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[[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are installing wall-to-wall carpeting (also known as {{w|fitted carpet}}), which usually runs from the inner edge of one wall to the inner edge of a facing wall. Somehow, they have managed to mistakenly start laying the carpet against the outer edge of the wall without noticing. Despite encountering unfinished and uneven surfaces, plants, and other obstructions, they have not been clued in to their error, and have simply continued laying it for an unknown distance. Presumably, they will continue doing so until they encounter the outer wall of another building.
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[[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are installing wall-to-wall carpeting (also known as {{w|fitted carpet}}), which usually runs from the inner edge of one wall to the inner edge of a facing wall. Somehow, they have managed to mistakenly start laying the carpet against the outer edge of the wall without noticing. Despite encountering unfinished and uneven surfaces, plants, rocks, and other obstructions, they have not been clued in to their error, and have simply continued laying it for an unknown distance. Presumably, they would continue doing so until they encounter the outer wall of another building. They may be prevented from doing so, as it appears their last roll of carpet is about to run out.
  
 
The title text references {{w|skylight}}s, which are windows on ceilings. This implies that they think that they can see sky not because they are outside, but because they think it is a big skylight.
 
The title text references {{w|skylight}}s, which are windows on ceilings. This implies that they think that they can see sky not because they are outside, but because they think it is a big skylight.

Revision as of 09:35, 12 February 2026

Installation
Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?
Title text: Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?

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Megan and Cueball are installing wall-to-wall carpeting (also known as fitted carpet), which usually runs from the inner edge of one wall to the inner edge of a facing wall. Somehow, they have managed to mistakenly start laying the carpet against the outer edge of the wall without noticing. Despite encountering unfinished and uneven surfaces, plants, rocks, and other obstructions, they have not been clued in to their error, and have simply continued laying it for an unknown distance. Presumably, they would continue doing so until they encounter the outer wall of another building. They may be prevented from doing so, as it appears their last roll of carpet is about to run out.

The title text references skylights, which are windows on ceilings. This implies that they think that they can see sky not because they are outside, but because they think it is a big skylight.

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Discussion

This is what hiking trails should BE! Explainyourself (talk) 02:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

no. it would be better with waterslides. (/j) --Utdtutyabthsc (talk) 03:19, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
Hiking trail pavement needs to be sturdy enough to withstand hikers stomping up and down. It also needs to help their hiking boots grip the trail, or at least not do worse at that than bare dirt would. I am not convinced that carpet fits either of those criteria. GreatWyrmGold (talk) 04:15, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
But now you can hike in your socks. 82.13.184.33 09:40, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

I think this strip is a knowing reference to "outside the asylum", the inside-out home of Wonko the Sane in _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_.

https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/The_Outside_of_the_Asylum

https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Wonko_the_Sane

Lproven (talk) 09:09, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

How do you reckon that? Other than the presence of a carpet, how does it uniquely reference Wonko's setup, as opposed to being a coincidence? Elizium23 (talk) 10:07, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
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