20: Ferret - Revision history

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FaviFake at 09:20, 24 August 2023

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 [[Cueball]] built wings for his ferret and his friend asks why, indicating that it would be foolish to think that this would allow the ferret to fly. Cueball did, in fact, build these wings in hopes of allowing his ferret to fly, but dissembles in order to avoid losing face with his friend. Then the friend suggests they go play video games instead, while Cueball imagines the ferret actually flying. The fact that Cueball lies about his goal may be a commentary on abandoning dreams to avoid confronting societal expectations.
-The title text refers to the fact that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]'s brother in real life had such a pet ferret. As shown by the original caption, Randall drew this comic while the ferret was still alive, but then it passed away in between his posting it on [[LiveJournal]] and reposting it with a title text on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. He now wishes that it will rest in peace, as do we here at [[Main Page|explain xkcd]].
+The title text refers to the fact that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]'s brother in real life had such a pet ferret. As shown by the original caption, Randall drew this comic while the ferret was still alive, but then it passed away in between his posting it on [[LiveJournal]] and reposting it with a title text on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. He now wishes that it will rest in peace.
 This is the second in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://web.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:

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 [[Cueball]] built wings for his ferret and his friend asks why, indicating that it would be foolish to think that this would allow the ferret to fly. Cueball did, in fact, build these wings in hopes of allowing his ferret to fly, but dissembles in order to avoid losing face with his friend. Then the friend suggests they go play video games instead, while Cueball imagines the ferret actually flying. The fact that Cueball lies about his goal may be a commentary on abandoning dreams to avoid confronting societal expectations.
-The title text refers to the fact that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]'s brother in real life had such a pet ferret. As shown by the original caption, Randall drew this comic while the ferret was still alive, but then it passed away in between his posting it on [[LiveJournal]] and reposting it with a title text on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. He now wishes that it will rest in peace, as do we here at explain xkcd.
+The title text refers to the fact that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]'s brother in real life had such a pet ferret. As shown by the original caption, Randall drew this comic while the ferret was still alive, but then it passed away in between his posting it on [[LiveJournal]] and reposting it with a title text on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. He now wishes that it will rest in peace, as do we here at [[Main Page|explain xkcd]].
 This is the second in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://web.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:

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 | ognext    = 21
 | image     = ferret.jpg
-| titletext = My brother had a ferret he loved which died since I drew this strip. RIP.<br><br>''<div class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A16%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-My%20brother%20has Original caption</div>]:'' My brother has a ferret. He holds it like that and generally adores it. I have to concede that it's pretty cute, if smelly.
+| titletext = My brother had a ferret he loved which died since I drew this strip. RIP.<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A16%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-My%20brother%20has Original caption</span>]:'' My brother has a ferret. He holds it like that and generally adores it. I have to concede that it's pretty cute, if smelly.
 }}

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 | date      = October 14, 2005
 | title     = Ferret
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A16%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-My%20brother%20has Original title</span>]: '''Friday's Drawing'''</big></big>
+| ognumber  = 19
 | image     = ferret.jpg
-| titletext = My brother had a ferret he loved which died since I drew this strip. RIP.<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A16%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-My%20brother%20has Original caption</span>]: My brother has a ferret. He holds it like that and generally adores it. I have to concede that it's pretty cute, if smelly.
+| titletext = My brother had a ferret he loved which died since I drew this strip. RIP.<br><br>''<div class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A16%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-My%20brother%20has Original caption</div>]:'' My brother has a ferret. He holds it like that and generally adores it. I have to concede that it's pretty cute, if smelly.
 }}
-This was the nineteenth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[19: George Clinton]], and the next one was [[21: Kepler]].
+This was the nineteenth comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[19: George Clinton]], and the next one was [[21: Kepler]].
 ==Explanation==

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 }}
 This was the nineteenth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[19: George Clinton]], and the next one was [[21: Kepler]].
 [[Cueball]] built wings for his ferret and his friend asks why, indicating that it would be foolish to think that this would allow the ferret to fly. Cueball did, in fact, build these wings in hopes of allowing his ferret to fly, but dissembles in order to avoid losing face with his friend. Then the friend suggests they go play video games instead, while Cueball imagines the ferret actually flying. The fact that Cueball lies about his goal may be a commentary on abandoning dreams to avoid confronting societal expectations.

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 The title text refers to the fact that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]'s brother in real life had such a pet ferret. As shown by the original caption, Randall drew this comic while the ferret was still alive, but then it passed away in between his posting it on [[LiveJournal]] and reposting it with a title text on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. He now wishes that it will rest in peace.
-This is the second in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:
+This is the second in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://web.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:
 * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]]
 * [[20: Ferret]]

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 ==Trivia==
-A tank-top shirt based on this comic is available in the [https://store.xkcd.com/products/flying-ferret-tank-top xkcd store].
+The last panel of this comic used to be [https://web.archive.org/web/20211215200644/https://store.xkcd.com/products/flying-ferret-tank-top available as a T-shirt] in the xkcd store before it was [[Store|shut down]].
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+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
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