Difference between revisions of "41: Old Drawing"
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| date = November 23, 2005 | | date = November 23, 2005 | ||
| title = Old Drawing | | title = Old Drawing | ||
| + | | before = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Old%20Notebook Original title</span>]: '''Wednesday's Drawing - Old Notebook'''</big></big> | ||
| image = unspeakable_pun.jpg | | image = unspeakable_pun.jpg | ||
| − | | titletext = I don't want to talk about it | + | | titletext = I don't want to talk about it<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Old%20Notebook Original caption</span>]: I'm on vacation! At home. Fresh drawings when I return! |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| + | This was the thirty-sixth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[33: Self-reference]], and the next one was [[35: Sheep]]. | ||
| − | This comic plays off the pun between [ | + | This comic plays off the pun between [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stumped stumped], meaning confused or at a loss, and a {{w|Tree stump|tree stump}}, which is the remnants of a tree that has been cut down. Anyone snooping into his journal would be punished by such a terrible pun. |
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| + | In the title text, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] says the pun is so terrible he doesn't even want to talk about it. | ||
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:I found this in one of my high-school notebooks. I think I drew it just to take revenge on people snooping through my stuff. | :I found this in one of my high-school notebooks. I think I drew it just to take revenge on people snooping through my stuff. | ||
:Tree stump: Well, you stumped me... | :Tree stump: Well, you stumped me... | ||
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Revision as of 11:04, 18 August 2023
| Old Drawing |
| Original title: Wednesday's Drawing - Old Notebook |
 Title text: I don't want to talk about it Original caption: I'm on vacation! At home. Fresh drawings when I return! |
Explanation
This was the thirty-sixth comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 33: Self-reference, and the next one was 35: Sheep.
This comic plays off the pun between stumped, meaning confused or at a loss, and a tree stump, which is the remnants of a tree that has been cut down. Anyone snooping into his journal would be punished by such a terrible pun.
In the title text, Randall says the pun is so terrible he doesn't even want to talk about it.
Transcript
- [A tree holding a chainsaw over a recently cut-down tree. The first text is in a frame at the top of the panel.]
- I found this in one of my high-school notebooks. I think I drew it just to take revenge on people snooping through my stuff.
- Tree stump: Well, you stumped me...
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I used to frighten people going through my stuff with occasional pictures of Cthulhu standing on a pentagram with the norse runes for "all hail the destroyer of souls" around it, just to make their day a little weirder. -- Gigahertz (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Why is the pun so terribly punishing? (no pun intended) Benjaminikuta (talk) 07:31, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
I personally think that the comic means that the cut down tree is both a stump, and confused, no pun intended.
stump stump... argh An user who has no account yet (talk) 02:21, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
