Submitted 1 month ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [bot] to xkcd@lemmy.world
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Title text:
My goal in life is to be personally responsible for at least one sports rule change.
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Source: xkcd.com/3183/
“Are you a pole vaulter?” “No, I am a German, but how did you know my name was Walter?”
Is there anything in the rules about dogs using the pole?
Training starts now
For one incredible upset, one great outcry, and one bucket-list rule change
Okay so how long would the pole need to be to yeet someone into space
finitebanjo@piefed.world 1 month ago
Ah, I get it. It took me a moment to realize the wheel is a cylinder and therefor a pole as well.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
Any ring is a straw if you topology hard enough
finitebanjo@piefed.world 1 month ago
Boy, that really sucks.