#2955: Pole Vault

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[Cueball is holding a pole vaulting stick up into the air while running.]

[Cueball puts the tip of the pole to the ground, making it bend, and causing damage to the ground as indicated with four small lines both above and below the ground where the tip touches it.]

[In a frame-less panel a big white word is shown inside a black blast bubble:]

Pop!

[In a black panel a white drawing shows that the Earth has burst, seemingly around Europe, and is now flying through space like a deflating balloon. A curving path is left behind indicating the path the Earth took, maybe indicating the matter (or air) expelled from the burst Earth. The part of the surface visible on the deflating Earth shows most of Asia and Australia and at the far left the eastern edge of Africa.]

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Ugh, and we JUST went through this yesterday with javelin.


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