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Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process. Mark Twain
by Steve0 17y ago
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process. Mark Twain
- KirinDave 17y agoThe only valid response: http://xkcdexplained.tumblr.com/post/226264418/a-man-is-alone-in-a-room-talking-to-himself-he http://xkcdexplained.tumblr.com/post/226264418/a-man-is-alon...
- rjshade 17y agoA second valid response would be to correctly attribute the quote to E.B. White: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._B._White http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._B._White
- decklin 17y agoYou should do this one: http://xkcd.com/33/ http://xkcd.com/33/
- jpwagner 17y ago"the androgynous figure has arbitrarily promised not to make humor out of referring to itself any longer. given the assumption that the 'blank stare' is funny, the promise has been broken and regret sets in."
- tptacek 17y agoThe author of this blog is trying to kill the frog.
- NathanKP 17y agoI agree. To my way of thinking if someone doesn't understand XKCD and laugh at it the first time they see it they aren't going to find it funny after an explanation.
- billswift 17y agoThe explanation of a joke can be a joke itself - witness several of the "explanations". While I like XKCD, they aren't ALL successful either.