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| date = October 10, 2005 | | date = October 10, 2005 | ||
| title = Snapple | | title = Snapple | ||
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| image = snapple.jpg | | image = snapple.jpg | ||
| titletext = Sn = tin | | titletext = Sn = tin | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | In reality, {{w|Snapple}} is a brand of tea and juice based beverages whose name is based on a carbonated apple juice they once produced ("snappy apple"). The joke in this comic is pretty self-explanatory; especially given that the image text continues the trend in early [[xkcd]] comics of explaining the joke. {{w|Tin}} is a metallic element whose abbreviation on the periodic table is "Sn" (as the Latin word for tin is "stannum"). Thus, the apple is a "Sn-apple." | |
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| − | {{w|Snapple}} is a brand of beverages | + | The fourth panel is a silent wide shot, perhaps suggesting the joke was met with silence as a weak joke. As a meta joke, the final panel might jokingly suggest that the silence is because those unfamiliar with the table of elements don’t get the joke. |
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| − | + | [[James]] (in the caption) presumably once made a joke to [[Randall]] about tin or Snapple or both. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:This one is entirely James' fault. | :This one is entirely James' fault. | ||
| − | + | :[Two guys are standing and talking.] | |
| − | :[Two | + | :Right Guy: Here, take a bite of this Snapple. |
| − | : | + | :Left Guy: food! |
| − | : | + | :[Guy on the left takes a bite] |
| − | + | :''CLINK'' | |
| − | :[ | + | :Left Guy: Ow! What is this? |
| − | : | + | :Right Guy: It's an apple infused with tin. |
| − | : | + | :[The two guys continue to stand as if frozen] |
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:Those of you who know your periodic table should be laughing right about now. | :Those of you who know your periodic table should be laughing right about now. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | This is the | + | *This is another early [[xkcd]] comic in which [[Cueball]] characters are drawn in some panels with faces. |
| + | *This is the seventeenth comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous was [[17: What If]]. The next was [[19: George Clinton]]. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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