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while Obi-Wan Kenobi could have seen such creatures during his time as a Jedi (Captain Panaka uses the "sitting ducks" metaphor inThe Phantom Menace, so they are known to exist inStar Warscanon). Perhaps Luke would have understood if Obi-Wan had used a desert...
Most graves I have seen are rated with one star. And a cross. Mumiemonstret (talk) 13:17, 16 December 2014 (UTC) The image at the end of this What-If references this comic in the image-text. http://what-if.xkcd.com/69/ 108.162.238.117 06:29, 6 November 2013 (UTC) Why are...
This comic depicts an extension of the National Fire Protection Association's NFPA 704 Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response "fire diamond" emblematic insignia used to warn about the properties of hazardous substances inside a building, vehicle, room...
The title text represents an answer to the logical question prompted by this comic, which is "Would this actually work?" The implied answer is "Yes," but only "for some value of 'actually work'." This is a play on the phrase "for some value of x," used frequently in physics or ma...
The "captain" is not a genuine pilot, but has somehow found himself in the position of being in charge of an airplane (this could be a reference to this earlier comic:726: Seat Selection). The captain has genuinely fallen asleep and has forgotten what plane he is on...but he has thus...
Because Randall didn't think -- or possibly want -- to use it. Besides, do you really want every scale in existence in a single comic? If not, Randall has to select based on his own criteria, whatever they may be. As it is, there are 9 or 10 (depending on how you count "entro...