Re: Red Baron mentioned in xkcd

Timothy Chow <[email protected]> Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:51:09 -0400
Newsgroups alt.comics.peanuts
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10/24/2021 5:15 PM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2021-10-24 20:17:47 +0000, Timothy Chow said:
>> On 10/18/2021 8:50 PM, weary flake wrote:
>>> On 7/3/21 5:59 AM, Timothy Chow wrote:
>>>> The mouseover text for the current xkcd comic alludes indirectly
>>>> to Snoopy, by mentioning MetLife and the Red Baron.
>>>>
>>>> https://xkcd.com/2484/
>>>
>>> I don't see it, maybe this is the wrong date?
>>
>> It's the right date, but it's possible that the mouseover text
>> doesn't work properly with some browsers or mobile devices.  On
>> my machine, if I hover the mouse over the comic, a little box
>> pops up with some text.  If it doesn't work for you, you can read
>> it here (where it's called the "title text"):
>>
>> https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2484:_H-alpha
>>
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>> Tim Chow
> 
> Um... You do realise that The Red Baron was a real person, so that text 
> doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Peanuts at all.

Um... You do realize that the real Red Baron had no connection
with MetLife?

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Tim Chow