He's nothing special, she's not too smart

[venta]

This morning, in my office, no one understood today's XKCD properly because no one had read both the relevant books. We sorted it out between us, because n-1 of those present were very familiar with Lord of the Rings, and 1 of those present was very familiar with Charlotte's Web.

I, um, er. I. Yes.

I'll be the 1.

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[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised - narenek just told me he has not read Charlotte's Web. I thought everyone had to read it at primary school, some sort of Rule! :)

I got it, having read both, although it made me shudder rather a lot.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I'm slightly confused about the shuddering (or is it just that you don't like our 8-legged friends?) I'm still mildly concerned I might be missing something in that cartoon :)

I didn't read Charlotte's Web at school, I read it in my own time. Actually, technically I have also read LoTR, but since I appear to have retained virtually zero memory of anything that happens in any of the books I'm not sure it counts!

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

I am indeed a huge arachnophobe. (Proper full-on physical phobic response, not just 'ick'. I threw one out of the window the other day and shook for 20 mins after.)