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| date = November 7, 2005 | | date = November 7, 2005 | ||
| title = Donner | | title = Donner | ||
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| image = donner.jpg | | image = donner.jpg | ||
| titletext = Some people haven't heard of the Donner Party. They were pioneers who got stranded and likely resorted to cannibalism. | | titletext = Some people haven't heard of the Donner Party. They were pioneers who got stranded and likely resorted to cannibalism. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | The title text explains to the reader that the {{w|Donner party}} was a group of pioneers who set out west along a new route that was supposed to be easier to travel, but ultimately proved slow and treacherous. They became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains and many died. It is believed that many of the pioneers, low on food, resorted to cannibalism, eating the bodies of party members who had already died. | |
| − | + | In this comic, three Donner party members arrive at Joe's restaurant, where they have ordered a table for four, as given by the fact that the {{w|Maître d'hôtel|maître d'}} knows they are the Donner party and calls for a party of four. The three decline the table since they are already full. This suggests that they just have eaten the fourth member (unknown to us) of their party after they placed the order for a table at the restaurant, but before they strolled over to it anyway. | |
| − | + | Of course, since they are not in a survival situation in this strip, cannibalism would be completely unnecessary. However, it may be possible that they are suffering from {{w|Wendigo|Wendigo Psychosis}}. Alternatively, the Donner Dinner Party may have resorted to cannibalism because it took so long to be seated at the restaurant. | |
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| + | In the early days of [[xkcd]] (and days when Wikipedia was not quite in the mainstream consciousness), [[Randall]] didn't trust people to understand his comics or his references, and often explained the joke in the title text like here and for instance also in [[38: Apple Jacks]]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Man: Actually, never mind. | :Man: Actually, never mind. | ||
:Megan: We're full. | :Megan: We're full. | ||
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| + | == Trivia == | ||
| + | * This was the twenty-ninth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[27: Meat Cereals]], and the next one was [[34: Flowers]]. | ||
| + | * Original title: "Monday's Drawing - Donner" | ||
| + | * 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}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
