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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|Bird migration|Migrating}} refers to the changing of a habitat, which happens every year with | + | {{incomplete| Only a rough draft.}} |
+ | {{w|Bird migration|Migrating}} refers to the changing of a habitat, which happens every year with {{w|geese}} traveling long distances to avoid cold seasons. When geese fly to their new habitat they tend to fly in a very clear shape or formation which resembles a flipped V. This formation is shown and explained here like a military formation with different geese labeled with different roles and different areas of the formation also labeled. See the [[#Table of labels|table below]]. | ||
− | + | The only part of the formation that would not normally be seen is Kevin, who flies off at a 45 degree angle. In that direction there is no help from the other birds, and in the title text the rest of the geese also exclaim, "Dammit, Kevin" when he (again?) tells them that he has a great new idea for a migration. | |
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===Table of labels=== | ===Table of labels=== | ||
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|Head Goose | |Head Goose | ||
(4th in line to the British throne) | (4th in line to the British throne) | ||
− | | | + | |This goose may become the newest monarch of the UK, assuming the three who are further in line die. The current fourth in line to the British throne is {{w|HRH}} {{w|Princess Charlotte of Cambridge}}. In North America, the best-known goose migration is that of {{w|Canada goose|Canada geese}} to the US east coast; the movie {{w|Fly Away Home}} is a semi-fictional story about this. Canada used to be part of the {{w|British Empire}} and remains a member of the {{w|Commonwealth of Nations}}, so a "Canadian" goose would be well situated to stand within the succession. |
− | In North America, the best-known goose migration is that of {{w|Canada goose|Canada geese}} to the US east coast. | ||
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|Quarterback | |Quarterback | ||
− | |A {{w|quarterback}} is a position in {{w|American | + | |A {{w|quarterback}} is a position in {{w|American Football}}. In modern American football, the {{w|Quarterback}} is usually considered the leader of the team, and is often responsible for calling the play. |
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|Comptroller | |Comptroller | ||
− | |A {{w|comptroller}} is a position in | + | |A {{w|comptroller}} is a position in a company. A comptroller oversees and manages all financial operations. |
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|Migration abort goose | |Migration abort goose | ||
− | |This might be a reference to launch abort capsules used in rockets to safely land astronauts in the case of a critical stage failure | + | |This might be a reference to launch abort capsules used in rockets to safely land astronauts in the case of a critical stage failure |
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|Twin-Engine Model | |Twin-Engine Model | ||
− | |This goose has two tails | + | |This goose has two tails, which makes it look like a Twin-Engine aircraft which has two motors on either wing instead of one in the nose. |
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+ | |Kevin | ||
+ | |Unclear. May refer to: | ||
+ | * The "go to name" for [[Randall]] at the time of this comics releasee, as he also used the name in [[1719: Superzoom]], ten comics before this one. | ||
+ | * An {{w|Eddie Izzard}} skit about migrating birds (Eddie Izzard - Religions, Cats & Migrating Birds). A group of birds are following Kevin, assuming that he knows where he is going. But he is lost and they end up in the wrong place. | ||
+ | * Kevin Mcallister, from the {{w|Home Alone}} movies, who gets separated from his parents a lot. | ||
+ | * [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/219w2o/whos_the_dumbest_person_youve_ever_met/cgbhkwp Kevin of reddit fame]. | ||
+ | * One of the {{w|Minions (Despicable Me)|Minions}} from the "{{w|Despicable Me}}" franchise ([http://despicableme.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin Kevin]), who leaves the main Minion group in search of a new master. | ||
+ | * The intelligent and playful bird,[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin Kevin] ,from the Disney/Pixar movie Up. | ||
+ | * [https://youtu.be/OyqdoxTEmdg Kevin] from {{w|South Park}}. | ||
+ | * [http://the321penguins.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin Kevin] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Penguins! 3-2-1 Penguins!], who "will answer questions and save planets without even knowing he could." | ||
+ | * Just a random name. | ||
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|CIA Informant | |CIA Informant | ||
− | |A person, usually a criminal, that surreptitiously provides information to the {{w|Central Intelligence Agency}} | + | |A person, usually a criminal, that surreptitiously provides information to the {{w|Central Intelligence Agency}}. If these geese are from Canada, the CIA might have inserted an informant to be kept up to date on their activities. |
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|Backups | |Backups | ||
|These are geese that are not used in the formation so they can replace other geese in their positions in case they have problems performing their task. This may also be a pun/joke about technology/data "migrations" where backups should be taken liberally due to risk of data loss. | |These are geese that are not used in the formation so they can replace other geese in their positions in case they have problems performing their task. This may also be a pun/joke about technology/data "migrations" where backups should be taken liberally due to risk of data loss. | ||
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|Missing Valence Geese | |Missing Valence Geese | ||
− | |In Chemistry, {{w|Valence (chemistry)|valence}} electrons are the electrons in the outermost "layer" which change places when chemical reactions happen. As there is an optimal number of electrons in a layer, if there are missing valence electrons, atoms which can fill in these gaps tend to react with the atoms having the missing electrons. In case of "electron sharing" (aka covalent bond) molecules result from such an encounter. The comic suggests a second geese formation that has proper "valence geese" in the appropriate position could bond (=merge) with this one into a larger formation. A normal geese V formation like the one in the comic has one side longer than the other and this is possibly Randall's explanation for the phenomenon. | + | |In Chemistry, {{w|Valence (chemistry)|valence}} electrons are the electrons in the outermost "layer" which change places when chemical reactions happen. As there is an optimal number of electrons in a layer, if there are missing valence electrons, atoms which can fill in these gaps tend to react with the atoms having the missing electrons. In case of "electron sharing" (aka. covalent bond) molecules result from such an encounter. The comic suggests, a second geese formation that has proper "valence geese" in the appropriate position could bond (=merge) with this one into a larger formation. A normal geese V formation like the one in the comic has one side longer than the other and this is possibly Randall's explanation for the phenomenon. |
In reality, geese do form V-shaped flocks, since the rear geese can profit aerodynamically from the vortices created by the front geese, and that way the overall flock requires less energy. So there is actually some evolutionary sense for additional geese to fill the "valence holes". It is thus a little weird that there are two backup geese close to these valence vacancies, as they should then have filled them up... | In reality, geese do form V-shaped flocks, since the rear geese can profit aerodynamically from the vortices created by the front geese, and that way the overall flock requires less energy. So there is actually some evolutionary sense for additional geese to fill the "valence holes". It is thus a little weird that there are two backup geese close to these valence vacancies, as they should then have filled them up... | ||
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+ | |Shock Front | ||
+ | | A shock front is the front boundary of a {{w|shock wave}} created by either a {{w|sonic boom}} or another explosion in a fluid/gas. It can also refer to the shock wave itself. | ||
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|Stealth cargo being escorted | |Stealth cargo being escorted | ||
− | |The formation is forming a protective surrounding around an empty space in the middle which in a military formation could contain protected cargo. As there is no cargo visible in the geese formation, it is titled "{{w|Stealth technology|stealth}}" | + | |The formation is forming a protective surrounding around an empty space in the middle which in a military formation could contain protected cargo. As there is no cargo visible in the geese formation, it is titled "{{w|Stealth technology|stealth}}". |
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