8Oct/084

I Am Not A Ninja

by submission

Image Text: 'The sad thing is that I just wanted to talk about your poor smoke-bomb techniques.'

This explanation is by Harm. Harm is a reader of xkcd and explainxkcd. Harm writes explanations. Harm wrote that sentence mentioning that he writes explanations. Harm didn't write the previous sentence.

Here Megan approaches Cueball with the catch-all phrase the often symbolizes an unpleasant conversation to follow (usually a break-up). Cueball wishes to escape the conversation (as many real-life men could only fantasize about) and deploys a smoke bomb. Comically, the escape fails due to the window being stuck.

The image text sends the joke home by revealing that she didn't want to break up at all (but possibly does now), and simply wanted to talk about his poor smoke bomb techniques. Had he tried to leave through the front door, for example, he may have been able to succeed...and possibly win Megan's respect.

This comic raises the question of how often smoke bombs are deployed, and for what reason. Perhaps Cueball here has attempted other ninja-related feats. Speculation in the comments!

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