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 ==Explanation==
-This comic presents a common joke or riddle in the format of "What do you get when you cross ''x'' with ''y''?", giving two answers. The title of the comic is a {{w|portmanteau}}, taking the first four letters of 'elephant' and the last four letters of 'rhino', creating "Eliphino". In the comic itself, the answer "Hell if I know" is given. While this answer may seem like a normal phrase, saying this out loud at a fast pace makes a sound similar to "Elephino."
+This comic presents a common joke or riddle in the format of "What do you get when you cross ''x'' with ''y''?", giving three answers. The first answer is in the title of the comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the words "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''". The second answer is in the title text, "Hell if I know". As with many of the earlier comics, the title text explains the joke rather than adding to it. While it may seem like a normal phrase, reading it aloud at a fast pace makes a sound similar to "Elephino". The third answer in in the comic itself, "I haven't a goddamn clue". This still conveys the same meaning as the title text, but it ruins the joke instead of giving the punchline, because saying it aloud doesn't reveal the answer.
 This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in {{w|Buster Keaton}}'s 1921 short film ''{{w|The Boat (1921 film)|The Boat}}'' in which the titular boat is named the ''Damfino'', a word play on "Damn if I know".  Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene. The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic presents a common joke or riddle in the format of "What do you get when you cross ''x'' with ''x''?" The title of the comic is a {{w|portmanteau}}, taking the first four letters of 'elephant' and the last four letters of 'rhino', creating "Eliphino". In the comic itself, the answer "Hell if I know" is given. While this answer may seem like a normal phrase, saying this out loud at a fast pace makes a sound similar to "Elephino."
+This comic presents a common joke or riddle in the format of "What do you get when you cross ''x'' with ''y''?", giving two answers. The title of the comic is a {{w|portmanteau}}, taking the first four letters of 'elephant' and the last four letters of 'rhino', creating "Eliphino". In the comic itself, the answer "Hell if I know" is given. While this answer may seem like a normal phrase, saying this out loud at a fast pace makes a sound similar to "Elephino."
 This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in {{w|Buster Keaton}}'s 1921 short film ''{{w|The Boat (1921 film)|The Boat}}'' in which the titular boat is named the ''Damfino'', a word play on "Damn if I know".  Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene. The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|The explanation isn't grammatically correct.}}The title text and the title are both a play on sounds, both sounding like each other and in the different spellings give a literal answer to the riddle, "Eliphino". And a different phrasing of the original answer, "Hell if I know", which, when spoken out loud, sounds like the title of this comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the words "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''".
+This comic presents a common joke or riddle in the format of "What do you get when you cross ''x'' with ''x''?" The title of the comic is a {{w|portmanteau}}, taking the first four letters of 'elephant' and the last four letters of 'rhino', creating "Eliphino". In the comic itself, the answer "Hell if I know" is given. While this answer may seem like a normal phrase, saying this out loud at a fast pace makes a sound similar to "Elephino."
 This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in {{w|Buster Keaton}}'s 1921 short film ''{{w|The Boat (1921 film)|The Boat}}'' in which the titular boat is named the ''Damfino'', a word play on "Damn if I know".  Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene. The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.

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 ==Explanation==
-The title text and the title are both a play on sounds, both sounding like each other and in the different spellings give a literal answer to the riddle, "Eliphino". And a different phrasing of the original answer, "Hell if I know", which, when spoken out loud, sounds like the title of this comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the words "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''".
+{{incomplete|The explanation isn't grammatically correct.}}The title text and the title are both a play on sounds, both sounding like each other and in the different spellings give a literal answer to the riddle, "Eliphino". And a different phrasing of the original answer, "Hell if I know", which, when spoken out loud, sounds like the title of this comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the words "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''".
 The comic presents a common joke starter, where you put to random objects together to a pun. "What do you get if you cross a duck with a firework" (a firequacker) Instead of giving a pun, the comic goes a more literal direction and unexpectedly says, "I haven't a goddamn clue", which still conveys the same meaning but ruins the joke instead of giving the punchline. As with many of the earlier comics, the title text explains the joke rather than adding to it.
-This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in {{w|Buster Keaton}}'s 1921 short film ''{{w|The Boat (1921 film)|The Boat}}'' in which the titular boat is named the ''Damfino'', a word play on "Damn if I know."  Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene.  The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.
+This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in {{w|Buster Keaton}}'s 1921 short film ''{{w|The Boat (1921 film)|The Boat}}'' in which the titular boat is named the ''Damfino'', a word play on "Damn if I know".  Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene. The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.
 ==Transcript==

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 | date      = November 14, 2005
 | title     = Elefino
-| ognumber =32
+| ognumber  = 32
-| ogtitle =Monday's Drawing - Elefino
+| ogtitle   = Monday's Drawing - Elefino
-| oglink =https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Monday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Elefino
+| oglink    = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Monday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Elefino
-| ogprev =29
+| ogprev    = 29
-| ognext =31
+| ognext    = 31
 | image     = elefino.jpg
 | titletext = Hell if I know
 }}
-This was the thirty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[29: Hitler]], and the next one was [[31: Barrel - Part 5]].
+This was the thirty-second comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[29: Hitler]], and the next one was [[31: Barrel - Part 5]].
 ==Explanation==

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 This was the thirty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[29: Hitler]], and the next one was [[31: Barrel - Part 5]].
-The title text and the title are both a play on sounds, both sounding like eachother and in the different spellings give a litteral answer to the riddle, "Eliphino". And a different phrasing of the origanal answer, "Hell if I know", which, when spoken out loud, sounds like the title of this comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the words "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''".
+The title text and the title are both a play on sounds, both sounding like each other and in the different spellings give a literal answer to the riddle, "Eliphino". And a different phrasing of the original answer, "Hell if I know", which, when spoken out loud, sounds like the title of this comic, "Elefino". "Elephino" is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the words "'''eleph'''ant" and "rh'''ino'''".
 The comic presents a common joke starter, where you put to random objects together to a pun. "What do you get if you cross a duck with a firework" (a firequaker) Instead of giving a pun, the comic goes a more literal direction and unexpectedly says, "I haven't a goddamn clue", which still conveys the same meaning but ruins the joke instead of giving the punchline. As with many of the earlier comics, the title text explains the joke rather than adding to it.
-This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in Buster Keaton's 1921 short (23 minute) film '''The Boat''' in which the titulular boat is named the ''Damfino'', a word play on "Damned if I know."  Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene.  The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.
+This word play is reminiscent of the final scene in Buster Keaton's 1921 short (23 minute) film '''The Boat''' in which the titular boat is named the ''Damfino'', a word play on "Damned if I know."  Keaton answers his wife's question "Where are we?" by mouthing the name of the boat in the final scene.  The filmmakers relied on audiences to read Keaton's lips, as his answer was not intertitled.
 ==Transcript==