Talk:1578: Squirrelphone - Revision history

172.69.34.184: discussion

2020-11-10T03:20:38Z

discussion

108.162.242.21: Possibly Jojo reference.

2020-02-14T16:47:42Z

Possibly Jojo reference.

188.114.97.30: I forgot something

2016-01-26T03:29:41Z

I forgot something

188.114.97.30 at 03:27, 26 January 2016

2016-01-26T03:27:46Z

Davidy22 at 15:10, 25 September 2015

2015-09-25T15:10:44Z

108.162.219.225 at 12:48, 25 September 2015

2015-09-25T12:48:30Z

Stevage: alternative

2015-09-21T11:25:51Z

alternative

Apbarratt at 09:24, 18 September 2015

2015-09-18T09:24:40Z

R0hrshach at 16:17, 17 September 2015

2015-09-17T16:17:04Z

R0hrshach at 16:06, 17 September 2015

2015-09-17T16:06:32Z

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	[[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.21\|108.162.242.21]] 16:47, 14 February 2020 (UTC) Could it be a Jojo reference to Diavalo who makes phone calls with his younger version of himself through various objects?		[[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.21\|108.162.242.21]] 16:47, 14 February 2020 (UTC) Could it be a Jojo reference to Diavalo who makes phone calls with his younger version of himself through various objects?
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		+	^ doubtful, especially since this comic was made before the anime for that part existed. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.184\|172.69.34.184]] 03:20, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

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	Just a couple years ago I heard the unmistakable sound of a Nintendo Game Boy. It was a bird! {{unsigned ip\|108.162.219.225}}		Just a couple years ago I heard the unmistakable sound of a Nintendo Game Boy. It was a bird! {{unsigned ip\|108.162.219.225}}
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		+	[[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.21\|108.162.242.21]] 16:47, 14 February 2020 (UTC) Could it be a Jojo reference to Diavalo who makes phone calls with his younger version of himself through various objects?

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 ::They are correct though in this instance and many others. Often times when someone doesn't "get the joke" they still blather on in the explanation and it ends up sounding obtuse and contrived. I like to follow Albert Einstein's rule of thumb, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough". --[[User:R0hrshach|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach|talk]]) 16:06, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
-:Your whole commentary could be summarized by a link to [[915]], and I agree with you. Also, the explanation for the title text was completely missing, so I added one. Feel free to improve it, everyone. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.97.30|188.114.97.30]] 03:27, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
+:Your whole commentary could be summarized by a link to [[915]], and I agree with you, except for the "citation needed" part. It seems to be a running joke on Randall's blog (blag) posts. I used to dislike it before I knew that. Now, I just tolerate it. Also, the explanation for the title text was completely missing, so I added one. Feel free to improve it, everyone. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.97.30|188.114.97.30]] 03:27, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
 Wait, seriously the POTS description is written in the past tense, as if it were something people were not used to anymore. Ringing landline telephones are not yet a thing belonging to history museums (although rotary dial ones almost belong there.) [[User:Ralfoide|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide|talk]]) 14:21, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

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 :You don’t have to read it – there are many other site on the net ;-). --[[User:DaB.|DaB.]] ([[User talk:DaB.|talk]]) 13:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 ::They are correct though in this instance and many others. Often times when someone doesn't "get the joke" they still blather on in the explanation and it ends up sounding obtuse and contrived. I like to follow Albert Einstein's rule of thumb, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough". --[[User:R0hrshach|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach|talk]]) 16:06, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 Wait, seriously the POTS description is written in the past tense, as if it were something people were not used to anymore. Ringing landline telephones are not yet a thing belonging to history museums (although rotary dial ones almost belong there.) [[User:Ralfoide|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide|talk]]) 14:21, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

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	Alternative explanation: it's a squirrel which is more or less carrying out the function of a telephone. The message, from an unknown caller, who hangs up after delivering it, is a vicious bite. [[User:Stevage\|Stevage]] ([[User talk:Stevage\|talk]]) 11:25, 21 September 2015 (UTC)		Alternative explanation: it's a squirrel which is more or less carrying out the function of a telephone. The message, from an unknown caller, who hangs up after delivering it, is a vicious bite. [[User:Stevage\|Stevage]] ([[User talk:Stevage\|talk]]) 11:25, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

−	Just a couple years ago I heard the unmistakable sound of a Nintendo Game Boy. It was a bird!	+	Just a couple years ago I heard the unmistakable sound of a Nintendo Game Boy. It was a bird! {{unsigned ip\|108.162.219.225}}

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	Alternative explanation: it's a squirrel which is more or less carrying out the function of a telephone. The message, from an unknown caller, who hangs up after delivering it, is a vicious bite. [[User:Stevage\|Stevage]] ([[User talk:Stevage\|talk]]) 11:25, 21 September 2015 (UTC)		Alternative explanation: it's a squirrel which is more or less carrying out the function of a telephone. The message, from an unknown caller, who hangs up after delivering it, is a vicious bite. [[User:Stevage\|Stevage]] ([[User talk:Stevage\|talk]]) 11:25, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Just a couple years ago I heard the unmistakable sound of a Nintendo Game Boy. It was a bird!

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	I think the joke is that despite the absurdity of the situation, a squirrel ringing like a phone, Cueball just "goes with it" and picks up the telephone expecting it to work despite common sense telling him that however improbable the situation or why it is ringing it is still a squirrel. In the third panel, nature takes over and the squirrel does what it realistically would do. This leaves Cueball confused. If the squirrel was just a squirrel then why was it ringing like a phone? And if the squirrel was ringing like a phone then why did it bite him like a squirrel? It's a bit of the ol' Looney Tunes logic when Wylie Coyote would paint a tunnel in the side of a butte and the Road Runner would successfully use said tunnel entrance while for Wylie it would go back to being just a painting on the butte. I think we all have analogous life experiences. --[[User:R0hrshach\|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach\|talk]]) 16:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)		I think the joke is that despite the absurdity of the situation, a squirrel ringing like a phone, Cueball just "goes with it" and picks up the telephone expecting it to work despite common sense telling him that however improbable the situation or why it is ringing it is still a squirrel. In the third panel, nature takes over and the squirrel does what it realistically would do. This leaves Cueball confused. If the squirrel was just a squirrel then why was it ringing like a phone? And if the squirrel was ringing like a phone then why did it bite him like a squirrel? It's a bit of the ol' Looney Tunes logic when Wylie Coyote would paint a tunnel in the side of a butte and the Road Runner would successfully use said tunnel entrance while for Wylie it would go back to being just a painting on the butte. I think we all have analogous life experiences. --[[User:R0hrshach\|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach\|talk]]) 16:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Alternative explanation: it's a squirrel which is more or less carrying out the function of a telephone. The message, from an unknown caller, who hangs up after delivering it, is a vicious bite. [[User:Stevage\|Stevage]] ([[User talk:Stevage\|talk]]) 11:25, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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 What if the squirrel swallowed a phone? Like in Jurassic Park, when the spinosaurus swallows the satellite phone? {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.91}}
-:I think this is part of the joke. The way it is drawn shows the noise coming from the squirrel's abdomen not its mouth. It's not a squirrel pretending to be anything. The squirrel was probably just as surprised to be picked up and spoken into as Cueball was to be bitten by a ringing squirrel! --[[User:R0hrshach|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach|talk]]) 16:06, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
+:I think this is part of the joke. The way it is drawn shows the noise coming from the squirrel's abdomen not its mouth. It's not a squirrel pretending to be anything. The squirrel was probably just as surprised to be picked up and spoken into as Cueball was to be bitten by a ringing squirrel! --[[User:R0hrshach|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach|talk]]) 16:06, 17 September 2015 (UTC):By that logic, all most characters in XKCD appear to talk out of their foreheads. [[User:Apbarratt|Apbarratt]] ([[User talk:Apbarratt|talk]]) 09:24, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 Just to let you know, there is nothing currently up on the wiki page that explains this comic. {{unsigned ip|173.245.54.91}}

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	This youtube video ("Animal Phone") seems to have some similarity in the content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNW51-RmwU [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.246\|141.101.104.246]] 14:30, 17 September 2015 (UTC)		This youtube video ("Animal Phone") seems to have some similarity in the content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNW51-RmwU [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.246\|141.101.104.246]] 14:30, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I think the joke is that despite the absurdity of the situation, a squirrel ringing like a phone, Cueball just "goes with it" and picks up the telephone expecting it to work despite common sense telling him that however improbable the situation or why it is ringing it is still a squirrel. In the third panel, nature takes over and the squirrel does what it realistically would do. This leaves Cueball confused. If the squirrel was just a squirrel then why was it ringing like a phone? And if the squirrel was ringing like a phone then why did it bite him like a squirrel? It's a bit of the ol' Looney Tunes logic when Wylie Coyote would paint a tunnel in the side of a butte and the Road Runner would successfully use said tunnel entrance while for Wylie it would go back to being just a painting on the butte. I think we all have analogous life experiences. --[[User:R0hrshach\|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach\|talk]]) 16:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)