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Talk:1256: Questions

2013-08-27T00:20:07Z

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Why did I just type the following in, when doubtless someone else has already done this..?
...a former great post just went to the main page.
They probably need error-checking/rearranging/something. And feel free to delete this entire comment if it becomes superfluous. [[Special:Contributions/178.104.103.140|178.104.103.140]] 10:19, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
:Just copied your comment into the transcript area. [[Special:Contributions/72.246.0.10|72.246.0.10]] 13:12, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
::I did delete it here, just because it's copied to the main page. Thanks for your great work!--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:18, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Although I appreciate the LOTR reference, is this really the intent? What is Randall's wife's name? Delete if this is a bridge too far into personal life. --[[Special:Contributions/131.70.204.120|131.70.204.120]] 16:29, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I answered [http://jlandl.blogspot.se/2013/08/answers-from-top-of-my-head.html all the questions], for my amusement. Feel free to use any answers you deem appropriate or accurate enough for the wiki. [[Special:Contributions/213.66.207.152|213.66.207.152]] 20:06, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I'm confused that answers are being presented in different formats. Is the hyperlinked transcript a temporary state before answers are transferred to the table? Or is the transcript just a cleaner and more desirable alternative?{{unsigned ip|98.166.43.28}}

All answers here: http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1l3na7/questions/cbvigrd -- [[User:Connectink|Connectink]]

778: Scheduling

2013-05-15T02:32:40Z

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{{comic
| number = 778
| date = 2010-8-11
| title = Scheduling
| image = scheduling.png
| titletext = 'How about a little ... *family growth*?' 'Dude, that's not until round two.'
}}

==Explanation==
This comic is a take on the common plots of pornographic movies. Hot sausage is a euphemism for penis, and the motif of a plumber is also common in porn. As in most xkcd comics, the plot is subverted and the characters end up playing {{w|Agricola (board game)}}.
{{incomplete}}

==Transcript==
:[Pizza guy enters through door; maid is dusting.]
:Pizza Guy: Pizza delivery! Did someone order a hot sausag--
:Maid: Mon dieu! Monsieur is home early--
:Both: Wait, who are you?

:Pizza guy: Wait, this is the Jones', right? Their daughter was supposed to be having a party!
:Maid: No, I thought Mr. Jones was coming home early.

:[Pizza guy is off-panel left as plumber enters f..rom the right.]
:Pizza guy: But I thought--
:Plumber: Howdy, Mrs. Jones. I hear you need some plumbi--
:Plumber: Who are you?i

:[The pizza guy looks in a cabinet; the others are off-panel right.]
:Maid: Sorry, big mixup.
:Pizza guy: Hey, check out out--the Joneses have Agricola!
:Plumber: I love that game!

:[Mr. Jones and Miss Jones arrive home. Pizza guy, maid, and plumber are sitting on the floor playing Agricola.]
:Mr. Jones: What in the name of ...
:Pizza guy: Dammit, I wanted that grain.
:Maid: Hush, you have starting player.

{{comic discussion}}
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368: Bass

2013-05-05T18:49:17Z

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{{comic
| number = 368
| date = January 9, 2008
| title = Bass
| image = bass.png
| titletext = And sometimes I use it to retaliate against the guy upstairs with the loud girlfriend and the elliptical dish.
}}

==Explanation==
[[Black Hat]] and [[Cueball]] are standing inside a room with a window with an obnoxious car outside playing loud noises with deep bass. Black Hat has made a machine that
blows out the car's bass. In a stroke of evil, Black Hat then starts playing Shirley Ellis' "The Name Game" to show how obnoxious the man was being. The title text refers to comic [[316]].
==Transcript==
[The Hat Guy and another guy are standing in a room with one window. Hat Guy is pushing a box with an elliptical dish on top towards the window.]:
<<From outside, through the window: THUMPA THUMPA>>

Guy: The bass from that car is driving me nuts.

Hat Guy: Me too. Give me a hand here.

[The dish is aimed out the window; the Hat Guy plugs the device into the wall.]

Guy: I'm afraid to ask.

Hat Guy: The system detects bass rhythms and floods the target with a phase-shifted replica signal.

Hat Guy: The resonance should blow out their speakers.

[The side of a building. The dish of the device is visible through a window, emitting sound waves.]

<<THUMPA THUMPA>> <<BLAM>>

[Back in the room]

Hat Guy: Speakers down. Now flip that red switch.

[The guy does so with a "click"]

[Back to the outside view, more sound waves]

<<SHIRLEY SHIRLEY BO BIRLEY BANANA FANNA FO FIRLEY>>

Guy: You're horrifying.

Hat Guy: Okay, now throw the switch labeled "Macarena".

{{comic discussion}}