# Just for fun...xkcd

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 13, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437 "2013-07-13T23:51:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437/1 "2013-07-13T23:51:21Z")

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On a whim, I scanned it.

> **[Summer Solstice](https://xkcd.com/)**

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437/2 "2013-07-13T23:55:20Z")

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Woulda been funnier if it took you to a page that looked like that one, but actually started counting down. I’m not sure why I didn’t think to scan it when I saw it.

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437/3 "2013-07-14T00:15:26Z")

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What you get when you DO scan it is pretty funny.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437/4 "2013-07-14T00:22:02Z")

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This link will still work tomorrow.

[http://xkcd.com/1237/](http://xkcd.com/1237/)

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437/5 "2013-07-14T00:49:03Z")

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What _does_ it scan to?

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-xkcd/663437/6 "2013-07-14T00:54:38Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> What _does_ it scan to?

It scans to the same picture, but the caption changes to “How to trap a webcomic reader in an infinite loop”.