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The Spectral Wolf plays a role in World of Warcraft, but as I am not a WoW player, I don't feel qualified to update the explanation.  Any WoWians want to add a paragraph on the Spectral Wolf?[[User:Nsimonetti|NikoNarf]] ([[User talk:Nsimonetti|talk]]) 19:17, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 
The Spectral Wolf plays a role in World of Warcraft, but as I am not a WoW player, I don't feel qualified to update the explanation.  Any WoWians want to add a paragraph on the Spectral Wolf?[[User:Nsimonetti|NikoNarf]] ([[User talk:Nsimonetti|talk]]) 19:17, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 
:I am one, but the Reins of the Spectral Wolf were not released until the Cataclysm expansion (December 2010). Thus a WoW-related explanation for the wolf would be anachronistic. [[User:Amurfalcon|Amurfalcon]] ([[User talk:Amurfalcon|talk]]) 21:07, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
 
:I am one, but the Reins of the Spectral Wolf were not released until the Cataclysm expansion (December 2010). Thus a WoW-related explanation for the wolf would be anachronistic. [[User:Amurfalcon|Amurfalcon]] ([[User talk:Amurfalcon|talk]]) 21:07, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
:I am one as well. There was a quest that Tauren did in their starting region, where they had to follow a spectral wolf. If I remember correctly, it was in Vanilla WoW. No anachronism here. {{unsigned ip|173.245.52.98}}
 
  
 
I'm not sure what is meant by the use of the term "Straw Man" instead of scarecrow or some other spooky or Halloween-themed equivalent. Perhaps it is a reference to the fallacy, but the fallacy is unassociated with "waking" unless maybe it's loosely related to the aggression that generally accompanies the attack of a straw man. {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.66}}
 
I'm not sure what is meant by the use of the term "Straw Man" instead of scarecrow or some other spooky or Halloween-themed equivalent. Perhaps it is a reference to the fallacy, but the fallacy is unassociated with "waking" unless maybe it's loosely related to the aggression that generally accompanies the attack of a straw man. {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.66}}
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The Spectral Wolf would make all of this work so worthwhile. I mean... you would be getting a SPECTRAL WOLF! I wish I had a real one. [[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 13:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
 
The Spectral Wolf would make all of this work so worthwhile. I mean... you would be getting a SPECTRAL WOLF! I wish I had a real one. [[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 13:41, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
 
Does anyone know if the name Charlie means something?{{unsigned|Dontknow}}
 
  
 
;Googles directions weren't just suboptimal in some cases they were crazy
 
;Googles directions weren't just suboptimal in some cases they were crazy
  
 
IIRC I saw one set of directions that told the reader to "swim across the atlantic ocean" not once (well docuemnted easter egg) but twice as well as driving round most of europe to get to a destination in the same country they started in. -- plugwash [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.66|108.162.219.66]] 23:29, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 
IIRC I saw one set of directions that told the reader to "swim across the atlantic ocean" not once (well docuemnted easter egg) but twice as well as driving round most of europe to get to a destination in the same country they started in. -- plugwash [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.66|108.162.219.66]] 23:29, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 
This comic describes a real place. Googling "rt-22 and lake shore road" will result in a ferry crossing in Essex, NY. Route-22 (Station ST) becomes Lake Shore road through a left turn near Pink Pig Cottage Antiques. About 300 feet from that T intersection is a small, unnamed, road on the right leading to the Essex-Charloette ferry route. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.103|173.245.52.103]] 22:34, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 
 
:And thanks to [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@44.310745,-73.351234,3a,75y,66.75h,75.32t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1scRAKgyvNh43nlSL6Et9CNQ!2e0 Streetview] we can see the ferry [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.99|141.101.98.99]] 21:22, 10 April 2015 (UTC).
 
 
There is the additional joke of going around the lake twice looking for a ferry.  Wherever along the lake shores the ferry was going to go, they already passed by driving around the lake.  Also, I think "godspeed" maybe another pun (meaning both "good luck," and implying you will travel at the speed of the gods). [[User:Danshoham|Mountain Hikes]] ([[User talk:Danshoham|talk]]) 11:29, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 
 
"Godspeed" is a traditional term of farewell to someone about to take a possibly dangerous journey. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.123|108.162.241.123]] 20:12, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 
 
Although the title text says, "Google assumes you're traveling during the ferry's normal operating hours", at the time the printout was made the ferry may have been operating. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.69.92|172.69.69.92]] 02:35, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
 
 
 
All in all the directions seem like the instructions from a Dungeons & Dragons campaign {{unsigned|Koolkat38|08:33, 11 May 2023}} (a verbatim move from the main page)
 
 
What is Comstock? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.139.30|172.68.139.30]] 09:44, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 

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