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I have been saying "Bangarang, motherfucker" for 4 years now because of this cartoon.  OK, I am lying, I have never said in my life, but I will this week.  Next week at the latest. --[[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.11|173.245.54.11]] 16:13, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 
I have been saying "Bangarang, motherfucker" for 4 years now because of this cartoon.  OK, I am lying, I have never said in my life, but I will this week.  Next week at the latest. --[[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.11|173.245.54.11]] 16:13, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 
I can recall one or so squabbles in infant school and am sure the mentality carried to primary school where those that didn't take their shot when you called bang were decidedly unfair. I always died heroically when it was my turn. Why not them?
 
Bastards!
 
 
Anyway I am over it now. I wouldn't approach a crashed car with an empty gun if I could see the bank robber was still alive in it. I would suspect that he wouldn't take his shot and die heroically. Or that his brother was tumbled over in the back seat waking up just in time to become a problem.
 
 
How come Dirty Harry never read "Shooting to Live with the One-Hand Gun"?
 
 
[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 00:11, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 
  
 
Is the "forgot to carry the two" a reference to Laser Tag? The advertising for this many years back featured an action sequence followed by the question "did he fire six shots, or only five?" Miscounting the number of rounds available is a common action movie trope, though it would be a rather extreme form of calculation that would require carrying the two (the result of adding or subtracting a pair of larger numbers than the carrying capacities of most hand weapons). - Andrew, 7:15pm, Saturday 10th January 2015.
 
Is the "forgot to carry the two" a reference to Laser Tag? The advertising for this many years back featured an action sequence followed by the question "did he fire six shots, or only five?" Miscounting the number of rounds available is a common action movie trope, though it would be a rather extreme form of calculation that would require carrying the two (the result of adding or subtracting a pair of larger numbers than the carrying capacities of most hand weapons). - Andrew, 7:15pm, Saturday 10th January 2015.
 
: I hadn't thought of it that way. To me the chalkboard filled with maths/physics in the background and the fact the other character only has a knife suggests that it isn't relating to bullets. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:45, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 
 
I removed the incomplete tag which called for an explanation of what "Carry the two" means. I could add a description of what is meant by 'carrying' in arithmetic, but it doesn't really matter. As I read it, the only thing that matters is that Cueball is pointing out a maths error, which is already in the explanation. It could be "You've divided by zero", "You've forgotten to add the 5", "You missed the exponent". --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 15:45, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 
 
Number four is pretty great ( :-) ). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.150|108.162.221.150]] 06:42, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 
 
I think "You forgot to carry the two" is about pointing a flaw in the other's plan, which led to him losing the fight. It's funny because it's a really stupid flaw. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.70.22|141.101.70.22]] 11:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 
 
A variation of number four appears in the Doctor Strange movie, about not reading all the warnings before casting spells. It is even used as a (sort-of) one-liner near the end! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.94|108.162.216.94]] 08:53, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 
 
I first read the line as; "Batarang, motherfucker!". I was so confused at what I thought was a Batman reference :P [[User:The Cat Lady|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady|talk]]) 14:47, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 
 
I've added another possible explanation for the "carry the two", which was my initial reading of it. Hope it doesn't seem too bizarre... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147|172.70.162.147]] 19:15, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 
 
I'd have to agree that "Bangarang, motherfucker" is actually the most quotable... [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|talk]]) 19:25, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 

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