3130: Predicament - Revision history

Alstocras: /* Explanation */ pedantic capitalization, and linking to the Cueball page.

2026-01-29T14:56:12Z

‎Explanation: pedantic capitalization, and linking to the Cueball page.

82.132.186.222: /* Explanation */ "Getting stilts off" is a technically different issue to "getting off stilts", and may just swap one problem for another... ;)

2025-12-25T12:32:00Z

‎Explanation: "Getting stilts off" is a technically different issue to "getting off stilts", and may just swap one problem for another... ;)

TheErgster: Added explanation parts as well as removed incomplete explination tag

2025-12-25T03:48:30Z

Added explanation parts as well as removed incomplete explination tag

TheErgster: Added input as I have use stilts before (its not as hard as it looks

2025-11-13T14:52:54Z

Added input as I have use stilts before (its not as hard as it looks

Duralumin-here: /* Removed line breaks for first two panels*/

2025-11-10T16:12:25Z

‎Removed line breaks for first two panels

BobcatInABox: /* Transcript */

2025-09-12T22:40:55Z

‎Transcript

BobcatInABox: /* Transcript */

2025-09-12T22:39:53Z

‎Transcript

92.17.62.87: Undo revision 386050 by 2001:4450:813D:C800:7D64:758:9810:CB82 (talk) No such category. If you feel there should be, needs better name.

2025-09-06T20:09:39Z

Undo revision 386050 by 2001:4450:813D:C800:7D64:758:9810:CB82 (talk) No such category. If you feel there should be, needs better name.

2001:4450:813D:C800:7D64:758:9810:CB82 at 11:27, 6 September 2025

2025-09-06T11:27:25Z

Mathmaster at 00:57, 27 August 2025

2025-08-27T00:57:41Z

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic describes a person with stilts asking cueball to use his phone. Before he can say what he wants him to do with the phone, Cueball immediately knows that he wants to know how to get off stilts.
+This comic describes a person with stilts asking [[Cueball]] to use his phone. Before he can say what he wants him to do with the phone, Cueball immediately knows that he wants to know how to get off stilts.
 For someone who has never worn stilts before, the method to get down from them safely is not obvious. We can't see the stilt user's feet or legs in the pictures, and the way to get off them will vary depending on whether they are the type of stilt that is braced by a strap around the lower leg or the type where the stilt pole extends upwards and is held in the hand. Based on [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+get+down+from+stilts Googling how to get down from stilts], it seems that one method for the latter is to use the steps that are built into the stilts themselves, commonly called 'pegs'. These act like a very wobbly ladder and allow you to climb up and down the stilts. Other methods include leaning against a wall, bracing the stilts at the bottom of the wall, and carefully stepping (or, as in the case with the image when there appear to be no pegs, sliding) down the stilts. Another technique is to climb onto (and off) the stilts from a platform at roughly the same height as the (top) stilt pegs, such as a balcony or deck.

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 For someone who has never worn stilts before, the method to get down from them safely is not obvious. We can't see the stilt user's feet or legs in the pictures, and the way to get off them will vary depending on whether they are the type of stilt that is braced by a strap around the lower leg or the type where the stilt pole extends upwards and is held in the hand. Based on [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+get+down+from+stilts Googling how to get down from stilts], it seems that one method for the latter is to use the steps that are built into the stilts themselves, commonly called 'pegs'. These act like a very wobbly ladder and allow you to climb up and down the stilts. Other methods include leaning against a wall, bracing the stilts at the bottom of the wall, and carefully stepping (or, as in the case with the image when there appear to be no pegs, sliding) down the stilts. Another technique is to climb onto (and off) the stilts from a platform at roughly the same height as the (top) stilt pegs, such as a balcony or deck.
-For someone who has worn stilts before, the method for getting down from stilts is simply finding a place to sit where your stilts can touch the floor. Then, all that is required to do is to take the stilts off and climb down. There are more complex methods that tend to vary based on the type of stilts used and how one is secured into them. However, as long as you have a place to sit, getting stilts off is simple.
+For someone who has worn stilts before, the method for getting down from stilts is simply finding a place to sit where your stilts can touch the floor. Then, all that is required to do is to take the stilts off and climb down. There are more complex methods that tend to vary based on the type of stilts used and how one is secured into them. However, as long as you have a place to sit, getting stilts off is simple – though leaving you with the possible dilemma of how to get off the place you now sit, instead.
 It is somewhat surprising that someone has sufficient mastery to walk and stand still on such high stilts, without also having learnt how to dismount from them, as practicing more than once requires getting off the stilts. One might also expect that someone in this situation might seek rather more direct assistance than looking things up on the internet. [[Randall]] may be lampooning the widespread tendency in today's world to automatically resort to Google for every query that crops up.

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 ==Explanation==
 This comic describes a person with stilts asking cueball to use his phone. Before he can say what he wants him to do with the phone, Cueball immediately knows that he wants to know how to get off stilts.
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 For someone who has never worn stilts before, the method to get down from them safely is not obvious. We can't see the stilt user's feet or legs in the pictures, and the way to get off them will vary depending on whether they are the type of stilt that is braced by a strap around the lower leg or the type where the stilt pole extends upwards and is held in the hand. Based on [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+get+down+from+stilts Googling how to get down from stilts], it seems that one method for the latter is to use the steps that are built into the stilts themselves, commonly called 'pegs'. These act like a very wobbly ladder and allow you to climb up and down the stilts. Other methods include leaning against a wall, bracing the stilts at the bottom of the wall, and carefully stepping (or, as in the case with the image when there appear to be no pegs, sliding) down the stilts. Another technique is to climb onto (and off) the stilts from a platform at roughly the same height as the (top) stilt pegs, such as a balcony or deck.
-For someone who has worn stilts before, the method for getting down from stilts is simply finding a place to sit where your stilts can touch the floor. Then, all that is required to do is to take the stilts off and climb down. There are more complex methods that tend to vary based on the type of stilts used and how one is secured into them.
+For someone who has worn stilts before, the method for getting down from stilts is simply finding a place to sit where your stilts can touch the floor. Then, all that is required to do is to take the stilts off and climb down. There are more complex methods that tend to vary based on the type of stilts used and how one is secured into them. However, as long as you have a place to sit, getting stilts off is simple.
 It is somewhat surprising that someone has sufficient mastery to walk and stand still on such high stilts, without also having learnt how to dismount from them, as practicing more than once requires getting off the stilts. One might also expect that someone in this situation might seek rather more direct assistance than looking things up on the internet. [[Randall]] may be lampooning the widespread tendency in today's world to automatically resort to Google for every query that crops up.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|Further research or input from someone who's actually ridden stilts welcomed. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
+{{incomplete|Further input from someone who's actually ridden stilts welcomed. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
 This comic describes a person with stilts asking cueball to use his phone. Before he can say what he wants him to do with the phone, Cueball immediately knows that he wants to know how to get off stilts.
 For someone who has never worn stilts before, the method to get down from them safely is not obvious. We can't see the stilt user's feet or legs in the pictures, and the way to get off them will vary depending on whether they are the type of stilt that is braced by a strap around the lower leg or the type where the stilt pole extends upwards and is held in the hand. Based on [https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+get+down+from+stilts Googling how to get down from stilts], it seems that one method for the latter is to use the steps that are built into the stilts themselves, commonly called 'pegs'. These act like a very wobbly ladder and allow you to climb up and down the stilts. Other methods include leaning against a wall, bracing the stilts at the bottom of the wall, and carefully stepping (or, as in the case with the image when there appear to be no pegs, sliding) down the stilts. Another technique is to climb onto (and off) the stilts from a platform at roughly the same height as the (top) stilt pegs, such as a balcony or deck.
 It is somewhat surprising that someone has sufficient mastery to walk and stand still on such high stilts, without also having learnt how to dismount from them, as practicing more than once requires getting off the stilts. One might also expect that someone in this situation might seek rather more direct assistance than looking things up on the internet. [[Randall]] may be lampooning the widespread tendency in today's world to automatically resort to Google for every query that crops up.

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 :[On the left a long stick enters the panel from near the top left. There are "tap tap" sounds where the stick hits the ground. Cueball is on the right, looking left towards the stick.]
 :Tap Tap
 :[There are now two long sticks closer to the middle of the panel. They cross near the top, and the stick makes three taps near the bottom. Cueball is still looking at them and looking down.]
 :Tap Tap Tap

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