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| | So I came here because I was baffled that the rhyme didn't start as I learned it, with "Gimme five!" and then proceeds with "Up high!" but then, I was on the receiving end of this prank, so I eventually launched my own attack force on the playground. But the first Henway I heard, around the same time (mid-1980s) from my sister: "I know a man with snew in his blood." "What's snew?"... etc. Except when I tried that on people, they would just go "Dracula, right?" [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 05:23, 24 May 2023 (UTC) | | So I came here because I was baffled that the rhyme didn't start as I learned it, with "Gimme five!" and then proceeds with "Up high!" but then, I was on the receiving end of this prank, so I eventually launched my own attack force on the playground. But the first Henway I heard, around the same time (mid-1980s) from my sister: "I know a man with snew in his blood." "What's snew?"... etc. Except when I tried that on people, they would just go "Dracula, right?" [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 05:23, 24 May 2023 (UTC) |
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| − | ; When does a war start?
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| | Doesn't the war start when the invasion fleet arrives on Earth, and not when it leaves Proxima Centauri B? [[User:Fatold|Fatold]] ([[User talk:Fatold|talk]]) 13:50, 24 May 2023 (UTC) | | Doesn't the war start when the invasion fleet arrives on Earth, and not when it leaves Proxima Centauri B? [[User:Fatold|Fatold]] ([[User talk:Fatold|talk]]) 13:50, 24 May 2023 (UTC) |
| − | :I was thinking the same thing, but I think there is an argument that the ''war'' starts when it is declared, while the ''fighting'' or ''battle'' may start later. -FH [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.158|162.158.159.158]] 16:20, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
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| − | ::It can be argued whether it's when news arrives of the declaration. Though that should be ahead of the fleet (or simultaneous with it, ''de facto'' if not ''de jure'').
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| − | ::It's perhaps more message than action for {{w|Phoney War|WW2}} in 1939, or action than message for {{w|Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire|the US}}.
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| − | ::(For those who consider that the conflicts starting in 1931/1935/1937/whatever, and seemlessly became WW2 at some point up to or including 1941, you can hold to your own ordering of the requisite events.)
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| − | ::Though if the act of starting the war involves the assasination of some visiting figure who forms part of a line of succession (hereditary royalty or constitutional figurehead of any other kind) then the simultaneity of the role passing on to their successor is a question that might need addressing... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.80|172.70.91.80]] 17:46, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
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| − | So, a possible timeline in days:
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| − | Day 0. Up High message sent.
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| − | Day 1551. Up High message received, and 5 days of discussion follows.
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| − | Day 3107. Reply received. Down Low message sent next day.
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| − | Day 4659. Down Low message received, and 5 days of discussion follows.
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| − | Day 6184. Too Slow message sent a month in advance.
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| − | Day 6215. Reply received- too late.
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| − | Day 7735. Too Slow message received. Proxima prepares for war.
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| − | Day 7760. Invasion plan finalized. Fleet launched.
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| − | Day 9317. Earth starts preparing for war.
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| − | Day 9360. Earth launches fleet.
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| − | Day 129044. Fleets meet. All crew members deceased.
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| − | Day 129668. Truce called by Proxima.
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| − | Day 129971. Truce called by Earth.
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| − | Day 131219. Truce accepted by Earth.
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| − | Day 131522. Truce accepted by Proxima.
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| − | Day 132662. Randall Munroe IX sends Up High message.
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| − | Day 134213. Up High message received...
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| − | [[Special:Contributions/172.71.255.6|172.71.255.6]] 23:59, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
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| − | Did you notice that even if the reply for "Down low" had been sent immediately, it would have never got to Earth before the "too slow" message was sent? Trolling at the finest level. {{unsigned ip|172.69.35.134|13:07, 2 July 2023}}
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| − | :...yes, we did? "...Randall successfully pranks the aliens by sending the "too slow" message before their "Low-5" message can even arrive on Earth...". [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.142|172.70.91.142]] 17:01, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
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