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| The second and third numbers have already been identified, but it was the first one that really stuck out to me. I found myself saying the last numbers in the series before I even read them: "zxj481-78b." I just wish I could recall where it came from! Could it be related to networking like the other two? | | The second and third numbers have already been identified, but it was the first one that really stuck out to me. I found myself saying the last numbers in the series before I even read them: "zxj481-78b." I just wish I could recall where it came from! Could it be related to networking like the other two? |
- | | + | :WRT54G is the same model number as a Linksys Wireless Router (That I have, no less!) So it is possible. {{User:Iyeru/sig}} |
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| I removed the "X stands for 10" explanation from the X-berween entry because it has no basis in the actual meaning behind the X in Xmas. [[Wikipedia:Xmas|This article]] has a good overall explanation of the origins. Suffice it to say, the roots of December's name as the tenth month have nothing to do with X as an abbrevation in this sense.--[[User:Big Dog|Big Dog]] 20:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC) | | I removed the "X stands for 10" explanation from the X-berween entry because it has no basis in the actual meaning behind the X in Xmas. [[Wikipedia:Xmas|This article]] has a good overall explanation of the origins. Suffice it to say, the roots of December's name as the tenth month have nothing to do with X as an abbrevation in this sense.--[[User:Big Dog|Big Dog]] 20:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC) |
- | :The [[Decemberween]] page specifically says that while there are many similarities between Christmas and Decemberween, there are also some obvious differences. So they're not quite the same holiday. It is true that X doesn't mean ten regarding the actual meaning behind the X in Xmas: it means chi, which is the first letter of Christ in the Greek alphabet. However, by that logic, to merit removal, X-berween would have to replace something starting with chi. It doesn't. It replaces "decem" (which also means 10), so it is perfectly logical to say that X may stand for 10 in this case. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:21, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | ::I think that's reading too much into it. Pretty sure TBC didn't think "The X in Xmas is for chi, but we're going to be clever and say it's for 'decem' instead"... I'd be willing to bet it was more along the lines of "people sometimes write 'Christmas' as 'Xmas', so we'll be funny and write 'Decemberween' as 'Xberween'". {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:25, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | :::I wasn't disputing the "Xmas → X-berween" being the primary reason; just saying that the side effect is interesting. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | == Esterbee's/Easterby's ==
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- | Regarding {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=what_I_want&diff=735197&oldid=732057&rcid=697753 this edit}}, specifically the portion changing <s>Esterbee's to Esterby's</s> Esterbee's to Easterby's. {{p|l=http://easterbysfamilygrille.com The link}} posted at {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=what_I_want&diff=735199&oldid=735198&rcid=697755 the bottom}} refers to a restaurant located in South Carolina which is far-ish from Atlanta. So my question is: is this restaurant popular enough outside its neighborhood to have been visited and referenced by TBC? Even if that's the case, how certain are we that they're referencing that specific restaurant? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:09, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | ::Okay, nevermind the question above. Defender pointed out an important discrepancy in my typing above and the spelling of the two names: Esterbee's is a transliteration of what the original transcriber heard on the DVD commentary. Easterby's sounds nothing like it (well, at least the extra a makes it distinctive enough). So it's highly unlikely that this is the place they were referring to (unless somehow the a is silent in Easterby's.) So, I've gone ahead and reverted the edit and commented out the fun fact for the time being. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:27, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | :I probably should have gone on the talk page first. After thorough googling I found no such restaurant as Esterbee's- so when I tried spelling variations it gave me Easterby's. I think it could be the restaurant they refer to because in reviews people described it as having cruddy 70s atmosphere, which rings true in a gorilla singing animal house. I kept looking for a picture or reference to that gorilla, but I couldn't find one. {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 19:21, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | ::I think the gorilla is key to finding this location. It may not necessarily be a restaurant either, and probably Atlanta natives would have the best chance of recognizing the place. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:27, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | :::Yes, I also don't see any indication that it's a restaurant. Upon further analysis, I'm not even sure it's a location, possibly a person they know. Take note of the fact that it says "Esterbee's got a little gorilla" rather than "Esterbee's has got", seeming to indicate to me that the "'s" is a contraction for "has" and not a part of the name of a place. Further, they're talking about the dancing musical nobot, and they say "little gorilla". Before reading closely, I was imagining some kinda store or food place with a giant singing gorilla. After reading closely, it seems like someone they know, named "Esterbee" or something sounding like that, owns a dancing musical nobot of a gorilla. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:33, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | ::::: I didn't assume it was a restaurant (though I did picture it), I just typed esterbees and it immediately confronted me with the prompt- Did you mean Easterby's? And I followed that link. Est and East are pronounced differently, but I don't own the DVD so I couldn't check the pronunciation myself. I tried searching "animatronic gorilla animal house" etc. but came up with nothing, not even a product. If it were a name (albeit a weird one), Esterby is still a much more common spelling than Esterbee's (says genealogy search). Slightly very off topic, does anyone have an animated gif of that twirly brass Eh! Steve!? {{User:Broncotroll/sig}} 20:08, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | ::::Yeah, since Mike calls it a "very small stuffed animal" they're referring to [https://gemmy.fandom.com/wiki/Singing_Gorillas a toy like these] probably placed near the register or waiting area, rather than a {{wp|Rainforest Cafe}}-style large installation.
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- | ::::I don't think it's a family or friend's last name - compare how they say "'''The''' Ripbergers" [[Cheat_Commandos_(toon)#Commentary_Transcript|here]] and [[Let_us_give_TANKS!#Commentary_Transcript|here]] or how they usually preface names with "our friend" or "my sister-in-law" or whatever. As far as pronunciation goes, Mike says it like "Esther-Bees" (one word); I watched videos of various ''Easterby''s and all of them clearly pronounce it like "East", while the few ''Esterby''s I found did pronounce it the same way as Mike. The pronunciation is enough for me to disqualify "Easterby's Family Grille", plus Google Maps says it's a five-hour drive from Atlanta. Since the commentary doesn't offer any more details about this establishment (restaurant? event center? etc), and it could've gone out of business in the 15 years since the recording I don't think it'll be possible to nail down the place. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 18:27, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
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- | Does anyone think that Homestar having several knees in [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] could be a reference to the way the Homestar Dancing Musical Nobot's legs move in this Easter egg? {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 17:21, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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- | == .04.04.04 ==
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- | It says it is impossible to make "hohoho" on a calculator. It is possible if putting a decimal point before the leading 0. I wanted to note this. Change it if you want to. [[User:Pshooo|Pshooo]] 00:02, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
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- | == The shake-outcha-head sound ==
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- | I submit that this is a reference to the highly idiosyncratic way in which Chester Cheetah would shake his head in memorable Cheetos commercials. Surely someone else noticed that. I forget if he was being hypnotized by the great taste of Cheetos or if he'd been comically hit on the head by a heavy object, but it was that exact 'ah-dee-ah-dee-ah' sound StroBro is doing with his square mouth.
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