Editing Talk:997: Wait Wait

The 5th Row, 3rd paper, "Wait Wait ... don't speak its name" may refer to the Lovecraftian Eldetr God Hastur, also known as "He Who is Not to be Named." Eldritch was a favorite Lovecraft word used extensively in the Cthulhu Mythos. {{unsigned ip|74.120.13.132}}

:Row three, column three should be "Wait wait, dont taze me, bro" {{unsigned ip|173.245.63.146}}
Is there a real kneed for this:
(sic)
in stories about Granny Weatherwax?
[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 06:42, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
: I guess it is impossible to find "may refer to" for all 20 headlines? because this comic pretends to be "fixed" thus not all have an explanation. -- [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.18|108.162.254.18]] 08:25, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

"Don't Dissect Me" reminds me of a Stephen King short story, ''Autopsy Room Four,'' from the collection ''Everything's Eventual.'' [[User:Boct1584|Boct1584]] ([[User talk:Boct1584|talk]]) 14:47, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Can we have a table for this? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.40|108.162.245.40]] 22:44, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

I think that the first one implies that he is the hostage, not the gunman. Anyone else think so? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.174.64|172.68.174.64]] 16:48, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree, Sagal's the hostage.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.150|172.68.65.150]] 00:46, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
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 The 5th Row, 3rd paper, "Wait Wait ... don't speak its name" may refer to the Lovecraftian Eldetr God Hastur, also known as "He Who is Not to be Named." Eldritch was a favorite Lovecraft word used extensively in the Cthulhu Mythos. {{unsigned ip|74.120.13.132}}
-: I think there is insufficient evidence that it's specifically Cthulhu as there are numerous supernatural beings supposedly woken by speaking their names. Just because Cthulhu is the most popular one of those doesn't mean there's sufficient indication that it's the subject of that panel. [[User:Colt605|Explain xkcd: It&#39;s techbro QAnon]] ([[User talk:Colt605|talk]]) 03:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 :Row three, column three should be "Wait wait, dont taze me, bro" {{unsigned ip|173.245.63.146}}
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 Yeah, I agree, Sagal's the hostage.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.150|172.68.65.150]] 00:46, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
-Anyone else feels that this explanation would deserve an incomplete tag? --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 10:50, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
-Could row 5 panel 2 be referencing the "You'll Be OK" comic (https://pbfcomics.com/comics/youll-be-ok/) by the Perry Bible Fellowship, which is one of the linked comic sites at the bottom of the xkcd page? Because the sub-heading coule read "Peter Sagal accidetanlly *OK*", if you read across to the little picture. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.127|108.162.250.127]] 04:31, 21 January 2020 (UTC) Hadley
-Row 3, panel 5 "cash-for-tote-bags" is almost certainly a reference to a classic Bloom County comic strip story arc in which the corrupt Senator Bedfellow is arrested for trading in black market "Bill the Cat" tote bags. I couldn't find a copy of that strip online, but it's referenced in this Bloom County wiki entry, including a picture very similar to these of a newspaper headline comic panel: https://bloomcounty.fandom.com/wiki/Senator_Bedfellow [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.151|162.158.154.151]] 15:43, 25 March 2023 (UTC)