Talk:1: Barrel - Part 1

2013-01-23T13:57:23Z

TheWeatherMan:

Doesn't his big interactive piece (#1110) refer to this one? {{unsigned|‎58.37.35.32}}
:It does. There's a note somewhere in that explanation page referring back to this page. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:28, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

This comic under my interpretation is that like the kid in the barrel his mind was wandering at the time of his drawing of the comic and it reprsents his wandering mind as he may be bored and it is in the middle of nowhere but at the same time it is somewhere. but its waiting to get someplace (an island?)

--[[User:TheWeatherMan|TheWeatherMan]] ([[User talk:TheWeatherMan|talk]]) 13:57, 23 January 2013 (UTC)TheWeatherMan

1: Barrel - Part 1

2013-01-23T13:54:37Z

TheWeatherMan:

{{comic
| number = 1
| date = September 30, 2005
| title = 1: Barrel - Part 1
| image = barrel_cropped_(1).jpg
| imagesize =
| titletext = Don't we all.
}}

== Explanation ==
"He's fairly upbeat about the situation!" – Randall

This comic is about the unlikely optimism of people. The boy in the barrel is completely lost, it would seem hopelessly alone, without any plan or control of the situation. Yet he is curious: 'I wonder where i'll float next?'

This is the first in a five-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first few dozen strips. The series features a [[:Category:Barrel|character]] that is not consistent with what would quickly become the [[xkcd]] [[stick figure]] style. The full series is:

* [[1: Barrel - Part 1]]
* [[11: Barrel - Part 2]]
* [[22: Barrel - Part 3]]
* [[25: Barrel - Part 4]]
* [[31: Barrel - Part 5]]

This comic may have something to do with maybe at the time of the writing of the comic that his mind was wandering as he was drawing it and it was a direct expression of his wandering mind and were it would go next.
== Trivia ==
* {{1110|1|n|48|e}} from [[1110| comic 1110]] is a reference to this comic.
* This was the fifth comic originally posted on livejournal. The previous comic is [[2]]. The next comic is [[24]]. View archive [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 here].

== Transcript ==
:[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
:Boy: i wonder where i'll float next?

:[The barrel drifts into the distance. Nothing else can be seen.]

{{Comic discussion}}

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Talk:1: Barrel - Part 1

1: Barrel - Part 1