XKCD Web Comic #994: Advent Calendar (described)

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Scene: Advent calender, the kind with the little doors that open and there’s a space inside for candy.

The first door, red with a sprig of holly, is open and empty. It is labeled December 23rd. The front of the second door, labeled December 24th, 12:00 am, is open so wide the front can’t be seen and the space inside is empty. The third door, labeled December 24th, Noon,  is slightly open, empty, and is green with a red and white Santa hat. The rest of the doors are closed. The fourth door is white with crossed candy canes and is labeled December 24th, 6:00 pm.

Next row-

Fifth door-white with red tree ornament, December 24th, 9:00 pm. Sixth door-red with white star, December 24th 10:30 pm. Seventh door, green with red heart, December 24th, 11:15 pm. Eighth door, white with red sleigh, December 24th, 11:37:30,

Next row-

Ninth door, green with red and white Christmas stocking, December 24th, 11:48:45 pm. Tenth door, red with green Christmas tree, December 24th, 11:54:22.5 pm. Eleventh door,  white with green Christmas wreath, December 24th, 11:57:11.25 pm. Twelfth door, green with red and white Christmas present, December 24th, 11:58:35.63 pm.

Just the tops of the next row of doors can be seen at the bottom of the panel, implying there are many more doors.

Caption: Zeno’s Advent Calendar

Hover text: I think you could get up to about 11:59:57 before you’d have trouble swallowing the chocolates fast enough. At that point, you’d need some kind of a liquify-and-chug apparatus to get up over the 11:59:59 barrier. Anyway, Merry Christmas!”

 

Warning: This comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

Comic by xkcd.com. Described by BlindGadget under the Creative Commons license.