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Just thought I'd mention, despite what is stated in the article, prétende IS actually a word in French - it is the subjunctive form of the verb prétendre. | Just thought I'd mention, despite what is stated in the article, prétende IS actually a word in French - it is the subjunctive form of the verb prétendre. | ||
:But it's being used here as an adjective, which isn't correct, right? Here's what our [[User talk:Meuhcoin#A couple transcript questions|resident native French speaker]] has to say about it... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 13:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC) | :But it's being used here as an adjective, which isn't correct, right? Here's what our [[User talk:Meuhcoin#A couple transcript questions|resident native French speaker]] has to say about it... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 13:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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== Name that Tune == | == Name that Tune == | ||
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Actually, I think it kinda sounds like part of Space Captainface's theme song. | Actually, I think it kinda sounds like part of Space Captainface's theme song. | ||
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== Distorted speaker == | == Distorted speaker == | ||
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I hear "the lake head". In all seriousness, I think TBC actually said "sever your leg" because they don't want people thinking that it's anything else.--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 09:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | I hear "the lake head". In all seriousness, I think TBC actually said "sever your leg" because they don't want people thinking that it's anything else.--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 09:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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== Jeeves == | == Jeeves == | ||
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::What in blazes is a "common servant name"? Household staff use their own names; they aren't given names by their employers. Wodehouse's Jeeves is the prototype upon which all later Jeeves were based. As Spiderbaby said, Wodehouse was (and still is) very popular. Do you also say that referring to a humbug cheapskate as a Scrooge is TTATOT? --[[User:H-ko|H-ko]] 21:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC) | ::What in blazes is a "common servant name"? Household staff use their own names; they aren't given names by their employers. Wodehouse's Jeeves is the prototype upon which all later Jeeves were based. As Spiderbaby said, Wodehouse was (and still is) very popular. Do you also say that referring to a humbug cheapskate as a Scrooge is TTATOT? --[[User:H-ko|H-ko]] 21:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
:::Wodehouse invented Jeeves, therefore, any reference to Jeeves is a reference to Wodehouse, or at the very least a reference to the trend begun by Wodehouse--[[User:Sir Vimes|Sir Vimes]] 22:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC) | :::Wodehouse invented Jeeves, therefore, any reference to Jeeves is a reference to Wodehouse, or at the very least a reference to the trend begun by Wodehouse--[[User:Sir Vimes|Sir Vimes]] 22:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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- | + | '''This fact is currently being voted on in [[STUFF:Drive-Thru|STUFF]]. Please discuss over there, not here. Thanks''' | |
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==Whale speaker== | ==Whale speaker== | ||
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I think the trend of having the order speaker/mic live inside of a mascot started with Jack-in-the-box, which used to have the speaker/mic inside a clown's mouth. [[User:Nsayer|Nsayer]] 18:09, 19 March 2007 (UTC) | I think the trend of having the order speaker/mic live inside of a mascot started with Jack-in-the-box, which used to have the speaker/mic inside a clown's mouth. [[User:Nsayer|Nsayer]] 18:09, 19 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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== That was...odd. == | == That was...odd. == | ||
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*Is the echo becoming a running gag? That is, an echo where there wouldn't normally be one? [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 16:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC) | *Is the echo becoming a running gag? That is, an echo where there wouldn't normally be one? [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 16:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
**Only other instance I could find by searching the wiki for "echo" was in [[4 branches]]. But it is a running gag in [[wikipedia:Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]. [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]] 19:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC) | **Only other instance I could find by searching the wiki for "echo" was in [[4 branches]]. But it is a running gag in [[wikipedia:Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]. [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]] 19:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
- | ***It's an echo. Couldn't possibly be a running gag unless the website was called "Echo-Star Echoes.com". An echo where there's no thing for the sound waves to be is a common animation technique used in many shows. No running gag. | + | ***It's an echo. Couldn't possibly be a running gag unless the website was called "Echo-Star Echoes.com". An echo where there's no thing for the sound waves to be is a common animation technique used in many shows. No running gag. ~Strong Devon(not signed in) |
== Pro-awesome == | == Pro-awesome == | ||
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:::::::Since when has H*R made sense? Wouldn't "Strong Sad/Mad, there's ketchup on the computer!" Make more sense than "[[funny|Aunt Ruthie! Aunt Ruthie! There's ketchup on the computer!]]", seeing as there's no one named Aunt Ruthie? *cough* anyway, put your ear up to the speaker, and it's "Bro". I thought it meant something like showing how SB and Teh C are bros, or something. {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 01:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC) | :::::::Since when has H*R made sense? Wouldn't "Strong Sad/Mad, there's ketchup on the computer!" Make more sense than "[[funny|Aunt Ruthie! Aunt Ruthie! There's ketchup on the computer!]]", seeing as there's no one named Aunt Ruthie? *cough* anyway, put your ear up to the speaker, and it's "Bro". I thought it meant something like showing how SB and Teh C are bros, or something. {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 01:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
::::::::I'm thinking that SB is going to say broken (in reference to video- and collectable card-game slang meaning ridiculously overpowered) and says awesome midway through instead. [[User:igot8001|igot8001]] 21:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC) | ::::::::I'm thinking that SB is going to say broken (in reference to video- and collectable card-game slang meaning ridiculously overpowered) and says awesome midway through instead. [[User:igot8001|igot8001]] 21:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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== a blue one? == | == a blue one? == | ||
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There's no consensus here to put this on the page, but here's the fact as it read when it was removed from the article. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 13:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | There's no consensus here to put this on the page, but here's the fact as it read when it was removed from the article. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 13:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
<blockquote>The fact that The Cheat wants a "blue one" crappy toy could be a throw-back to [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] in which Strong Sad finds his underwear, ie: [[The Blue Ones]]</blockquote> | <blockquote>The fact that The Cheat wants a "blue one" crappy toy could be a throw-back to [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] in which Strong Sad finds his underwear, ie: [[The Blue Ones]]</blockquote> | ||
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== Rocket Sound == | == Rocket Sound == | ||
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*If you saw it on tv the night before it isn't a reference to that. It could be some other news concerns from a while ago, but that is a big part of this short. It isn't a little thing they could add in last-minute. | *If you saw it on tv the night before it isn't a reference to that. It could be some other news concerns from a while ago, but that is a big part of this short. It isn't a little thing they could add in last-minute. | ||
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== Fun with Facts == | == Fun with Facts == | ||
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:::It seems to me just a way to get rid of the whale and not have to show it in the field in any future toons.--[[User:Sir Vimes|Samwise]] 23:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | :::It seems to me just a way to get rid of the whale and not have to show it in the field in any future toons.--[[User:Sir Vimes|Samwise]] 23:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
::::I'm starting to wonder just why it was even there to begin with...but I do love how many proposed Fun Facts are under fire right now. There isn't a whole lot you can really say about this thing. --{{User:SyrenaV/sig}} 17:24, 24 March 2007 (UTC) | ::::I'm starting to wonder just why it was even there to begin with...but I do love how many proposed Fun Facts are under fire right now. There isn't a whole lot you can really say about this thing. --{{User:SyrenaV/sig}} 17:24, 24 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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== Reference? == | == Reference? == | ||
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: For reference, I ''would'' like to note that the calculation is more than possible, as there are is no "lost time" between the rocket's launch and landing (ie. no cuts where time would have elapsed.) And I think it's worth noting on the main page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 05:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | : For reference, I ''would'' like to note that the calculation is more than possible, as there are is no "lost time" between the rocket's launch and landing (ie. no cuts where time would have elapsed.) And I think it's worth noting on the main page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 05:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
I note that this calculation doesn't take the [[Wikipedia:Theory of Relativity|Theory of Relativity]] into account. If it did, the rocket would return a long time before it left. — [[User:Meneth|Meneth]] 14:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | I note that this calculation doesn't take the [[Wikipedia:Theory of Relativity|Theory of Relativity]] into account. If it did, the rocket would return a long time before it left. — [[User:Meneth|Meneth]] 14:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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== Going too far? == | == Going too far? == | ||
Ok, is this just strange? [http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/2003-01-2586 Europa and Lobster connection, not the arctic connection.] | Ok, is this just strange? [http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/2003-01-2586 Europa and Lobster connection, not the arctic connection.] | ||
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== Metaverse Ponderances == | == Metaverse Ponderances == | ||
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:::::I've gotta side with Nsayer here; I definately don't see any bubbles. {{User:Supuhstar/sig}} | :::::I've gotta side with Nsayer here; I definately don't see any bubbles. {{User:Supuhstar/sig}} | ||
:::::Definitely bubbles. Watch again when he pumps, change the html to swf for a better view [[User:CrankyPants|CrankyPants]] | :::::Definitely bubbles. Watch again when he pumps, change the html to swf for a better view [[User:CrankyPants|CrankyPants]] | ||
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== Steve Drive Around... == | == Steve Drive Around... == | ||
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:I was the one that deleted it, and this is the reason: the speed of sound is exactly 769.5 miles per hour. An echo can bounce off of an object over 5 miles away given the proper conditions. Even during the two or three pan-outs of the field, there was simply no way to be certain that there was nothing for the echo to resound off of. We've also seen numerous buildings in Free Country, USA, any one of which could have been just out of our range of vision. In addition, even if it were true, the echo was made for comedic effect, as in many TV shows, movies, and cartoons. It's really no more noteworthy than say... Homsar's feet making a silly sound when he walks. Sure, that wouldn't normally happen, but it's a cartoon. Incidentally, thanks for taking this to the discussion page in order to clear this up. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 07:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC) | :I was the one that deleted it, and this is the reason: the speed of sound is exactly 769.5 miles per hour. An echo can bounce off of an object over 5 miles away given the proper conditions. Even during the two or three pan-outs of the field, there was simply no way to be certain that there was nothing for the echo to resound off of. We've also seen numerous buildings in Free Country, USA, any one of which could have been just out of our range of vision. In addition, even if it were true, the echo was made for comedic effect, as in many TV shows, movies, and cartoons. It's really no more noteworthy than say... Homsar's feet making a silly sound when he walks. Sure, that wouldn't normally happen, but it's a cartoon. Incidentally, thanks for taking this to the discussion page in order to clear this up. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 07:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
::On a different tack, the echo effect is clearly post-production to enhance the "surrounded by nothing" notion. It's obviously not even notable that the echo can or can't exist in this instance as its use is clearly dramatic, not realistic. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC) | ::On a different tack, the echo effect is clearly post-production to enhance the "surrounded by nothing" notion. It's obviously not even notable that the echo can or can't exist in this instance as its use is clearly dramatic, not realistic. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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Have any of you noticed that before the sign swallowed the lobster it severed its claw when told to? This might be a stretch, but is it possible that the swallowing and take off sequence of the sign is somehow triggered by the severing of limbs? -Scholar of Homestar | Have any of you noticed that before the sign swallowed the lobster it severed its claw when told to? This might be a stretch, but is it possible that the swallowing and take off sequence of the sign is somehow triggered by the severing of limbs? -Scholar of Homestar | ||
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== Wallpaper == | == Wallpaper == | ||
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== Closed STUFF == | == Closed STUFF == | ||
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{{stufffact|The whale, restaurant, space, and improbability of this toon reference 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' by Douglas Adams}} | {{stufffact|The whale, restaurant, space, and improbability of this toon reference 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' by Douglas Adams}} | ||
{{stuffverdict|23:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)|17:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)|declined|29|11|Drive-Thru}} | {{stuffverdict|23:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)|17:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)|declined|29|11|Drive-Thru}} | ||
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