Oct 27, 2026, 5:20 AM

#xkcd No. 3316
Date: 2026-10-26
Title: Siege Engine
Alt text: They initially thought the containment structure alone would be sufficient, but for good measure they decided to include the Elephant's Foot inside.
https://xkcd.com/3316/

Description:
A massive, arched, wheeled containment structure rolls from the left toward a small stone castle.

Transcript:
Panel 1:
[Sound effect above the rolling structure]: RUMBLE
[Caption below the panel]: After our normal siege engines were foiled by the castle's defenses, our king hired the Chernobyl cleanup engineers.

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