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| titletext = I don't want to talk about it | | titletext = I don't want to talk about it | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | This comic plays off the pun between [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stumped stumped], meaning confused or at a loss, and {{w|Tree stump|a stump}}, which is the remnants of a tree that has been cut down. | |
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− | + | Anyone snooping into his journal would be punished by such a terrible pun. The pun is so terrible that even [[Randall]] does not want to talk about it, as he mentioned in the title text. | |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
+ | :[A tree holding a chainsaw over a recently cut-down tree. The first text is in a frame at the top of the panel.] | ||
+ | :I found this in one of my high-school notebooks. I think I drew it just to take revenge on people snooping through my stuff. | ||
+ | :Tree stump: Well, you stumped me... | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | * Original [[Randall]] quote: "I'm on vacation! At home. Fresh drawings when I return! | + | *This was the 36th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. |
− | + | **The previous was [[33: Self-reference]]. | |
− | * This | + | **The next was [[35: Sheep]]. |
+ | *Original title: "Wednesday's Drawing - Old Notebook". | ||
+ | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "I'm on vacation! At home. Fresh drawings when I return!" | ||
+ | *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. | ||
+ | *One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]]. | ||
+ | {{Comic discussion}} | ||
− | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 36]] | |
− | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] | |
− | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]] | + | [[Category:Checkered paper]] |
+ | [[Category:Language]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Puns]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]] |
Revision as of 21:08, 4 May 2022
Old Drawing |
Title text: I don't want to talk about it |
Explanation
This comic plays off the pun between stumped, meaning confused or at a loss, and a stump, which is the remnants of a tree that has been cut down.
Anyone snooping into his journal would be punished by such a terrible pun. The pun is so terrible that even Randall does not want to talk about it, as he mentioned in the title text.
Transcript
- [A tree holding a chainsaw over a recently cut-down tree. The first text is in a frame at the top of the panel.]
- I found this in one of my high-school notebooks. I think I drew it just to take revenge on people snooping through my stuff.
- Tree stump: Well, you stumped me...
Trivia
- This was the 36th comic originally posted to LiveJournal.
- The previous was 33: Self-reference.
- The next was 35: Sheep.
- Original title: "Wednesday's Drawing - Old Notebook".
- Original Randall quote: "I'm on vacation! At home. Fresh drawings when I return!"
- This comic was posted on xkcd when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
- It was posted along 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.
- One of the original drawings drawn on checkered paper.
Discussion
I used to frighten people going through my stuff with occasional pictures of Cthulhu standing on a pentagram with the norse runes for "all hail the destroyer of souls" around it, just to make their day a little weirder. -- Gigahertz (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Why is the pun so terribly punishing? (no pun intended) Benjaminikuta (talk) 07:31, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
I personally think that the comic means that the cut down tree is both a stump, and confused, no pun intended.
stump stump... argh An user who has no account yet (talk) 02:21, 12 September 2023 (UTC)