December 17, 2007
A cautionary tale
Maybe I was just in an odd mood, but I laughed for a LONG time at this cautionary tale.
Hat tip to Dan Weinreb, who introduced me to xkcd by sending over a link to this funny cartoon, in response to this filksong.
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