It’s guest week at XKCD, as Randall Munroe deals with a family illness. (Fortunately for the guest artists, it’s relatively easy to mimic his style.) Today’s contribution came from Bill Amend of Foxtrot fame, who gives us what might be the best Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle joke I’ve seen.
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November 24th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Poor Werner, he is so stereotyped. This is just a variation on the standard Heisenberg joke. The one I have read most often is the one in which Heisenberg gets caught for speeding, and the policeman asks, “Do you know how fast you were going?” I suppose you can guess WH’s reply.
November 24th, 2010 at 10:26 am
An alternate punch line might be, “You’re looking straight at them.” :0)
November 24th, 2010 at 10:49 am
That was hilarious. Who knew FoxTrot grokked the Uncertainty Principle?
November 24th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Hilarious? Clever maybe, but hilarious?
November 24th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Groan…
November 24th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
I had to save the circuit diagram, just because of the magic smoke.
November 24th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
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November 24th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
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November 25th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
He got Heisenberg’s hair exactly right, too.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
So how can you “un-know” your momentum information? Hmm?
Of course I’m not sure that helps for long even if you can do it. Darn Heisenberg. Darn keys!
November 26th, 2010 at 5:00 am
Speaking of comics, Sean, I think you’re in the latest “Abstruse Goose”.