#3251: Time Machine Conversation
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[1st Panel. Cueball is on the left with a ghostly halo around him. Hairbun is on the right, holding a hoe vertically.]
Cueball: Oh hi! Guess my time machine works. How's life in the Iron Age?
Hairbun: Not bad. Developing new kinds of plows.
Cueball: Cool.
Hairbun: And my brother was just lost at sea.
[2nd Panel. Only Cueball is shown, with Hairbun out of the panel.]
Cueball: I'm sorry.
Hairbun [from outside the right side]: It's OK. I think sea navigation is probably impossible.
[3rd Panel. Cueball and Hairbun are both shown again.]
Cueball: Oh yeah, you don't have the compass, right?
Hairbun: The what?
Cueball: The weird rock that always points north?
Hairbun: What are you talking about?
[4th Panel. Cueball and Hairbun are both shown. Cueball holds his hand to his chin.]
Cueball: It does sound ridiculous when I say it out loud. Anyway, spoilers for the magnetic compass. Sorry.
Hairbun: What's a spoiler?
Cueball: ...Spoilers for the concept of a spoiler, too.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians.