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  Re: xkcd - It's a sad, sad thing  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 6 Feb 2008 17:06:36
Message: <47aa2f6c@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:50:06 -0500, Kyle wrote:

> On 6 Feb 2008 13:33:12 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:17:32 +0100, andrel wrote:
>>
>>> nor see I any connection to U+FDD0.
>>
>>Hover your mouse over the comic.
>>
>>Though admittedly, I don't understand the joke either...
>>
>>Jim
> 
> Wow, that's allot to do to get the joke.
> 
> 1) Read the comic, don't understand.
> 2) Hover to read the ALT text, as Jim pointed out. 3) View properties
> because ALT text is too damn long. 4) Google basilisk.
> 5) Read Wikipedia article about basilisk. 6) Make the connections to the
> comic in my mind. 7) Realize I just wasted a few more minutes of my life
> figuring out a comic that is not funny.

Well, I do know what a basilisk is, and by the most amazing coincidence, 
I get the joke now.  What's more, I even find it to be somewhat funny, 
but I think it'd have been funnier if the person had turned to stone as a 
result.

Jim


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