Why does this explanation assume the Genie/Djinn is Jeannie from 'I Dream Of Jeannie'? I see nothing to support that claim. So this was in principle supposed to be a Monday release.Īdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! Discussion The Monday release was then skipped, and the next comic came out Wednesday.

For some unknown reason, this comic was the second of only a handful of comics to be released on a Sunday.Cueball: Sweet! Genie: And your other wishes? Cueball: Why would I need other wishes? Trivia What does your heart desire? Cueball: I'd like a human-sized hamster ball. Transcript Genie: You have awakened me from the lamp. The issue of wishing for more wishes is also the subject of 1086: Eyelash Wish Log, so it is not always enough with one or even three wishes! In the fourth, the issue of number of wishes is discussed, from the perspective of wanting more than three wishes. In the first two, Randall manages to use the concept to make penis-related jokes. Genies (or magic lamps) are mentioned in at least five other comics: This comic is referenced in 1975: Right Click, where one of the things the ADVENT.EXE wishing well allows you to wish for is a human-sized hamster ball. Later, Randall found out where to get one and went on a hamster ball heist, and hamster balls have been a recurring theme on xkcd since this comic, and 14 years later it received a direct sequel 2331: Hamster Ball 2. The title text refers to the activity of Zorbing.

The genie then asks what he would like for his other two wishes, to which, having already being granted his heart's desire, he states that he wouldn't need the other wishes for anything. The comic starts with a genie, who, having been freed from a magical lamp, grants the owner three wishes this isn't unusual, since the idea of a genie who does this is a very common trope in the fantasy genre.Ĭueball asks for a human-sized hamster ball, and when he gets it, he starts to roll around in it, obviously entertained. Title text: Reportedly, double-walled inflatable balls like this exist somewhere.

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