#xkcd 3209

[todays-xkcd]

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

Plums [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Cueball is sitting at a desk with a laptop on it. He is looking backward towards someone offscreen.] Out of view: I got you the ingredients for dinner tonight. Out of view: Oh, and the plums in the fridge drawer are for my yogurt tomorrow; you should just leave them. Out of view: Be back later! Cueball [thinking]: Oh no.

Caption: Help. It actually happened. I shouldn't, but how can I not!?