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Folks, it's a matter of spelling: it takes 50 pieces of the letters  "cc" to write "hiccup vaccine" 25 times
 
Folks, it's a matter of spelling: it takes 50 pieces of the letters  "cc" to write "hiccup vaccine" 25 times
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Could it be related to http://xkcd.com/1383/ ?
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[[Special:Contributions/198.41.242.241|198.41.242.241]] 05:45, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

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I don't fully get this joke but I do get that people do all sorts of strange things to cure hiccups so I think it has to do with that but I don't understand the title text at all

MrEnder (talk) 05:26, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Thinking more CCs is a measurement of medicine usually referring to pain killers. Maybe people are coming in with the hiccups and the doctor is going to hand out pain killers (or just sugar pills) saying they are a hiccup vaccine and is annoyed at having to do so.

So this could be a joke about placebo drugs.

MrEnder (talk) 05:33, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

− 50cc is a volume measurement typically used to measure injectible dosages. A metric measure meaning "cubic centimetre" it is equivalent to 1 millilitre. Thus, the title is referring to volume of injection. However, the words hiccup and vaccine both include the letter combination "cc", hence writing them down 25 times each will be a total of 50 "cc" words. This is supported by the additional "cc" words in the mouseover text 141.101.98.78 05:36, 29 July 2016 (UTC)


Folks, it's a matter of spelling: it takes 50 pieces of the letters "cc" to write "hiccup vaccine" 25 times



Could it be related to http://xkcd.com/1383/ ?

198.41.242.241 05:45, 29 July 2016 (UTC)