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This is comic number 1079.  It was posted on July 9, 2012.
 
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== Image Text ==
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That eggplant is in something of a flaccid state.
  
'''Image text:''' That eggplant is in something of a flaccid state.
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== Description ==
 
 
 
Click on the image above to see the large version, which makes every state perfectly clear.  Additionally, Randall provides a closeup of the Colorado article. [http://xkcd.com/1079/colorado/] (It is obviously a fake Wikipedia article.)
 
Click on the image above to see the large version, which makes every state perfectly clear.  Additionally, Randall provides a closeup of the Colorado article. [http://xkcd.com/1079/colorado/] (It is obviously a fake Wikipedia article.)
  

Revision as of 18:01, 1 August 2012

This is comic number 1079. It was posted on July 9, 2012. Previous Next

united shapes.png

Link to the even larger version. [1]


Image Text

That eggplant is in something of a flaccid state.

Description

Click on the image above to see the large version, which makes every state perfectly clear.  Additionally, Randall provides a closeup of the Colorado article. [2] (It is obviously a fake Wikipedia article.)

In the large version, all of the items inside the States make sense once you get your head oriented the correct direction.  I can't for the life of me figure out what New York's shape is.  Please help me out in the comments.  I guess a key was too obvious.

There is also a pun in the image text on the word State.  It is playing off the definition of the word as a noun (which means "The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time") and the word as a proper noun as in "The State of Florida".