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:Well... it makes Megan 37 years old. There is nothing here to strongly suggest that cueball and her are Randall and his gf/wife. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 05:54, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 
:Well... it makes Megan 37 years old. There is nothing here to strongly suggest that cueball and her are Randall and his gf/wife. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 05:54, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 
::Well, to be exact it makes Megan 37 years, 13 days, 12 hours, 7 minutes, 13.3 seconds old (rounded to the nearest tenth of a second). This is based on 900/24.3 = 37.0370 (...) That would make her born on July 6, 1982 (if we work back from the date of publication of the comic). But to be realistic I guess she was probably rounding the score to the nearest decimal, rather than writing 24.32432... (i.e. 900/37), in which case I'm wrong. Either way, spurious accuracy is fun!! [[Special:Contributions/172.68.10.4|172.68.10.4]] 19:07, 20 July 2019 (UTC)   
 
::Well, to be exact it makes Megan 37 years, 13 days, 12 hours, 7 minutes, 13.3 seconds old (rounded to the nearest tenth of a second). This is based on 900/24.3 = 37.0370 (...) That would make her born on July 6, 1982 (if we work back from the date of publication of the comic). But to be realistic I guess she was probably rounding the score to the nearest decimal, rather than writing 24.32432... (i.e. 900/37), in which case I'm wrong. Either way, spurious accuracy is fun!! [[Special:Contributions/172.68.10.4|172.68.10.4]] 19:07, 20 July 2019 (UTC)   
 
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::: What about #933? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.38.88|172.68.38.88]] 21:35, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
What about #933? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.38.88|172.68.38.88]] 21:35, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
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:::: I think it's pretty clear that the title text varies from comic to comic.  Sometimes it's clearly a character's voice.  Sometimes it makes more sense as a narrator's voice.  Sometimes it's clearly talking about Randall's life.  I realize that this site tends to attribute the title text to Randall's voice, but personally, I consider it an unattributed voice.  Sometimes it's him, sometimes it's more of a narrator or character voice.  Similarly, the actions in the comics are sometimes clearly influenced by events in Randall's life, but they're also clearly not other times.  If it turned out that he made Megan 37 because his wife is 37, that wouldn't surprise me, but neither would it surprise me if he did something different, because he does that on a regular basis.  (In other words, without additional evidence or supporting information, I think it's weird to state as a fact that the traits of various characters are, in fact, traits of Randall and his friends and family.) [[User:Mootstrap|Mootstrap]] ([[User talk:Mootstrap|talk]]) 02:38, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
: I think it's pretty clear that the title text varies from comic to comic.  Sometimes it's clearly a character's voice.  Sometimes it makes more sense as a narrator's voice.  Sometimes it's clearly talking about Randall's life.  I realize that this site tends to attribute the title text to Randall's voice, but personally, I consider it an unattributed voice.  Sometimes it's him, sometimes it's more of a narrator or character voice.  Similarly, the actions in the comics are sometimes clearly influenced by events in Randall's life, but they're also clearly not other times.  If it turned out that he made Megan 37 because his wife is 37, that wouldn't surprise me, but neither would it surprise me if he did something different, because he does that on a regular basis.  (In other words, without additional evidence or supporting information, I think it's weird to state as a fact that the traits of various characters are, in fact, traits of Randall and his friends and family.) [[User:Mootstrap|Mootstrap]] ([[User talk:Mootstrap|talk]]) 02:38, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
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::::: Yes. I'm not RM but if I were I'd just write in a pretty number that has no meaning at all just to be done with the comic. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.65|172.68.58.65]] 03:58, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
:: Yes. I'm not RM but if I were I'd just write in a pretty number that has no meaning at all just to be done with the comic. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.65|172.68.58.65]] 03:58, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 
  
 
When I was working at a gas station, someone brought in a propane tank which had expired in 1963 (or so).  If 1963 and using this scheme, my score would be 96.6.
 
When I was working at a gas station, someone brought in a propane tank which had expired in 1963 (or so).  If 1963 and using this scheme, my score would be 96.6.

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