# ­xkcd thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2020-05-28T00:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2063 "2023-03-18T00:09:29Z")
Bah, he forgot the…Leprechauns! They won’t be happy about that, will likely make him wear the Green Shoes… ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2064 "2023-03-18T02:53:50Z")
I didn’t know there was a car called the Nissan March until today. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2065 "2023-03-18T14:34:33Z")
Man, I was really disappointed when Slav lost in the round of 32. I was rooting for it. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2066 "2023-03-18T14:45:49Z")
Are there particular marches associated with the instruments (and cannon) in the numbers given? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2067 "2023-03-18T14:56:03Z")
The lower-left bracket is taken entirely from [76 Trombones](https://www.google.com/search?q=76+trombones+lyrics&sxsrf=AJOqlzXMoZmPp9g5bQx1HW6MihFhDQY2yA%3A1679151296887&source=hp&ei=wNAVZLGkM-CB0PEP24OLiAU&iflsig=AK50M_UAAAAAZBXe0EUMIish3hDOdCZxS1t2ViGlry9C&oq=76+trombon&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMYATILCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEyCwgAEIAEELEDEIMBMgUIABCABDIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCC4QgAQyBQguEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCC4QgAQ6CwguEIAEELEDEIMBOggIABCABBCxAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgsIABCABBCxAxDJA1AAWIEOYPcYaABwAHgAgAHNA4gB5xCSAQkyLjIuMi4yLjGYAQCgAQE&sclient=gws-wiz), a song from the musical The Music Man. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2068 "2023-03-18T16:28:46Z")
I was missing the one and only bass. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2069 "2023-03-20T22:20:49Z")
> **[Salt Dome](https://xkcd.com/2752/)** > > The US uses hollowed-out salt domes to store the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and non-hollowed-out ones to store the Strategic Salt Reserve. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2070 "2023-03-23T06:37:22Z")
> **[Air Handler](https://xkcd.com/2753/)** > > It maintains odor levels in a normal familiar range, so if you open the windows and the air gets too fresh, it filters it through some dirty laundry samples to compensate. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2071 "2023-03-26T00:05:02Z")
> **[Relative Terms](https://xkcd.com/2754/)** > > Small sewing machines are sewing machines that are smaller than a sewing machine. A sewing machine is larger than a small sewing machine, but quieter than a loud sewing machine. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2072 "2023-03-26T00:28:32Z")
Why a sewing machine? Isn’t it supposed to be a breadbox? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2073 "2023-03-26T01:14:55Z")
He’s Randall Munroe, not Steve Allen ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2074 "2023-03-26T01:34:15Z")
“Louder than a breadbox” isn’t very loud. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2075 "2023-03-26T01:37:16Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Why a sewing machine? Isn’t it supposed to be a breadbox? A breadbox is too quiet. It has to be something that makes noise for the horizontal axis. One thing that’s not quite right is that some stuff that don’t make any noise at all are fairly close to the vertical center line: snow globe, book, statue. Windmills, OTOH, do make some noise, but are way to the left. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2076 "2023-03-26T01:53:29Z")
And the Northern Lights aren’t quite completely quiet, but they’re a lot quieter than windmills or even giraffes. And on the other side, tubas can be pretty loud, but cannons, trains, and waterfalls are generally louder. Unless it’s Japanese war tubas, but in that case they should be further down the Y axis. And I don’t want to see the firecracker that’s larger than a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2077 "2023-03-26T02:16:51Z")
The sizes are all screwy, babies are smaller than harmonicas newts and hats. Ants are larger and louder than mice. Trees are smaller than anacondas. I still like it. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2078 "2023-03-26T04:08:11Z")
Mice are quiet? I [think not](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K9mO5QzOIQ). ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2079 "2023-03-27T17:54:29Z")
> **[Effect Size](https://xkcd.com/2755/)** > > Subgroup analysis is ongoing. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2080 "2023-03-27T19:06:10Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “Louder than a breadbox” isn’t very loud. My breadbox is purple with alternating green and yellow stripes. It’s quite loud. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2081 "2023-03-30T03:00:00Z")
> **[Qualifications](https://xkcd.com/2756/)** > > 'So how DID you go from working at the employment records office to becoming president of MIT and CEO of IBM?' 'I guess I just have an eye for opportunities.' ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2082 "2023-04-01T15:37:22Z")
> **[Towed Message](https://xkcd.com/2757/)** > > "Hi, what you do is fly over a designated zone and detach the--" "WE'RE SORRY, THE MOBILE CUSTOMER YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH IS OUT OF SERVICE" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=105)