Moving Boxes
Moving Boxes
[A bunch of cardboard boxes stacked up, each labeled]
Contents: Grids Bison Checkerboards Fog Contents: Beacons Elves Sand Contents: Hemoglobin Contents: Water Hooves Contents: Shorebirds Contents: Oil Vectors Silt Contents: Membranes Shards Contents: Shawls Glucose Kits Hydrants Particles Knots Contents: Graphite Taupe Contents: Field Lines Contents: Traps Contents: Edges Tribes Dough Contents: Dark Matter Contents: Manifolds Contents: Triangles Peat Crowns Contents: Scrolls
[Caption below the panel:] I always forget to label my moving boxes until they're sealed up and I've forgotten what's in them.
Randall talks about moving boxes and not labeling them until he forgets what's in them. Since he doesn't know what's in them, he writes silly things on the boxes as a joke. Some things are unusual/unlikely (e.g. sand, hydrants, peat) and some are abstract/impossible (e.g. elves, taupe, dark matter). Several of the categories overlap confusingly; for instance, "sand" and "silt" and "dark matter" are all generally considered as "particles"; "membranes", "edges", and "shawls" are all kinds of "manifolds"; "hooves" are part of "bison"; "fog" contains "water"; and "triangles" consist of three "edges". Another way to interpret this comic is that Randall actually has these items (or at least some of them) in the boxes and has simply forgotten which boxes contain what.
According to the title text, when Randall remembers that he is calling movers, he frantically scribbles "Normal House Stuff" on all the boxes. He says this makes the situation worse, possibly because the movers see the scribble and become suspicious. Alternatively, labeling every box with the exact same phrase will make it even harder to figure out what they contain and where they should go in the new dwelling.
[A bunch of cardboard boxes stacked up, each labeled]
Contents: Grids Bison Checkerboards Fog Contents: Beacons Elves Sand Contents: Hemoglobin Contents: Water Hooves Contents: Shorebirds Contents: Oil Vectors Silt Contents: Membranes Shards Contents: Shawls Glucose Kits Hydrants Particles Knots Contents: Graphite Taupe Contents: Field Lines Contents: Traps Contents: Edges Tribes Dough Contents: Dark Matter Contents: Manifolds Contents: Triangles Peat Crowns Contents: Scrolls
[Caption below the panel:] I always forget to label my moving boxes until they're sealed up and I've forgotten what's in them.