# ­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:** 111
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2203 "2023-06-04T03:27:40Z")
The Hudson Bay drainage drops down into Western Montana > **[Triple Divide Peak (Montana)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Divide_Peak_(Montana))** > > Triple Divide Peak (8,025 feet or 2,446 metres) is located in the Lewis Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The peak is a feature of Glacier National Park in the state of Montana in the United States. The summit of the peak, the hydrological apex of the North American continent, is the point where two of the principal continental divides in North America converge, the Continental Divide of the Americas and the Northern or Laurentian Divide. > Water that falls at the summit can flo... Brian ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2204 "2023-06-05T21:15:59Z")
> **[Marble Run](https://xkcd.com/2785/)** > > I have so many plans. It would incorporate a Galton board, a Ranque-Hilsch marble vortex tube, and a compartment lined with pinball bouncers with a camera-and-servo Maxwell's Demon that separated the balls into fast and slow sides. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2205 "2023-06-05T21:53:23Z")
I’d incorporate a live kitten, to increase the randomness factor. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2206 "2023-06-06T02:42:59Z")
Or a kitten that isn’t alive or dead until it interacts with marble … ---
**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:** [June 6, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2207 "2023-06-06T13:05:48Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > I’d incorporate a live kitten, to increase the randomness factor. I’ve heard of D&D groups who play with miniatures on a grid-mat, using a cat as the “miniature” for the Tarrasque. “OK, it looks like the Tarrasque just hit Borgon with two claw attacks, and Tyrest and Johor with a tail sweep.” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2208 "2023-06-06T13:48:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > the Tarrasque just hit Borgon with two claw attacks, and Tyrest and Johor with a tail sweep.” “Hey, the Monster Manual says nothing about a pounce attack. Tarrasques can’t pounce!” ---
**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:** [June 6, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2209 "2023-06-06T14:58:25Z")
What does it say about their lying down on the other characters and taking a nap? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2210 "2023-06-06T15:35:58Z")
_The tarrasque had many unusual abilities gifted to it by its creators. Among the most terrifying of these was its ability to ignore any natural resistances its victims had, cutting right through them with its deadly attacks. It also had the ability to dramatically hinder the ability of creatures within 200 feet (61 meters) of it to fly, reducing their speed substantially while also bringing them down to a maximum altitude of twenty feet, which put them within the beast’s reach.[[9]](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tarrasque#cite_note-MM4e-p13-9)_ _The tarrasque was an eating machine while awake, capable of swallowing creatures of roughly [giant](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Giant) size whole. When roused, it would, by its design, eat quite literally the entire world, including plants and animals.[[9]](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tarrasque#cite_note-MM4e-p13-9) Fortunately, it would only be active for a week or two before it returned to its slumber to sleep for five to twenty months, although, once every decade or so, the tarrasque would stay active for several months, after which it would sleep four to sixteen years, unless disturbed.[[8]](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tarrasque#cite_note-MM3e-p174-8) Why it returned to slumber is unknown, though it seemed inevitable that at some point it would try and fulfill its purpose to destroy the world entirely.[[citation needed](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Help:Citing_sources)]_ Sounds like a kitten to me! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2211 "2023-06-07T19:59:41Z")
> **[UFO Evidence](https://xkcd.com/2786/)** > > \[Decades in the future\] "Well, the good news is that we've received definitive communication from aliens. The bad news is that they're asking about Cats (2019)." ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2212 "2023-06-07T20:15:37Z")
> I once spent a whole day trying to confirm the existence of a director’s cut of _Cats_ (2019) where the cats had anatomically correct CGI butts. Pervert! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2213 "2023-06-08T13:28:37Z")
So, don’t leave us hanging, Randall… Does it exist? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2214 "2023-06-08T13:57:32Z")
Of course it does. I keep it on my shelf along with the alternate ending to Big, my Berenstein Bears books, and my 1987 memorial to Nelson Mandela. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2215 "2023-06-10T03:40:21Z")
> **[Iceberg](https://xkcd.com/2787/)** > > 90% of the iceberg is hidden beneath the water, but that 90% only uses 10% of its brain, so it's really only 9%. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2216 "2023-06-10T03:45:25Z")
Iceberg lettuce is called that because 95% isn’t even lettuce. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2217 "2023-06-13T00:58:27Z")
> **[Musical Scales](https://xkcd.com/2788/)** > > In the Hall of the Mountain King was accidentally composed on log/log paper. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2218 "2023-06-13T12:37:45Z")
OK, so has anyone identified the piece? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2219 "2023-06-13T13:00:33Z")
Explain XKCD says: > The sheet music pictured is the opening line of “Simple Gifts”; an ordinary copy of the sheet music can be found on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SimpleGifts.png). Brian ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2220 "2023-06-15T06:08:00Z")
> **[Making Plans](https://xkcd.com/2789/)** > > Oh no, I haven't checked in with Yvonne in YEARS. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2221 "2023-06-17T03:20:13Z")
> **[Heat Pump](https://xkcd.com/2790/)** > > If I'm not going to upgrade to a powered one, I should at LEAST stop leaving the door open so often. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2222 "2023-06-17T13:15:48Z")
Y’know, I only just realized the disturbing implication of Wednesday’s strip. Apparently, among Randall’s circle of friends, he’s the one who organizes all of the social events? Good lord, what must the rest of them be like? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=112)