On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:50:06 -0500, Kyle wrote:
> 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.

Steps 4 to 6 can be substituted with general education.
Basically, if you're of the target group of XKCD, you have likely
encountered basilisks or creatures derived from basilisks in some
context -- fantasy books, video games, sci-fi series, Donald Duck.

-- 
Joel Yliluoma - http://iki.fi/bisqwit/

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