From Zbicyclist. Yes, we are aware of the “reluctance” meaning of “reservation” — but does that make anything clear?
May I be Frank with you?
Category / CIDU
Plop plop fizz fizz
Boise Ed sends this in and asks if there is supposed to be something psychedelic about marinara sauce. We suppose that might just be a matter of spicy food leading to disturbed sleep; but there is still an issue of how to tell whose dream it is from within the dream. Or: who is the butterfly and who is the emperor?
Pay up?
I get that the babysitter shouldn’t be sleeping on the job. But “pay up”?
Folie à deux?
As rare as …
Hens’ teeth may have been rare, as the probably geezer idiom says, but apparently they could be fitted by a properly prepared dentist.
Infuriating Game I Don’t Understand
Why is she giving it five stars if she doesn’t like it? I get that humor often (usually? always?) comes from the contrast between what you would expect to happen and what’s actually happening, but I don’t understand what’s happening here.
Advice needed from dog people
Is lemonade even safe for pets? And do they like it at all?
Fascin’ Police
From Jack Applin who says “I accept that fashion and fascin’ are homophones, but I don’t know what fascin’ is.”
A friendly reminder to avoid political arguments; we’re just trying to understand the comic.
Solar-powered
From Singapore Bill, who asks “If it is solar powered, why is it walking around at night? And why is it in the dark and glowing? Seems kind of the opposite. And how does that make it like Maria?”
Mnemonic
Hovertext: “It’s definitely not the time to try drinking beer before liquor.”
Clearly there’s some sort of reference to “leaves of three; let it be” for poison ivy, but it’s still a CIDU for me.
I suggest that it’s more fun if we avoid peeking at explainxkcd until the discussion here has run its course.
From RR.
Comics I Don't Understand 