443: Know Your Vines

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Know Your Vines
Friggin' modern tents don't have a single piece of rope.
Title text: Friggin' modern tents don't have a single piece of rope.

[edit] Explanation

In this comic, Randall points out the Virginia creeper is a plant with 5 green leaves that can be used as a rope. He then points out that Poison ivy is another vine like plant with 3 green leaves that also grows near camping areas - but causes skin rashes. His girlfriend is into Light bondage(being tied up for erotic purposes) and implying that the area around their tent was too dark to differentiate between the two vines when he went looking for some impromptu rope. This resulted in him getting the wrong "vine" and afterwards their relationship status is "strained". The title text refers to the fact that many modern tents are self-supporting and no longer require rope to put up, which would have avoided the need to look for vines.

[edit] Transcript

Virginia Creeper: Vines useful as impromptu rope
Poison Ivy: Grows in same habitat as Virginia Creeper
Girlfriend: Into light bondage
Area around campsite: Too dark to see
Relationship after camping trip: Strained
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Discussion

But the vines were still needed for bondage! Guru-45 (talk) 02:18, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
IRIA the unavailable alternative being tent guy-ropes retasked towards... fun purposes... Not that vines were in any way needed for canvas support/tensioning. Of course, for the duration of such entertainment, the tent may be at most partially supported so probably only a fair weather activity. 178.107.249.215 14:01, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
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