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Saturday, August 01, 2009

xkcd One Shot

An easy one for the day. This edited strip is a reference to what?














Answered correctly by Sharat, Nakki, jj, eter, Prondi and Balaji Subramanian

Answer:
Quoting eter: The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard professor in Massachusetts on July 16, 2009 by Sgt. James Crowley, which led to the "Beer Summit" on 31 July at The White House.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Henry Louis Gates and racism; Obama calling cop and Gates to White house to talk over beer.

might make a good question 6 months from now!

Sharat

Nakul PS said...

Henry louis Gates, Harvard prof arrest

jj said...

Obama + White cop + Innocent African American arrested by white cop controversy

eter said...

The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard professor in Massachusetts on July 16, 2009 by Sgt. James Crowley, which led to the "Beer Summit" on 31 July at The White House.

Prondi said...

Reference to the whole Henry Gates scandal and obama calling him for drinks to discuss things..

Balaji Subramanian said...

obama wid dat prof discussinn ace issues over beer

Abhimanyu said...

@ Sharat: 6 months on, this would be rather irrelevant :-)

Saturday, August 01, 2009

xkcd One Shot

An easy one for the day. This edited strip is a reference to what?














Answered correctly by Sharat, Nakki, jj, eter, Prondi and Balaji Subramanian

Answer:
Quoting eter: The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard professor in Massachusetts on July 16, 2009 by Sgt. James Crowley, which led to the "Beer Summit" on 31 July at The White House.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Henry Louis Gates and racism; Obama calling cop and Gates to White house to talk over beer.

might make a good question 6 months from now!

Sharat

Nakul PS said...

Henry louis Gates, Harvard prof arrest

jj said...

Obama + White cop + Innocent African American arrested by white cop controversy

eter said...

The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard professor in Massachusetts on July 16, 2009 by Sgt. James Crowley, which led to the "Beer Summit" on 31 July at The White House.

Prondi said...

Reference to the whole Henry Gates scandal and obama calling him for drinks to discuss things..

Balaji Subramanian said...

obama wid dat prof discussinn ace issues over beer

Abhimanyu said...

@ Sharat: 6 months on, this would be rather irrelevant :-)