614: Woodpecker

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Woodpecker

Title text: If you don't have an extension cord I can get that for you too. Because we're friends! Right?

Explanation

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Transcript

[Megan and Beret Guy are standing on a deck.]

Beret Guy: A Woodpecker!

pop pop pop

Megan: Yup.

[Woodpecker knocking against a tree.]

Megan: He hatched about this time last year.

-pop pop pop pop

[Megan leave the frame, leaving Beret Guy on the deck alone.]

Beret Guy: ...Woodpecker?

Beret Guy...It's your Birthday!

Beret Guy: Did you know?

Beret Guy: Did nobody tell you?

[Beret Guy leaves the frame, changes to the tree base.]

[Beret Guy brings a gift and places it at the tree trunk.]

[The woodpecker comes down and opens the gift.]

[The woodpecker flies away holding onto the cord of a power drill.]

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Discussion

From Wikipedia: "Most birds have at least one opposable digit on the foot, in various configurations, but these are seldom called "thumbs". They are more known as simply as halluxes." I think a large enough bird could operate a drill if it had the electricity and intelligence. 184.66.160.91 01:56, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Why is there a [citation needed] at the part about the bird not having electricity? Palmerito0 (talk) 17:30, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

'cause it's funny. 173.245.52.70 12:03, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Cause it's an attempt to be funny which the author himself often uses in what if? Lackadaisical (talk) 12:14, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

The ^{[citation needed]} sign in What If? and Explain Xkcd is not a true need for citation an ironic joke about putting the sign on something so obvious it doesn't need a citation. See 285: Wikipedian Protester to see where it came from.Dontknow (talk) 04:57, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Or just click this --> ^{[citation needed]}. Beanie (talk) 10:32, 20 April 2021 (UTC)