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.

Comments

[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.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I too thought everyone read Charlotte's Web at school.

Is it that you haven't read Lord of the Rings or that you're not very familiar with it?

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

There's always someone who falls inbetween(er) the two camps...

[marjory.livejournal.com]

Our Junior School headmaster took the best part of a year to read Charlotte's Web out to us, one lesson per week. We were not allowed to make any noise or ask questions at all. His delivery left a lot to be desired. I think it was all some small child taming experiment.

I was, therefore, very surprised to enjoy the book when I eventually got hold of a copy for myself!