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A moment of humour, courtesy of xkcd. Follow the footnote for the full text description of the comic*:
This left me wondering if there really was Strunk/White fanfiction, but I'm not brave enough to go looking for it.
Though I noted an odd thing about hair in xkcd. Stickwomen have hair. Stickmen don't. Except if they're bald... then they have a little bit of hair. So bald men have more hair than men with hair. There's probably something deep and symbolic about that.
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* A stickwoman with her hair in a bun sits at a computer reading out the text. Behind her, two stickmen stand - one holding a book (no hair shown) and one smoking a pipe (a little bit of hair, to show balding). Comic text reads:
Dear Internet,
We, the current editors of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style, must - with great reluctance - clarify a point of orthography:
"Strunk & White" should be used for the style manual and "Strunk/White" for the erotic fan fiction pairing.
3 ink splashes:
I was brave enough to google it. It doesn't appear that there is any Strunk/White fanfic. I'm not sure whether I'm relieved or disappointed. ;)
The hair?
It's what TV Tropes calls "Tertiary Sexual Characteristics."
Because stick figures don't have boobs.
Usually.
Sarah McCabe, It wouldn't surprise me if someone is working on some right now, after reading the comic. ;)
ralfast, I was more commenting on bald men having hair. The women with/men without is pretty common in stickpeople, but not the bald thing.
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