1141: Two Years - Revision history

St.nerol: /* Explanation / now that is far-fetched. Also the emphasis is on dominated*, wich can't even be played.

2013-01-24T19:43:05Z

‎Explanation: now that is far-fetched. Also the emphasis is on *dominated*, wich can't even be played.

DruidDriver: /* Explanation */

2013-01-23T21:22:30Z

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St.nerol: /* Explanation */

2013-01-18T15:48:19Z

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75.110.59.63: /* Transcript */

2012-12-24T15:25:49Z

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Jerodast: /* Transcript */ Nurse -> doctor, on the basis that doctors tend to explain important test results.

2012-12-22T15:23:39Z

‎Transcript: Nurse -> doctor, on the basis that doctors tend to explain important test results.

Lcarsos: /* Explanation */ Reverting Cueball/Randall Megan/Wife changes manually.

2012-12-02T00:54:45Z

‎Explanation: Reverting Cueball/Randall Megan/Wife changes manually.

Lcarsos: Protected "1141: Two Years": Counter-productive edit warring: There's a Cueball/Randall, Megan/Wife war going on. Letting the dust settle, and people move on. (‎[edit=sysop] (expires 00:49, 16 December 2012 (UTC)) ‎[move=sysop] (expires 00:49, 16

2012-12-02T00:49:57Z

Protected "1141: Two Years": Counter-productive edit warring: There's a Cueball/Randall, Megan/Wife war going on. Letting the dust settle, and people move on. (‎[edit=sysop] (expires 00:49, 16 December 2012 (UTC)) ‎[move=sysop] (expires 00:49, 16

Lcarsos: Undo revision 20603 by CityZen (talk) Once again, this is Randall and his wife

2012-12-02T00:45:59Z

Undo revision 20603 by CityZen (talk) Once again, this is Randall and his wife

Element114: /* Explanation */ Added an explaination for panel10

2012-12-02T00:22:36Z

‎Explanation: Added an explaination for panel10

CityZen: /* Transcript */ Switched from "Randall" to "Cueball".

2012-12-01T23:22:56Z

‎Transcript: Switched from "Randall" to "Cueball".

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 * Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years.
 * Panel 11: Randall and his wife have dinner to celebrate the fact that she has made it two years since her {{w|biopsy}}.
-The title text is referring to a possible {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|side-effect of chemotherapy drugs}}, the inability to concentrate. The emphasis through quotes on dominate may mean that one of the words he used to win was actually dominate. This 8 letter word would likely use up all or most of his letters and potentially earn a bonus.
+The title text is referring to a possible {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|side-effect of chemotherapy drugs}}, the inability to concentrate.
 ==Transcript==

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 * Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years.
 * Panel 11: Randall and his wife have dinner to celebrate the fact that she has made it two years since her {{w|biopsy}}.
-The title text is referring to a possible {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|side-effect of chemotherapy drugs}}, the inability to concentrate.
+The title text is referring to a possible {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|side-effect of chemotherapy drugs}}, the inability to concentrate. The emphasis through quotes on dominate may mean that one of the words he used to win was actually dominate. This 8 letter word would likely use up all or most of his letters and potentially earn a bonus.
 ==Transcript==

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 * Panel 6: Someone suggests they come for a visit next year, but all they can think about are the words "next year", indicating that they know the future is very much in doubt.
 * Panel 7: They get married.
-* Panel 8: The couple watching humpback whales.
+* Panel 8: The couple watching {{w|humpback whales}}.
 * Panel 9: Randall is paraphrasing a line from the song "{{w|Still Alive}}" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_S0PGu-cH4 video]) from the video game ''{{w|Portal}}'' (''"I'm doing science and I'm still alive"'').
 * Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years.
 * Panel 11: Randall and his wife have dinner to celebrate the fact that she has made it two years since her {{w|biopsy}}.
-The title text is referring to a possible side-effect of chemotherapy drugs, the {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|inability to concentrate}}.
+The title text is referring to a possible {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|side-effect of chemotherapy drugs}}, the inability to concentrate.
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting on a bed. She's on the phone with a nurse (shown in inset), who is looking at a clipboard.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting on a bed. She's on the phone with a doctor (shown in inset), who is looking at a clipboard.]
 :Doctor: [illegible]
 :Randall's fiancée: Oh God

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 ==Transcript==
 :[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting on a bed. She's on the phone with a nurse (shown in inset), who is looking at a clipboard.]
-:Nurse: [illegible]
+:Doctor: [illegible]
 :Randall's fiancée: Oh God

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 This comic marks the second year of [[Randall Munroe]]'s wife's battle with cancer, and appears to depict actual events from those two years.
 Some explanations:
-* Panel 1: Megan receives a diagnosis over the phone as Cueball sits by her side supportively.
+* Panel 1: Randall's wife-to-be (at that point) receives a diagnosis over the phone as Randall sits by her side supportively.
-* Panel 2: Megan undergoing IV (intravenous) {{w|chemotherapy}}. Because of the hair loss that results from chemotherapy, many patients opt to shave their heads when they undergo chemotherapy. Her hair grows back over the course of the following panels.
+* Panel 2: Undergoing IV (intravenous) {{w|chemotherapy}}. Because of the hair loss that results from chemotherapy, many patients opt to shave their heads when they undergo chemotherapy. Her hair grows back over the course of the following panels.
 * Panel 3: The two of them spending time alone together.
-* Panel 4: The couple are waiting for the results of a scan. A phone sits on the middle of the table while they wait for it to ring.
+* Panel 4: The couple are waiting for the results of a scan. A phone is on the middle of the table that they are waiting to ring.
-* Panel 5: More chemotherapy. The couple are playing {{w|Scrabble}}, in which players use letter tiles to spell words in a cross-word style. Megan uses the fact that she has cancer as leverage to get Cueball to ignore the fact that the word she has played (zarg) is not a real word.
+* Panel 5: More chemotherapy. The couple are playing {{w|Scrabble}}, in which players use letter tiles to spell words in a cross-word style. She uses the fact that she has cancer as leverage to get Randall to ignore the fact that the word she has played (zarg) is not a real word.
 * Panel 6: Someone suggests they come for a visit next year, but all they can think about are the words "next year", indicating that they know the future is very much in doubt.
 * Panel 7: They get married.
 * Panel 8: The couple watching humpback whales.
-* Panel 9: Cueball is paraphrasing a line from the song "{{w|Still Alive}}" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_S0PGu-cH4 video]) from the video game ''{{w|Portal}}'' (''"I'm doing science and I'm still alive"'').
+* Panel 9: Randall is paraphrasing a line from the song "{{w|Still Alive}}" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_S0PGu-cH4 video]) from the video game ''{{w|Portal}}'' (''"I'm doing science and I'm still alive"'').
-* Panel 10: Cueball and Megan sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years.
+* Panel 10: The two of them sit under a tree reflecting on the significance of the past two years.
-* Panel 11: Cueball and Megan have dinner to celebrate the fact that she has made it two years since her {{w|biopsy}}.
+* Panel 11: Randall and his wife have dinner to celebrate the fact that she has made it two years since her {{w|biopsy}}.
 The title text is referring to a possible side-effect of chemotherapy drugs, the {{w|Chemotherapy#Neurological adverse effects|inability to concentrate}}.

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball and Megan sitting on a bed. She's on the phone with a nurse (shown in inset), who is looking at a clipboard.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting on a bed. She's on the phone with a nurse (shown in inset), who is looking at a clipboard.]
 :Nurse: [illegible]
-:Megan: Oh God
+:Randall's fiancée: Oh God
-:[Cueball and Megan sitting at their laptops. Megan is hooked up to an IV pump and her head is shaved.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting at their laptops. Randall's fiancée is hooked up to an IV pump and her head is shaved.]
 :IV pump: ...BEEEP...BEEEP...BEEEP...
-:[Cueball and Megan rowing a canoe in a lake/mountain setting. Megan is wearing a beanie.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée rowing a canoe in a lake/mountain setting. Randall's fiancée is wearing a beanie.]
-:[Cueball and Megan sitting at a table staring at a phone. A clock is mounted behind them. Her head is stubbly.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée sitting at a table staring at a phone. A clock is mounted behind them. Her head is stubbly.]
-:Megan: How long can it take to read a scan!?
+:Randall's fiancée: How long can it take to read a scan!?
-:[Cueball and Megan playing scrabble. Megan is again hooked up to an IV pump. She has longer stubbles.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée playing scrabble. Randall's fiancée is again hooked up to an IV pump. She has longer stubbles.]
-:Cueball: "Zarg" isn't a word.
+:Randall: "Zarg" isn't a word.
-:Megan: But Caaancer.
+:Randall's fiancée: But Caaancer.
-:Cueball: ...Ok, fine.
+:Randall: ...Ok, fine.
-:[Cueball and Megan talking to a friend. A large thought bubble is above their heads. She's wearing a beanie.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée talking to a friend. A large thought bubble is above their heads. She's wearing a beanie.]
 :Friend: So next year you should come visit us up in the mountain - [cut off by thought bubble]
-:Cueball and Megan: "Next year"
+:Randall and Randall's fiancée: "Next year"
-:[Cueball and Megan getting married. He's wearing a bow-tie; she a white dress. A heart is above their heads. Megan's hair is growing back a little.]
+:[Randall and Randall's fiancée getting married. He's wearing a bow-tie; she a white dress. A heart is above their heads. Randall's wife's hair is growing back a little.]
-:[Cueball and Megan standing on the coast, watching a whale jump out of the water. She's wearing a beanie.]
+:[Randall and Randall's wife standing on the coast, watching a whale jump out of the water. She's wearing a beanie.]
-:[Cueball standing behind Megan, who is sitting at a desk using a laptop. Her hair has grown back a little more.]
+:[Randall standing behind Randall's wife, who is sitting at a desk using a laptop. Her hair has grown back a little more.]
-:Cueball: Hey-
+:Randall: Hey-
-:Cueball: You're doing science,
+:Randall: You're doing science,
-:Cueball: And you're still alive.
+:Randall: And you're still alive.
-:Megan: Yeah!
+:Randall's wife: Yeah!
-:[Cueball and Megan sitting under a tree.]
+:[Randall and Randall's wife sitting under a tree.]
-:Cueball: It's really only been two years?
+:Randall: It's really only been two years?
-:Megan: They were big years.
+:Randall's wife: They were big years.
-:[Cueball and Megan at a fancy restaurant being served. Her hair has grown back more.]
+:[Randall and Randall's wife at a fancy restaurant being served. Her hair has grown back more.]
 :Waiter: Happy... Anniversary?
-:Megan: Biopsy-versary!
+:Randall's wife: Biopsy-versary!
 :Waiter: ...eww.