Talk:2607: Geiger Counter - Revision history

78.144.255.82 at 21:25, 15 December 2025

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180.181.250.224 at 20:57, 15 December 2025

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IJustWantToEditStuff at 20:43, 23 January 2023

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IJustWantToEditStuff at 20:43, 23 January 2023

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Davidy22: Don't edit other people's talk messages

2022-06-04T00:31:16Z

Don't edit other people's talk messages

162.158.50.26: Better wording

2022-06-03T22:49:00Z

Better wording

108.162.229.57: Move edits about birds-on-the-wire into subcategory

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Move edits about birds-on-the-wire into subcategory

141.101.69.176: Move edits about birds-on-the-wire into the subcategory

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Move edits about birds-on-the-wire into the subcategory

141.101.69.46: explain "birds sitting on the wire", in dedicated subsection

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explain "birds sitting on the wire", in dedicated subsection

172.70.210.189 at 15:03, 18 April 2022

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 :I suggest you stand under a wire with lots of birds on it for a while. It will hit you. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:32, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 :Dirty birdy in the sky, why you do that in my eye? Boy I'm glad that cows can't fly! [[User:TCMits|TCMits]] ([[User talk:TCMits|talk]]) 14:15, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
-::I thought they were canaries (toxic gas)
+::I thought they were canaries (toxic gas) {{unsigned ip|180.181.250.224|20:57, 15 December 2025}}
 I thought it meant the birds were dangerously mutated because of the radioactivity, but now I understand. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.84|172.69.34.84]] 22:00, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 :Just make sure you don't open your mouth and tilt your head back. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.63|172.70.90.63]] 22:59, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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 :I suggest you stand under a wire with lots of birds on it for a while. It will hit you. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:32, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 :Dirty birdy in the sky, why you do that in my eye? Boy I'm glad that cows can't fly! [[User:TCMits|TCMits]] ([[User talk:TCMits|talk]]) 14:15, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
+::I thought they were canaries (toxic gas)
 I thought it meant the birds were dangerously mutated because of the radioactivity, but now I understand. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.84|172.69.34.84]] 22:00, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 :Just make sure you don't open your mouth and tilt your head back. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.63|172.70.90.63]] 22:59, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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	At first I didn't understand why they were warning me about the boomerang, but then it hit me... (Yes, I may have stolen that joke from Milton Jones.) --[[User:IByte\|IByte]] ([[User talk:IByte\|talk]]) 09:02, 17 April 2022 (UTC)		At first I didn't understand why they were warning me about the boomerang, but then it hit me... (Yes, I may have stolen that joke from Milton Jones.) --[[User:IByte\|IByte]] ([[User talk:IByte\|talk]]) 09:02, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

−	I swear I've seen this exact comic before, why was it reposted?	+	I swear I've seen this exact comic before, why was it reposted? [[User:IJustWantToEditStuff\|IJustWantToEditStuff]] ([[User talk:IJustWantToEditStuff\|talk]]) 20:43, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

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	At first I didn't understand why they were warning me about the boomerang, but then it hit me... (Yes, I may have stolen that joke from Milton Jones.) --[[User:IByte\|IByte]] ([[User talk:IByte\|talk]]) 09:02, 17 April 2022 (UTC)		At first I didn't understand why they were warning me about the boomerang, but then it hit me... (Yes, I may have stolen that joke from Milton Jones.) --[[User:IByte\|IByte]] ([[User talk:IByte\|talk]]) 09:02, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
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 == Title text: birds sitting on the wire ==
-"Sitting/standing on the wire" is a German idiom ("Auf der Leitung sitzen/stehen"), translated to English literally.  It means to not understand something, and is used primarily with concepts that supposedly are easy to understand.  For example, not getting a joke.  The birds are not part of the German idiom itself.  Birds were chosen because they can sit on wires literally (think: Alfred Hichcocks' movie), yet also understand (or not understand) something and thus be subject of the idiom.  It's quirky but somewhat works for the joke.  If you want to carry on with the idea of literally-translated German idioms, the word "birds" can refer to "people".  The title text then reads:  "At first I didn't get why they were warning me about all the people who don't understand it, but then I understood."  [[Special:Contributions/141.101.69.46|141.101.69.46]] 22:10, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
+"Sitting/standing on the wire" is a German idiom ("Auf der Leitung sitzen/stehen"), translated to English literally.  It means to not understand something, and is used primarily with concepts that supposedly are easy to understand.  For example, not getting a joke.  The birds are not part of the German idiom itself.  Birds were chosen because they can sit on wires literally (think: Alfred Hichcocks' movie), yet also understand (or not understand) something and thus be subject of the idiom.  It's quirky but somewhat works for the joke.  If you want to carry on with the idea of literally-translated German idioms, the word "birds" can refer to "funny/strange people".  The title text then translates to:  "At first I didn't get why they were warning me about all those funny people who didn't get it, but then I understood."  [[Special:Contributions/141.101.69.46|141.101.69.46]] 22:10, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 I do not understand the joke in the title text, so if somebody could please write an explanation, that would be great.

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 :::When is the best time for delivery? After a pregnant pause. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.199|172.70.178.199]] 15:19, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
 ::Many dad jokes will not become apparent until they are full groan. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.210.189|172.70.210.189]] 15:03, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 Randall, come here. Yes, right there. Stand still. THWACK! THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK! That is all, you may go now. 20:41, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
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 Living in Manhattan, you learn to notice when an area is full of bird droppings and avoid standing there.  You also need to pay attention when parking your car.  Certain lamp posts (where the lamp is cantilevered over the street) near Central Park often tend to have a large accumulation under them. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.178|108.162.246.178]] 19:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 == Leonard Cohen reference? ==

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 Living in Manhattan, you learn to notice when an area is full of bird droppings and avoid standing there.  You also need to pay attention when parking your car.  Certain lamp posts (where the lamp is cantilevered over the street) near Central Park often tend to have a large accumulation under them. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.178|108.162.246.178]] 19:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 Randall, come here. Yes, right there. Stand still. THWACK! THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK THWACK! That is all, you may go now. 20:41, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 The explanation makes clear the side of the pun regarding the Geiger counting clicking, but for non-native English speakers, the phrase "it clicked" meaning "I understood" may need clarification. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.213|162.158.166.213]] 21:17, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 Also possibly related to this news story https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/unprotected-russian-soldiers-disturbed-radioactive-dust-chernobyls-red-forest-2022-03-28/
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 Dates for the Trinity Site Open House are April 2 and October 15 for 2022. Bring your own geiger counter. [[User:TCMits|TCMits]] ([[User talk:TCMits|talk]]) 14:15, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 :...and possibly a time-machine? ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.43|162.158.159.43]] 15:06, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 == Leonard Cohen reference? ==

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 ::When does it become apparent?  After the delivery. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.223|172.69.33.223]] 17:30, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 :::When is the best time for delivery? After a pregnant pause. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.199|172.70.178.199]] 15:19, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
 I added telegraph wires (UK-only term, possibly, and anachronistic as they are telephone cables, so feel free to change to be US-centric) and birds seem happy to sit on pole-suspended POTS cables as much as power-lines, so the linked heat-effect thing is definitely a minority necessity. I think it's just a perch. Though we probably have more signal-wires. Most(?) streets more than a few decades old have telegraph poles feeding wires to established properties (even if cable/FTTP has been dug into trenches) but mains electricity tends to have been subsurface for much longer, with only HV national/rural-area transmission grids up on pylons/poles. Obviously there ''are'' a lot more perching birds out in the countryside, where they may dominate (but still the 'telegraph' may follow road or rail routes to service the villages and isolated inhabitations along them) but you don't tend to see birds atop the larger lines at all... Too high up? ''Too'' hot? I've seen rooks/etc happily doing a Hitchcock upon a pylon itself, apparently enjoying the communal view. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.63|172.70.90.63]] 18:54, 15 April 2022 (UTC)