Editing 1622: Henge

The Manhattan thing is a reference to {{W|Manhattanhenge}}, the phenomenon that causes the setting sun to align with the east-west streets of the main grid of {{w|Manhattan}}, {{W|New York City|New York}}, causing a very special light display.  This happens twice a year. Manhattanhenge is itself named after {{W|Stonehenge}}, an ancient monument with several big stones, where the heel stone, and the embanked avenue, are aligned to the sunset of the {{W|winter solstice}} and the opposing sunrise of the {{W|summer solstice}} (thus creating on purpose the effect seen today in Manhattan). Hence the title of the comic.

In this comic [[Ponytail]] tells [[Cueball]] that ''One day a year, the sun sets directly between these two trees.'' However Cueball realizes that the setting sun would lineup with almost any two trees on any given day. This is due to the fact that any two trees that are close together and one is further north would allow a setting sun to set between them, as the viewer of the sunset would simply need to move themselves to make the alignment work.

The twist comes when Ponytail and [[Megan]] actually attempt to capture the setting sun with a {{w|butterfly net}}, as it is revealed that the sun is actually setting at the point between the two trees rather than behind the trees when viewed from the east side. This is of course not possible in real life; but in the comics last panel and in the title text the girls continue with their successful though  surrealistic plan.  

If this was indeed our {{w|Sun}} that they had somehow shrunk and cooled enough to captured with a butterfly net, transfer to a bag and bring it home, this would on {{xkcd}}  terms be no more strange than many of the strange [[:Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy|powers]] of [[Beret Guy]]. If this would indeed happen, then since {{w|Earth}} and the rest of the {{w|solar system}} is now missing its central star there would be a ton of problems for everyone on Earth. So the girls would probably be able to get a lot of money in ransom for releasing the sun... But in the title text it turns out that they are just going to sell the Sun on-line.  

Alternatively this is not ''The Sun'', but just a small sun-look alike, maybe a {{w|Ball lightning}} which might actually be able behave like this (but not be captured in a bag).

The title text refers to {{w|craigslist}}, a web site where the girls plans to offer the sun for sale in hopes of getting rich. Craigslist is a {{w|classified advertisements}} website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, items wanted, etc. One of the girls tells that she was uncertain as to under which category she should list a "Sun for sale". But she put it under property (as in real estate). To advertise the "property" she put "''that it has 'good sun exposure''", a common description of real estate. Being the sun itself, and having lasted already 5 billion years under its own intense radiation, you could phrase it like it has lasted well under sun exposure. On the other hand you could claim that it has never really been exposed to any external sun radiation, as the star light hitting the sun from other suns (stars) is very limited, even over 5 billion years. It would be interesting to know how much they could sell it for.

:[Ponytail and Cueball are walking towards two the trees from the left (Cueball has just passed the first tree) and Megan is walking towards them fro the right. Ponytail spreads her arms while talking.]

:[Cueball stands alone in a beat panel without a frame.]

:[Shining light appears at the top of the frame (below Cueball's text). Cueball is lifting his hand, looking at the girls in front of him while Ponytail walks straight under the light looking up and Megan standing to the right looks up and points at the light.]