22: Barrel - Part 3 - Revision history

FaviFake: Undo revision 386689 by 92.17.62.87 (talk) same reason as before

2025-09-16T15:11:35Z

Undo revision 386689 by 92.17.62.87 (talk) same reason as before

92.17.62.87: Undo revision 386635 by BobcatInABox (talk) ...as per the other reverts, "Barrel Boy" doesn't really help understand this, assumes other knowledge.

2025-09-15T19:53:08Z

Undo revision 386635 by BobcatInABox (talk) ...as per the other reverts, "Barrel Boy" doesn't really help understand this, assumes other knowledge.

BobcatInABox: /* Transcript */

2025-09-15T15:33:27Z

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FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

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New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

2025-05-01T13:35:13Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

FaviFake at 16:05, 26 March 2025

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FaviFake at 09:28, 23 February 2025

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FaviFake at 07:52, 31 August 2023

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FaviFake at 20:44, 6 August 2023

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FaviFake: Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

2023-08-06T13:54:50Z

Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

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 ==Transcript==
-:[A large and deep vortex is in the center; spinning water covers the whole panel. A boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.]
+:[A large and deep vortex is in the center; spinning water covers the whole panel. Barrel Boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.]
-:Boy: wow!
+:Barrel Boy: wow!
 {{comic discussion}}

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 ==Transcript==
-:[A large and deep vortex is in the center; spinning water covers the whole panel. Barrel Boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.]
+:[A large and deep vortex is in the center; spinning water covers the whole panel. A boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.]
-:Barrel Boy: wow!
+:Boy: wow!
 {{comic discussion}}

@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 ==Transcript==
-:[A large and deep vortex is in the center; spinning water covers the whole panel. A boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.]
+:[A large and deep vortex is in the center; spinning water covers the whole panel. Barrel Boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.]
-:Boy: wow!
+:Barrel Boy: wow!
 {{comic discussion}}

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 | ognext    = 23
 | image     = barrel_whirlpool.jpg
-| titletext = A whirlpool!<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original caption]:'' The saga of the boy and his barrel continues! ([http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2])</span>
+| titletext = A whirlpool!<br><br>''<div class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original caption]:'' The saga of the boy and his barrel continues! ([http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2])</div>
 }}

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 | date      = October 24, 2005
 | title     = Barrel - Part 3
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original title</span>]: '''Monday's Drawing'''</big></big>
+| ognumber  = 23
 | image     = barrel_whirlpool.jpg
-| titletext = A whirlpool!<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original caption]: The saga of the boy and his barrel continues! ([http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2])</span>
+| titletext = A whirlpool!<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original caption]:'' The saga of the boy and his barrel continues! ([http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2])</span>
 }}
-This was the twenty-third comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[40: Light]], and the next one was [[23: T-shirts]].
+This was the twenty-third comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[40: Light]], and the next one was [[23: T-shirts]].
 ==Explanation==

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 }}
 This was the twenty-third comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[40: Light]], and the next one was [[23: T-shirts]].
 In the first two comics in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], the boy is floating in the ocean in a barrel, making fairly innocent points about life's uncertainty. In this comic, the view has zoomed out considerably, and the boy is seen to be on the edge of a gigantic {{w|whirlpool}}. Thus, there is now a palpably heightened sense of danger, though the boy's reaction continues to be innocent wonder. The comic's visual composition is reminiscent of {{w|File:Maelstrom-Clarke.jpg|a classic 1919 illustration}} by {{w|Harry Clarke}}, made for {{w|Edgar Allan Poe}}'s 1841 short story "{{w|A Descent into the Maelström}}." In the short story, the main character escapes from drowning by using a barrel to escape The Maelström.

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 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 23]]
-[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 [[Category:Checkered paper]]
 [[Category:Comics with color]]

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 | before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original title</span>]: '''Monday's Drawing'''</big></big>
 | image     = barrel_whirlpool.jpg
-| titletext = A whirlpool!<br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original caption</span>]: The saga of the boy and his barrel continues! ([http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2])
+| titletext = A whirlpool!<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original caption</span>]: The saga of the boy and his barrel continues! ([http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2])
 }}