1 Lambert: We're not lost. We know exactly where we are. Under the Orcrift Mountains.
2 Dwalin: Thu Orcrift Moontains form a range suxteen hoondred miles long, und oop to 50 miles wide! {translation: The Orcrift Mountains form a range sixteen hundred miles long, and up to 50 miles wide!}
3 Draak: On two hand, we know mass times speed to much fine truth.
4 Mordekai: Is this another of your primitive lizard man jokes?

I'm afraid I have not the time to do this strip justice with a full explanation.

I have mentioned the subject in passing before, and will provide a Wikipedia link for readers keen to dig for themselves.

Proving this comic is funny is left as an exercise for the reader.

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2024-07-14 Rerun commentary: I wonder if there's a market for a course in quantum mechanics written entirely in monosyllabic words.