Talk:731: Desert Island - Revision history

162.218.182.24: comment

2026-04-09T18:43:25Z

comment

RadiantRainwing at 22:46, 15 August 2025

2025-08-15T22:46:28Z

RadiantRainwing at 22:46, 15 August 2025

2025-08-15T22:46:12Z

RadiantRainwing at 22:45, 15 August 2025

2025-08-15T22:45:16Z

162.158.175.202 at 08:00, 27 July 2024

2024-07-27T08:00:11Z

172.70.90.28: One more unsigned item done. Probably should be sympathetically arranged into indented replies, where it usually would be. And add the current "remember to sign, etc" comment to the top of this older Talk page.

2024-02-06T10:53:26Z

One more unsigned item done. Probably should be sympathetically arranged into indented replies, where it usually would be. And add the current "remember to sign, etc" comment to the top of this older Talk page.

172.69.43.243: Properly 'unsigned'-signing. (Two immediately recent, one slightly older.)

2024-02-06T10:48:15Z

Properly 'unsigned'-signing. (Two immediately recent, one slightly older.)

James J. James at 02:20, 6 February 2024

2024-02-06T02:20:14Z

James J. James at 02:19, 6 February 2024

2024-02-06T02:19:13Z

Alcatraz ii: Title text needs more explaining

2023-11-24T07:03:15Z

Title text needs more explaining

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	:not to scale [[User:RadiantRainwing\|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing\|talk]]) 22:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)		:not to scale [[User:RadiantRainwing\|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing\|talk]]) 22:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
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		+	I'm half convinced that the giant squid fighting the sperm whale is simultaneously referencing ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' and ''Moby Dick''. Of course, that could also just be me extrapolating. [[Special:Contributions/162.218.182.24\|162.218.182.24]] 18:43, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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 That is one <i>small</i> submarine. Even Cueball sitting down is nearly the same height as it.
 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.202|162.158.175.202]] 08:00, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
-:[b/] not to scale [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 22:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
+:not to scale [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 22:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

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 That is one <i>small</i> submarine. Even Cueball sitting down is nearly the same height as it.
 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.202|162.158.175.202]] 08:00, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
-:(b/)not to scale [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 22:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)
+:[b/] not to scale [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 22:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

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	I refuse that this is anything other than "We Didn't Start the Fire". The whole flow and motif of the song fits perfectly, no other suggestions fit the rapid fire structure of this poem. James J. James {{unsigned\|James J. James\|02:19, 6 February 2024}}		I refuse that this is anything other than "We Didn't Start the Fire". The whole flow and motif of the song fits perfectly, no other suggestions fit the rapid fire structure of this poem. James J. James {{unsigned\|James J. James\|02:19, 6 February 2024}}

−	That is one <i>small</i> submarine. Even Cueball sitting down is nearly the same height as it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.202\|162.158.175.202]] 08:00, 27 July 2024 (UTC)	+	That is one <i>small</i> submarine. Even Cueball sitting down is nearly the same height as it.
		+	[[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.202\|162.158.175.202]] 08:00, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
		+	:(b/)not to scale [[User:RadiantRainwing\|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing\|talk]]) 22:45, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

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	I refuse that this is anything other than "We Didn't Start the Fire". The whole flow and motif of the song fits perfectly, no other suggestions fit the rapid fire structure of this poem. James J. James {{unsigned\|James J. James\|02:19, 6 February 2024}}		I refuse that this is anything other than "We Didn't Start the Fire". The whole flow and motif of the song fits perfectly, no other suggestions fit the rapid fire structure of this poem. James J. James {{unsigned\|James J. James\|02:19, 6 February 2024}}
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		+	That is one <i>small</i> submarine. Even Cueball sitting down is nearly the same height as it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.202\|162.158.175.202]] 08:00, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

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 That looks like a crashed plane to me. James J. James {{unsigned|James J. James|02:20, 6 February 2024}}
-The title text can be sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire". I found this out because someone pointed it out [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies#comment-80250 here]
+The title text can be sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire". I found this out because someone pointed it out [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies#comment-80250 here] {{unsigned ip|172.69.63.247|00:01, 15 May 2020})
 When I read the title text I immediately heard the Gilbert & Sullivan music from Pirates of Penzance in my head. I'm voting for that rather than Billy Joel. [[User:The Cat Lady|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady|talk]]) 14:38, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

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 : ...which was released mere 8 years after this comic... --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:09, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
-That looks like a crashed plane to me. James J. James
+That looks like a crashed plane to me. James J. James {{unsigned|James J. James|02:20, 6 February 2024}}
 The title text can be sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire". I found this out because someone pointed it out [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies#comment-80250 here]
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-o, no, it is definitely "We Didn't Start the Fire". Songs often slur less important words and the last verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire" fits perfectly.
+o, no, it is definitely "We Didn't Start the Fire". Songs often slur less important words and the last verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire" fits perfectly. {{unsigned ip|172.70.131.122|13:34, 27 February 2022}}
 Okay, but what about the other parts of the title text? The x-ray slides, the music score? I want to know why they're part of the new frontier [[User:Alcatraz ii|Alcatraz ii]] ([[User talk:Alcatraz ii|talk]]) 07:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
-I refuse that this is anything other than "We Didn't Start the Fire". The whole flow and motif of the song fits perfectly, no other suggestions fit the rapid fire structure of this poem. James J. James
+I refuse that this is anything other than "We Didn't Start the Fire". The whole flow and motif of the song fits perfectly, no other suggestions fit the rapid fire structure of this poem. James J. James {{unsigned|James J. James|02:19, 6 February 2024}}

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	Okay, but what about the other parts of the title text? The x-ray slides, the music score? I want to know why they're part of the new frontier [[User:Alcatraz ii\|Alcatraz ii]] ([[User talk:Alcatraz ii\|talk]]) 07:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)		Okay, but what about the other parts of the title text? The x-ray slides, the music score? I want to know why they're part of the new frontier [[User:Alcatraz ii\|Alcatraz ii]] ([[User talk:Alcatraz ii\|talk]]) 07:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	I refuse that this is anything other than "We Didn't Start the Fire". The whole flow and motif of the song fits perfectly, no other suggestions fit the rapid fire structure of this poem. James J. James

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	o, no, it is definitely "We Didn't Start the Fire". Songs often slur less important words and the last verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire" fits perfectly.		o, no, it is definitely "We Didn't Start the Fire". Songs often slur less important words and the last verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire" fits perfectly.
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		+	Okay, but what about the other parts of the title text? The x-ray slides, the music score? I want to know why they're part of the new frontier [[User:Alcatraz ii\|Alcatraz ii]] ([[User talk:Alcatraz ii\|talk]]) 07:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)