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User:GallantChaos

2013-09-22T18:13:18Z

GallantChaos:

GallantChaos is a user that lives in Indiana. He has some previous usernames under Zodiac and Zoomnfast from various online services. He switched to the GallantChaos username in April 2013, with the Creation of his League of Legends account.

User:GallantChaos

2013-09-22T18:12:47Z

GallantChaos: Created page with "GallantChaos is a user that lives in Indiana. He has some previous usernames under Zodiac and Zoomnfast from various online services. He switched to the GallantChaos username ..."

GallantChaos is a user that lives in Indiana. He has some previous usernames under Zodiac and Zoomnfast from various online services. He switched to the GallantChaos username in April, with the Creation of his League of Legends account.

Talk:148: Mispronouncing

2013-09-22T18:08:55Z

GallantChaos:

The "airpart" could be referencing a Saint Louis accent, rather than intentional mispronunciation. [[Special:Contributions/130.160.145.185|130.160.145.185]] 19:48, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that Emad is supposed to refer to Ahmed, and is some sort of joke about Muslim terrorists.[[User:GallantChaos|GallantChaos]] ([[User talk:GallantChaos|talk]]) 18:08, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

148: Mispronouncing

2013-09-22T18:05:32Z

GallantChaos: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 148
| date = August 25, 2006
| title = Mispronouncing
| image = mispronouncing.png
| titletext = 'My pal Emad does this all the time. 'Hey man, which way to the airpart?'
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}
This is the sixth comic in [[My Hobby]] series. In this comic, as a hobby, [[Cueball]] is deliberately mispronouncing words while talking. [[Randall]] is saying that it is his hobby too. Hobbies in "My Hobby" series are generally annoying, weird or sometimes clever. This hobby is an annoying one as despite being corrected by other person, Cueball persists in mispronouncing his words. Randall suggests in the title text that he got idea for this comic as one of his friends keep doing this.

Interestingly, "blag" is how Randall calls [http://blag.xkcd.com his blog]
*Wobsite = Website
*Blag = Blog
*Airpart = Airport

==Transcript==
:Cueball: Yeah, did you see what he said on his wobsite?
:Man 2: ...his what?
:Cueball: Wobsite.
:Man 2: ... I think you mean "website."
:Cueball: Why don't you write about it in your blag?

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Language]]
[[Category:My Hobby]]

Talk:57: Wait For Me

2013-09-22T17:51:04Z

GallantChaos:

This could also be a reference to relativity, but I may be overthinking it. [[Special:Contributions/130.160.145.185|130.160.145.185]] 06:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm going with the more fantastical route. Cueball could have gone to Narnia in the ninety seconds she was gone. He could have had an affair and a child that is her age within that time. [[Special:Contributions/72.193.184.110|72.193.184.110]] 10:51, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

And is maybe even a half-fawn? ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 23:06, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Who is "Scott"? He is mentioned here a couple of times so, we do need a category for him at this wiki.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:27, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
:We already have [[Scott|a page for him]]. I've adjusted the two pages that refer to him in the title text to wikilink his name like the third already did. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 01:37, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

The 90 seconds could refer to time to read the comic for some people?[[Special:Contributions/87.242.215.146|87.242.215.146]] 14:13, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

I strongly feel that cueball is making a joke about relativity. [[Special:Contributions/199.107.68.166|199.107.68.166]] 19:22, 20 September 2013

The joke is about relativity. A very popular example found in books is the so-called twin paradox, where one brother stays on earth and the other travels at a speed of light. When the traveling twin returns, he finds his brother having aged years while only hours had passed for the traveler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox

[[Special:Contributions/75.109.152.5|75.109.152.5]] 05:41, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

I feel pretty strongly that Cueball's hesitation is more because he is embarrassed, than because he is joking. bringing cueball's son into the situation would then pull relativity into the matter. [[User:GallantChaos|GallantChaos]] ([[User talk:GallantChaos|talk]]) 17:51, 22 September 2013 (UTC)