car" is pronounced "asscar" then it sounds kind of like "Asgard". Just saying 172.71.122.206 16:37, 29 January 2023 (UTC)