Talk:1117: My Sky

2012-10-05T20:41:50Z

Carlneely:

I wonder if the "It's not the same color as anything" line is a reference to Microsoft's cloud service which is named "Azure". "Azure" in conventional speech, is a color. Properly, is a shade of Sky Blue. However, the HTML color Azure is incorrect (propagated from an error in the Linux source code), and is set to a shade of Off-White, coincidentally making it the color of clouds. [[User:jamescurran|James Curran]]

Why was the comment taken out about how "WOW" upside down is "MOM"? I thought it was incredibly clever. http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1117:_My_Sky&oldid=13991 [[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 19:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Jeff suggested that I post it again down here, to see if anyone knew why it was removed.

An alternate explanation for the Title Text is that, if he was hanging upside-down from the earth, then Randall's actual first word would have been "Mom!".

--[[User:Carlneely|Carlneely]] ([[User talk:Carlneely|talk]]) 20:41, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

1117: My Sky

2012-10-05T13:12:55Z

Carlneely:

{{comic
| number = 1117
| date = October 5, 2012
| title = My Sky
| image = my_sky.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = According to my mom, my first word was (looking up at the sky) 'Wow!'
}}

==Explanation==

This comic seems to be a follow up to [[1115: Sky]].

Last panel refers to [[wikipedia:Cloud_computing|cloud computing]], and looks like follow up to [[1032: Networking]].

If he was hanging upside-down from the earth, then his actual first word was, "Mom!".

==Transcript==
:[Beret guy is doing a handstand, and has the same 'inverted' world perspective, as in his latest appearance (1115: Sky) prior to this]

:Beret guy <to a solitary cumulus cloud> : "Oh- Hello down there! Welcome to My Sky!"

:[The panel is now oriented in the conventional sense with the ground at the bottom. Beret guy is standing on his feet too, and the sky now shows a second cloud.]

:Beret guy <continuing to talk to the cloud> : "It's pretty good. I like it. It's not the same color as ''anything''."

:[The sky is now blanketed by alto-cirrus clouds]

:Beret guy <still talking to clouds>: "Wow! There are a ''lot'' of you! Good thing it's so big."

:[The scene now depicts a party, where Beret guy is talking to a girl]

:Girl: "And what do ''you'' do?"
:Beret Guy: "I'm in the [[wikipedia:Cloud_storage|cloud storage]] business."

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