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 | date      = October 28, 2005
 | title     = Hyphen
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Hyphen Original title</span>]: '''Friday's Drawing - Hyphen'''</big></big>
+| ognumber  = 25
 | image     = hyphen.jpg
-| titletext = I do this constantly<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Hyphen Original caption</span>]: Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel.
+| titletext = I do this constantly<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Hyphen Original caption</span>]:'' Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel.
 }}
-This was the twenty-fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
+This was the twenty-fifth comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
 ==Explanation==

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 }}
 This was the twenty-fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
 This is the first comic in the [[:Category:My Hobby|My Hobby series]]. In these comics, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] suggests an obscure activity or pastime he enjoys that he declares as his "hobby". The semi-{{wiktionary|scatological}} suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier in informal US English speech, usually attached to an adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car" or "funny-ass comedian." In this comic, [[Cueball]] is exploring the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian," the former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative connotation, indicating that something is disliked. An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example. On an interesting note, there used to be a car company called "{{w|Automobiles Sans Soupapes|A.S.S.}}". Another explanation would be that, since this suffix/prefix refers to an element of human anatomy, the car would be in the shape of said anatomical piece. (Or, conceivably, something to do with {{w|donkey}}s.)

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 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 25]]
-[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 [[Category:Checkered paper]]
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 This was the twenty-fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
-This is the first "[[My Hobby]]" xkcd comic. In these comics, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] suggests an obscure activity or pastime he enjoys that he declares as his "hobby". The semi-{{wiktionary|scatological}} suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier in informal US English speech, usually attached to an adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car" or "funny-ass comedian." In this comic, [[Cueball]] is exploring the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian," the former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative connotation, indicating that something is disliked. An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example. On an interesting note, there used to be a car company called "{{w|Automobiles Sans Soupapes|A.S.S.}}". Another explanation would be that, since this suffix/prefix refers to an element of human anatomy, the car would be in the shape of said anatomical piece. (Or, conceivably, something to do with {{w|donkey}}s.)
+This is the first comic in the [[:Category:My Hobby|My Hobby series]]. In these comics, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] suggests an obscure activity or pastime he enjoys that he declares as his "hobby". The semi-{{wiktionary|scatological}} suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier in informal US English speech, usually attached to an adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car" or "funny-ass comedian." In this comic, [[Cueball]] is exploring the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian," the former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative connotation, indicating that something is disliked. An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example. On an interesting note, there used to be a car company called "{{w|Automobiles Sans Soupapes|A.S.S.}}". Another explanation would be that, since this suffix/prefix refers to an element of human anatomy, the car would be in the shape of said anatomical piece. (Or, conceivably, something to do with {{w|donkey}}s.)
 In the original caption, Randall said the next comic would be the "conclusion" to the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]]. However, [[25: Barrel - Part 4]] would turn out to not be the last comic in the series, as [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] and [[20: Ferret]] would be included later likely to give an unplanned good ending to the story. Three hours and four minutes after posting [[25: Barrel - Part 4]], he made a new post, titled [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=5%3A46%20pm-,Barrel%20series,-By%20the%20way Barrel series], where he advertises the new page he created for "all the barrel comics", implying it was supposed to be the end of the series. He also jokingly implies that Barrel Boy passed away, which will be found to be incorrect in the actual last comic in the series. The entire post can be found in [[25: Barrel - Part 4|that comic's explanation]].

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 | date      = October 28, 2005
 | title     = Hyphen
 | image     = hyphen.jpg
-| titletext = I do this constantly
+| titletext = I do this constantly<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Hyphen Original caption</span>]: Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel.
 }}
 ==Explanation==
-This is the first "[[My Hobby]]" comic in ''[[xkcd]]''. In these comics, [[Randall]] suggests an obscure activity or pastime he enjoys that he declares as his "hobby." In the premiere "My Hobby" comic, Randall's hobby is mentally re-interpreting what people mean when they say "[adjective]-ass [noun]" by moving the hyphen to after the word "ass" instead of before.
+This was the twenty-fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
-The semi-{{wiktionary|scatological}} suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier in informal US English speech, usually attached to an adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car" or "funny-ass comedian." In this comic, [[Cueball]] is exploring the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian," the former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative connotation, indicating that something is disliked. An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example. On an interesting note, there used to be a car company called "{{w|Automobiles Sans Soupapes|A.S.S.}}".
+This is the first "[[My Hobby]]" xkcd comic. In these comics, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] suggests an obscure activity or pastime he enjoys that he declares as his "hobby". The semi-{{wiktionary|scatological}} suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier in informal US English speech, usually attached to an adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car" or "funny-ass comedian." In this comic, [[Cueball]] is exploring the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian," the former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative connotation, indicating that something is disliked. An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example. On an interesting note, there used to be a car company called "{{w|Automobiles Sans Soupapes|A.S.S.}}". Another explanation would be that, since this suffix/prefix refers to an element of human anatomy, the car would be in the shape of said anatomical piece. (Or, conceivably, something to do with {{w|donkey}}s.)
-Another explanation would be that, since this suffix/prefix refers to an element of human anatomy, the car would be in the shape of said anatomical piece. (Or, conceivably, something to do with {{w|donkey}}s.)
+In the original caption, Randall said the next comic would be the "conclusion" to the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]]. However, [[25: Barrel - Part 4]] would turn out to not be the last comic in the series, as [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] and [[20: Ferret]] would be included later likely to give an unplanned good ending to the story. Three hours and four minutes after posting [[25: Barrel - Part 4]], he made a new post, titled [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=5%3A46%20pm-,Barrel%20series,-By%20the%20way Barrel series], where he advertises the new page he created for "all the barrel comics", implying it was supposed to be the end of the series. He also jokingly implies that Barrel Boy passed away, which will be found to be incorrect in the actual last comic in the series. The entire post can be found in [[25: Barrel - Part 4|that comic's explanation]].
 ==Transcript==
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 ==Trivia==
 * This is one of the two comics featured in [[Blue Eyes]], the other being [[82: Frame]].
 * This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
 {{comic discussion}}

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 This is the first "[[My Hobby]]" comic in ''[[xkcd]]''. In these comics, [[Randall]] suggests an obscure activity or pastime he enjoys that he declares as his "hobby." In the premiere "My Hobby" comic, Randall's hobby is mentally re-interpreting what people mean when they say "[adjective]-ass [noun]" by moving the hyphen to after the word "ass" instead of before.
-The semi-{{Wiktionary|scatological}} suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier in informal US English speech, usually attached to an adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car" or "funny-ass comedian." In this comic, [[Cueball]] is exploring the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian," the former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative connotation, indicating that something is disliked. An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example.
+The semi-{{wiktionary|scatological}} suffix "-ass" is used as an intensifier in informal US English speech, usually attached to an adjective directly modifying a noun, as in "big-ass car" or "funny-ass comedian." In this comic, [[Cueball]] is exploring the increased humor aspect of changing "-ass" from a suffix modifying the adjective, to "ass-", a prefix modifying the noun, yielding a "big ass-car" or a "funny ass-comedian," the former presumably being a large car for carrying buttocks, the latter being a humorous comedian specializing in jokes about lower backs. The prefix "ass-" may also have a negative connotation, indicating that something is disliked. An "ass-car" may be a very terrible car, for example. On an interesting note, there used to be a car company called "{{w|Automobiles Sans Soupapes|A.S.S.}}".
 Another explanation would be that, since this suffix/prefix refers to an element of human anatomy, the car would be in the shape of said anatomical piece. (Or, conceivably, something to do with {{w|donkey}}s.)
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 ==Trivia==
-* This was the 25th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
+* This was the twenty-fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
 * This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
 * Original title: "Friday's Drawing - Hyphen"
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 * Original [[Randall]] quote: "Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel."
 ** The next comic on Monday really wasn't the conclusion of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]] as mentioned above.
-** This is the first, and probably last time, that Randall has used a quote or [[Title text|title text]] to advertise the next comic.
+** This is the first time that Randall has used a quote or [[Title text|title text]] to advertise the next comic.
 * This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
 ** It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
 ** The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 ==Trivia==
-*This was the 25th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
+* This was the 25th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[23: T-shirts]], and the next one was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
-**The previous was [[23: T-shirts]].
+* This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
-**The next was [[25: Barrel - Part 4]].
+* Original title: "Friday's Drawing - Hyphen"
-*Original title: "Friday's Drawing - Hyphen"
+** After a series of comics with no real title, only the week day as a heading, he began again, with this one, to add titles, but only after stating the week day.
-**After a series of comics with no real title, only the week day as a heading, he began again, with this one, to add titles, but only after stating the week day.
+** He kept this practice with including the title after the weekday, until he began using the xkcd site - see [[45: Schrodinger#Trivia|this trivia]].
-**He kept this practice with including the title after the weekday, until he began using the xkcd site - see [[45: Schrodinger#Trivia|this trivia]].
+*** Except for the next Barrel comic, with no added title.
-***Except for the next Barrel comic, with no added title.
+*** And the last Barrel comic [[31: Barrel - Part 5| Barrel - Part 5]] with the original title but not the weekday.
-***And the last Barrel comic [[31: Barrel - Part 5| Barrel - Part 5]] with the original title but not the weekday.
+* Original [[Randall]] quote: "Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel."
-*Original [[Randall]] quote: "Tune in Monday for the conclusion to the story of the boy and his barrel."
+** The next comic on Monday really wasn't the conclusion of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]] as mentioned above.
-**The next comic on Monday really wasn't the conclusion of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]] as mentioned above.
+** This is the first, and probably last time, that Randall has used a quote or [[Title text|title text]] to advertise the next comic.
-**This is the first, and probably last time, that Randall has used a quote or [[Title text|title text]] to advertise the next comic.
+* This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
-*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
+** It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
-**It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
+** The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
-**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
+* One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]].
-*One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]].
+* This is one of the two comics featured in ''[[Blue Eyes]]: The Hardest Logic Puzzle in the World'', the other being [[82: Frame]].
-*This is one of the two comics featured in ''[[Blue Eyes]]: The Hardest Logic Puzzle in the World'', the other being [[82: Frame]].
+* On an interesting note, there '''really is''' such a thing as an {{w|ASS (car)|Ass-Car}}!
 {{comic discussion}}