# XKCD and the Treadmill Mouseover

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-treadmill-mouseover/462697>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 8, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-treadmill-mouseover/462697 "2008-09-08T23:27:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-treadmill-mouseover/462697/1 "2008-09-08T23:27:49Z")

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In today’s [xkcd comic](http://xkcd.com/473/), if you mouseover the comic, the airplane/treadmill debate is referenced. It made me laugh!!😛

Sorry, forgot to mention that this is referring back to the much maligned Cecil columns about [airplanes](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2638/an-airplane-taxies-in-one-direction-on-a-moving-conveyor-belt-going-the-opposite-direction-can-the-plane-take-off) and [treadmills](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2642/a-plane-is-standing-on-a-runway-no-its-not-heres-why).

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**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-treadmill-mouseover/462697/2 "2008-09-09T15:31:01Z")

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> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> In today’s [xkcd comic](http://xkcd.com/473/), if you mouseover the comic, the airplane/treadmill debate is referenced. It made me laugh!!😛
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> Sorry, forgot to mention that this is referring back to the much maligned Cecil columns about [airplanes](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2638/an-airplane-taxies-in-one-direction-on-a-moving-conveyor-belt-going-the-opposite-direction-can-the-plane-take-off) and [treadmills](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2642/a-plane-is-standing-on-a-runway-no-its-not-heres-why).

Thanks for the reminder to check up on XKCD.

Can anyone explain the Cup/Girl chart. a few comics ago?

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-treadmill-mouseover/462697/3 "2008-09-09T15:37:52Z")

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> [@Khampelf](#):
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> Thanks for the reminder to check up on XKCD.
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> Can anyone explain the Cup/Girl chart. a few comics ago?

Don’t google 2 girls 1 cup.

That’s all I have to say.

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**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-treadmill-mouseover/462697/4 "2008-09-09T16:23:48Z")

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> [@Khampelf](#):
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> Can anyone explain the Cup/Girl chart. a few comics ago?

It’s a reference to a really disgusting video that’s made the rounds on the Internet.

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**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-treadmill-mouseover/462697/5 "2008-09-10T04:36:21Z")

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Ahhhhh. Thanks. I think I actually won’t.

For once. First time for everything.