After following a few links off of the Tautology page on Wikipedia (see previous explanation), the Author’s creative talent was sparked once again on the Principle of Explosion page. It looks like Logic is a humor-rich mine, I hope we see some more jokes excavated soon!
The following comic is based off a misunderstanding of the Principle of Explosion, which claims that upon asserting a contradiction (a combination of two conflicting propositions), one can infer that any other proposition is true. In the comic, the Author has decided to replace “proposition” with “your mom’s phone number” (not a proposition, but a piece of information), possibly for humorous value. The character starts with the logical statement “P and not P” and derives a series of digits, which turns out to actually be the phone number of the other character’s mother.
Having gained an older woman’s phone number through the improper use of a logical device, the second character then calls her. In a shocking and quite humorous turn of events, the mother sets up a date with her son’s friend - much to the chagrin of her son. To wrap up this excellent punchline the Author mentions boxed wine, a well-known “funny beverage.”
