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Can someone with more wiki-foo than me please put the actual images for the symbols in a new first column? [[User:Blackbearnh|Blackbearnh]] ([[User talk:Blackbearnh|talk]]) 03:01, 22 August 2023 (UTC) | Can someone with more wiki-foo than me please put the actual images for the symbols in a new first column? [[User:Blackbearnh|Blackbearnh]] ([[User talk:Blackbearnh|talk]]) 03:01, 22 August 2023 (UTC) | ||
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The direct link to the comic is getting a 404 error. But it appears at the xkcd.com home page. Barmar (talk) 01:31, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
- The link is working now. Nitpicking (talk) 02:33, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Randall is symbolizing sheep with a coil because ... wool takes a helical shape. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wool#/media/File:Royal_Winter_Fair_Wool.jpg. Nitpicking (talk) 02:33, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
The title text is probably a reference to the classic novella "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (a common classroom reading in the US). In this novella, a young Puritan woman "sins" by having a child out of wedlock. She is punished by having to wear the letter A (for adultery). Comsmomf (talk) 02:54, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Can someone with more wiki-foo than me please put the actual images for the symbols in a new first column? Blackbearnh (talk) 03:01, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
I tried, unsuccessfully, to learn if there were "Scarlet Letters" that represented other sins ['A' is mentioned to be for 'Adultery', Maybe 'O' for Onanism?] These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For (talk) 03:41, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
