A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
Special 10th anniversary edition of WHAT IF?—revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to important questions you never thought to ask—coming from November 2024. Preorder here!
[[Two doctors wearing surgical masks are standing over a prone patient. One of them is poking the patient's chest.]]
Doctor: I'm making the incision above the left -
<< BZZZZT! >>
Doctor: Augh!
October 8th, 2004:
A child swallows an 'operation' buzzer, leading to the single most difficult surgery ever performed.
{{Title text: At one point, by force of childhood habit, the doctor accidentally removed three or four organs.}}
xkcd.com is best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.0 or below on a Pentium 3±1 emulated in Javascript on an Apple IIGS at a screen resolution of 1024x1. Please enable your ad blockers, disable high-heat drying, and remove your device from Airplane Mode and set it to Boat Mode. For security reasons, please leave caps lock on while browsing.