# XKCD 1663 Garden

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-1663-garden/751195>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 4, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-1663-garden/751195 "2016-04-04T19:50:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-1663-garden/751195/41 "2016-04-08T16:44:25Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> Has anyone actually seen these object arriving? Do they grow out of the ground, drop from the sky, just suddenly appear, or what?

They just suddenly appear.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-1663-garden/751195/42 "2016-04-08T16:47:46Z")

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I just noticed mine has a girl on stilts, hiding behind the foliage of a tree. She leans out on occasion.

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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-1663-garden/751195/43 "2016-04-08T17:12:06Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> Autocorrect?

Typo, probably. Was supposed to be “perched”. And now there’s a bucket next to the fountain.

Weirdly, the stick-figure people aren’t opaque; my beret-wearing guy now has a twin standing next to him, and the lines of their round heads and berets overlap. Maybe they’re conjoined?

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