I don't get the joke in this XKCD... help.
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Um...since someone is standing there, looking at the rover, I would assume that meant it landed on Earth and planted the nukes on Earth and not the asteroid. So, bad news all around, then.
Or maybe the asteroid is inhabited?
Not sure what the little volcano is, though.
Yeah, not XKCD's best strip, but hey, they can't all be gems.
Or maybe the asteroid is inhabited?
Not sure what the little volcano is, though.
Yeah, not XKCD's best strip, but hey, they can't all be gems.
Try googling "The Little Prince" ("Le Petit Prince") by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
the what?
Ah, now I get it. Only the little guy doesn't look like the Little Prince. I guess there is only so much you can get across with stick figures, though.
on the contrary... the little guy is one of very few instances that a person is not shown as a stick. That and the volcano and the flower is a dead give away.
Poor prince.
He had it coming.
Just ask the fox.
Not the little prince!!! He is an elephant in disguise, you know?
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"When you've finished getting yourself ready in the morning, you must go get the planet ready."
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"Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"
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"When you've finished getting yourself ready in the morning, you must go get the planet ready."
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"Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"
Yeah, his dress sense is a crime against humanity -- lime-green flares and a red bow tie.
I knew a guy once who was having lots of problems with his girlfriend, lots of fighting and long long deep talks about their relationship. In the middle of all that she gave him a present that she wanted him to read "very very carefully". It was a copy of The Little Prince. The parts he was supposed to pay attention to were underlined once, the REALLY important parts were underlined twice, in red and the SUPER IMPORTANT PARTS were underlined three times in purple.
I thought that was a great illustration of the heart and soul of The Little Prince.
I thought that was a great illustration of the heart and soul of The Little Prince.
I thought about using "au contraire" instead of "on the contrary" but I was feeling lazy and did feel like looking up how to spell "contraire"
Would that have made it word-for-word?
That's a comic I wouldn't have gotten without explanation (which normally kills the joke). But, with context, that's hilarious.
Nope, the “on the contrary” is closer to what I thought. The volcano and flower were particularly the same thought.
How can one not know Le Petit Prince? 
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
I pity ya foos!
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
I pity ya foos!
D'OH
How can one not know Le Petit Prince?
I never took French classes and my first 8 years of formal education was in Mandarin. As a result, I have limited exposure to Western children's literature. It looks like a charming story that I intend to look for in my local library.
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