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Talk:1417: Seven

2014-09-05T06:41:03Z

108.162.249.212:

Guacamole = 7-layer dip ingredient
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.81|108.162.215.81]] 05:08, 5 September 2014 (UTC)Anonymous XKCD reader

Seventh Seal more likely to be a reference to Book of Revelation (I think he's brought it up before?) or the film? [[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.96|199.27.133.96]] 05:17, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Arctic Ocean is one of the modern Seven "Seas" of the world.
Green is the 4th color of seven in the Arthur Hamilton song "I Can Sing a Rainbow".

I guess the title text is a play on the fact that the dwarves in the new Snow White (2001) movie are called Monday, Tuesday, ... That is the connection between Snow White dwarves and days of the week. The filmmakers decided to intermix sets of seven in the first place. Sebastian --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.90|108.162.254.90]] 06:27, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

There could be a pattern with order.

*Sneezy: 1st dwarf of the seven dwarves in Snow White.
*Phylum: 2nd ran in the Seven Taxonomic Ranks
*Europe: 3rd continent of the world
*Sloth: 4th sin of the Seven Deadly Sin
*Guacamole: 5th Layer in a 7 Layer Bean Dip
*Data Link: 6th Layer in the OSI Model
*Collosus of Rhodes: 7th Wonder of the Ancient World

*Monday: 1st Day of the Week (American).
*Arctic: 2nd ocean in the modern Seven "Seas" of the world.
*Wellesley: 3rd college of the Seven Sister colleges
*Green: 4th color in the Arthur Hamilton song "I Can Sing a Rainbow".
*Electra: 5th sister of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters.
*Synergize: 6th Habit in the Stephen R. Covey self-help book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People".
*Seventh Seal: 7th Seal of the Seven Seals in the Book of Revelations

Talk:1417: Seven

2014-09-05T06:37:45Z

108.162.249.212:

Guacamole = 7-layer dip ingredient
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.81|108.162.215.81]] 05:08, 5 September 2014 (UTC)Anonymous XKCD reader

Seventh Seal more likely to be a reference to Book of Revelation (I think he's brought it up before?) or the film? [[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.96|199.27.133.96]] 05:17, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Arctic Ocean is one of the modern Seven "Seas" of the world.
Green is the 4th color of seven in the Arthur Hamilton song "I Can Sing a Rainbow".

I guess the title text is a play on the fact that the dwarves in the new Snow White (2001) movie are called Monday, Tuesday, ... That is the connection between Snow White dwarves and days of the week. The filmmakers decided to intermix sets of seven in the first place. Sebastian --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.90|108.162.254.90]] 06:27, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

There could be a pattern with order.

Sneezy: 1st dwarf of the seven dwarves in Snow White.
Phylum: 2nd ran in the Seven Taxonomic Ranks
Europe: 3rd continent of the world
Sloth: 4th sin of the Seven Deadly Sin
Guacamole: 5th Layer in a 7 Layer Bean Dip
Data Link: 6th Layer in the OSI Model
Collosus of Rhodes: 7th Wonder of the Ancient World

Monday: 1st Day of the Week (American).
Arctic: 2nd ocean in the modern Seven "Seas" of the world.
Wellesley: 3rd college of the Seven Sister colleges
Green: 4th color in the Arthur Hamilton song "I Can Sing a Rainbow".
Electra: 5th sister of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters.
Synergize: 6th Habit in the Stephen R. Covey self-help book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People".
Seventh Seal: 7th Seal of the Seven Seals in the Book of Revelations

Talk:1417: Seven

2014-09-05T06:12:05Z

108.162.249.212:

139: I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards

2014-03-04T00:00:58Z

108.162.249.212: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 139
| date = August 9, 2006
| title = I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards
| image = electric_skateboards.png
| titletext = Both the skateboards I owned were pretty cheap and broke from heavy use; I'm gonna get a really nice one if I move to the city.
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Randall Munroe|Randall}} likes {{w|electric skateboard}}s and this comic is just showing a simple move from A to B. It's not very artistic but the "chicks" are cheering. This does refer to a song by {{w|Chris Cagle}}, not known by most people outside of US, called {{w|Chicks Dig It}} from 2003. At the video to this song he is trying to impress young females, or just "chicks", by doing various stunts.

At the title text Cueball tells us that he needs a real nice skateboard when he is going into the city, just because there are many more "chicks".

==Trivia==
A nice video on electric skateboards is here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlab8wI8hwY electric skateboards].

There is a future series of electric skateboard related comics beginning with: [[577: The Race: Part 1]].

==Transcript==
:How Electric Skateboards Work:

:[Cueball is standing on a skateboard, next to a sign that says "Point A" and pushes a button.]
:''click''

:[He skates.]
:''whirrr''

:[He stops, with a sign saying "Point B" to his right and a group of chicks (labeled "chicks") to his left.]

{{comic discussion}}
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