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xkcd: December 25th Launch

From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 25 12:50:09 2021

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xkcd: December 25th Launch
https://xkcd.com/2559/

Oh no !

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2559:_December_25th_Launch

Lynn

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From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Dec 25 19:55:30 2021

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In article <sq7p53$r8e$[email protected]>,
Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:

xkcd: December 25th Launch
https://xkcd.com/2559/

Oh no !

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2559:_December_25th_Launch

Webb, however, has actually launched.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59782057

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to Heydt on Sun Dec 26 08:51:57 2021

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On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:55:30 GMT, [email protected] (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

In article <sq7p53$r8e$[email protected]>,
Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:

xkcd: December 25th Launch
https://xkcd.com/2559/

Oh no !

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2559:_December_25th_Launch

Webb, however, has actually launched.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59782057

Well, of course it did.

Daylight 1s shown in the cartoon. Santa flies at /night/. Santa was on
the other side of the world.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

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