Talk:690: Semicontrolled Demolition

2013-04-09T05:52:57Z

203.104.11.11:

Sorry haven't posted before so probably doing this in the wrong way. The description says there's no video footage of the first plane, but there's a video taken of firefighters checking man hole covers who caught it. It's on you tube, but I didn't think it was right to post the link.

Edit: on second look I see a link has been put to second impact, so no reason not to post link to first:

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g6V8KZE3GA]]

[[Special:Contributions/86.150.177.79|86.150.177.79]] 09:58, 5 April 2013 (UTC) Bob

: Thanks for your input, and you're right! I corrected that in the explanation.
: You only "did this in the wrong way" in that you should have edited directly the explanation [[File:Face-wink.svg|20px]]. As on most wikis, the general motto here is ''[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold]]'': don't hesitate, just do it!
: Thanks again - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 10:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

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Is it just me or is the bottom part of it blanked out for everyone? http://xkcd.com/690/
[[Special:Contributions/203.104.11.12|203.104.11.12]] 12:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

It seems as if it is censored. [[Special:Contributions/203.104.11.11|203.104.11.11]] 05:52, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

81: Attention, shopper

2012-11-09T01:15:43Z

203.104.11.11:

{{comic
| number = 81
| date = March 27, 2006
| title = Attention, shopper
| image = attention_shopper.jpg
| imagesize =
| titletext = There's a red convertible outside my building with the license plate ‘DADS MNY'.
}}

==Explanation==
I haven't heard it done lately, but a stereotypical loudspeaker announcement (often referenced in TV and film) is one in which a store employee (or anyone else in charge somewhere where people gather, like church or a school) announces that a certain colour and model of car has its lights on, or is blocking another car, or is about to be towed. A licence plate is sometimes included for greater clarity.

The {{w|Dodge Viper}} SRT-10 was a version of the Dodge Viper available on the third and fourth generations of Viper from 2003-2010. It was a very expensive sports car.

In this case, [[Black Hat]] is up to his old ways as, in addition to announcing that an SRT-10 has its lights on, he also announces that it has had its windshield smashed with a golf club. He clearly only knows what instrument was used because he is holding the golf club (and presumably was the one who smashed the windshield). Thus, in an ironic sense, Black Hat is making an announcement which would usually helpful in an ironic sense after having done something hurtful to the car.

The two license plates in the comic are personalized license plates, which are plates with a custom set of characters which you can pay for if you desire. They typically are intended to represent words but often have vowels missing to save characters, or numbers in place of letters. The one in the comic-proper is clearly "My Toy" – suggesting that the owner was bragging about his car and perhaps that he has lots of money which may have irritated Black Hat; the plate in the image text is most likely "Dad's Money", which [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] suggests is a real plate on a car outside his building, suggesting that the driver's father paid for the car. Not something the average person would want to brag about, as it seems fairly cocky, and also suggests that the person can't afford the car on their own.

==Transcript==
:[Hat guy is holding a golf club and speaking into a P.A. system]
:Hat guy: Attention,
:Hat guy: To the owner of a Dodge Viper SRT-10 with license plate "MYTOY", your lights are on and your windshield was just smashed with a golf club.

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
[[Category:Comics from 2006]]

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