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Eenie, meenie, miney, moe...
- Strong Bad has no problem typing commas on the Lappy, despite its missing "toe".
Is this fun fact really worth noting? Most keys have a little spring or rubber thing below them, so it's not that hard to type if you're missing a key. I don't think it must be removed, but I'm inclined against keeping it.--Bobo the King 08:59, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- We don't know how much of the key was removed. I'm for keeping it. --Jay (Gobble) 09:02, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think it works well as a remark, which is how it's currently categorized (I'd object to it being labelled as a goof). Heimstern Läufer
14:41, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe you should ask Strong Bad how he types commas without comma keys. I bet you'll get a speedy answer. — It's dot com 14:48, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think it works well as a remark, which is how it's currently categorized (I'd object to it being labelled as a goof). Heimstern Läufer
Gears and Fans
I hardly think its necessary for a computer to have working "gears and fans" to run. Certainly not gears anyway, and fans is highly debatable. --JamesDean 09:01, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I exploded the cooling system in my mom's computer and it continued to work fine. Well, maybe not "fine" (it freezes up whenever the CPU gets too hot), but I'm sure Strong Bad could continue to check email, especially since the giant hole in the screen would provide additional cooling. He just better not tax it too much by trying to play Peasant's Quest.--Bobo the King 09:04, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, if you want to really be technical, the gears and fan would make up part of the monitor and it would actually be a cathode ray tube considering the suggested age of the computer. In this case, the monitor would not work at all because the electron gun would have been completely blasted out of the monitor by the shotgun blast. But, when has reality ever limited what's possible in the Homestar Runner universe? --Eaglescout1984 10:44, 3 October 2006 (GMT)
- I have four words for you: IT'S...A...FREAKIN'...CARTOON!!! :D --128.120.173.11 17:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, if you want to really be technical, the gears and fan would make up part of the monitor and it would actually be a cathode ray tube considering the suggested age of the computer. In this case, the monitor would not work at all because the electron gun would have been completely blasted out of the monitor by the shotgun blast. But, when has reality ever limited what's possible in the Homestar Runner universe? --Eaglescout1984 10:44, 3 October 2006 (GMT)
Marzipan's Hair?
It appeared to me that Marzipan's hair was just tied up, as many a gymnast or contortionist is oft to do.
--I'd be inclined to agree with you, unless we see it like that again. --ISlayedTheKerrek 12:34, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
--That was certainly my first thought, that it was tied up in a bun or something. (Wasn't it originally listed like that on the wiki?) --Bobsmith84 14:59, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I agree tied up not cut.
I R F 15:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- It appears to have a line over the top of the bun, suggesting her hair was braided then twisted into said bun. :P --אוקאלייליי (Ookelaylay) 19:13, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Concerning Automatic hole formatting!
Sorry, new to Wiki-editing, but I was wondering if that fact that Strongbad's reply is in this e-mail doesn't seem to fully conform to the compy's auto hole formatting would count as a goof? --Ilascott
- I'm pretty sure it's intentional, so no, I don't think it would count. Heimstern Läufer 14:42, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Lappy's "toe" missing
It isn't a goof, because it was a goof in part A.
"I give you...Kong, the eighth wonder of the world!"
I'm trying to add the fact that, though "the eighth wonder of the world" is applied a lot, Strong Bad's use is almost certainly a direct reference to the most famous, Carl Denham's carnival-barker-like use of the term to introduce Kong in captivity in the classic 1933 film "King Kong." However, it keeps getting undone, instantly.
I've seen the movie enough times that it was the first thing to come to mind when Strong Bad used the term. In fact, that's the most famous one, as I said; furthermore, the combination of Strong Bad as carnival barker, and the fact that he's introducing Strong Mad, seems to make it extremely plausible. I stand by it.--128.120.173.11 17:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- What you're saying is not implausible, but it's not necessarily likely either. I thought more of Kong when I saw The Cheat chained to the ground. — It's dot com 18:17, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- There are a few possible kong references throughout the email. The above two that you have stated and also the Donky Kong reference when SB is dancing around in DK fassion in the last email. I R F 18:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Leviathan?
Should "Leviathan" be a real-world reference? It's a sea monster in the Old Testament. [1] I know it's also a book by Hobbes, but given that it's referring to Brother Graw Mad here, I'm thinking the sea-monster allusion is the right one. - Rasmoh 18:20, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think so too. And it should be an explanation, not an RWR. Loafing
18:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
