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: Well, I saw a straight wordplay belt→glove there. --[[User:Mormegil|Mormegil]] ([[User talk:Mormegil|talk]]) 14:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC) | : Well, I saw a straight wordplay belt→glove there. --[[User:Mormegil|Mormegil]] ([[User talk:Mormegil|talk]]) 14:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC) | ||
| + | : Gauntlet and gantlet are both fitting and humorous in the context. Homophones are great. [[Special:Contributions/98.240.130.17|98.240.130.17]] 17:41, 22 March 2013 (UTC) | ||
There were several stories two days ago saying it had left, then a correction from NASA saying it didn't. | There were several stories two days ago saying it had left, then a correction from NASA saying it didn't. | ||
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Uh, not all tally marks are Doctor Who references. Alpha (talk) 05:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is Randall getting lazy? Most of the past comics have been simplistic, easy-to-draw charts.
Oh, was he talking about the glove? I though it was referring to "running the gauntlet" for some reason. --123.243.217.72 07:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
No, that's "running the gantlet." Two words which are often confused for each other. Plus you could run a gantlet of people whacking you with their gauntlets. 63.241.174.129 13:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
He almost certainly meant 'gantlet'; I think Randall just got the two words confused (it happens frequently. At this point, dictionary.com lists both spellings as synonymous.) The medieval punishment makes much more sense in context (ie: lots of things that could potentially hit Voyageur.)24.70.188.179 13:31, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
- Well, I saw a straight wordplay belt→glove there. --Mormegil (talk) 14:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
- Gauntlet and gantlet are both fitting and humorous in the context. Homophones are great. 98.240.130.17 17:41, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
There were several stories two days ago saying it had left, then a correction from NASA saying it didn't. http://science.time.com/2013/03/20/humanity-leaves-the-solar-system-35-years-later-voyager-offically-exits-the-heliosphere/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2416867,00.asp http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20130320.html Bugefun (talk) 07:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Is it just me or is it unclear why are there sixteen leaving events described in the title text but twenty-two tally marks on the comic? 188.221.199.135 07:39, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
I just keep hoping that my children will be interested in space. Too late for me, NASA wouldn't want me, but surely my genes are still ok, I hope. To follow voyager down the rabbit hole of our expectations, what else can father ever ask? 166.147.120.177 08:05, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
No it is not just you why there are 22 tick marks, and only 16 countable exits.192.231.124.16 12:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
The Crystal Sphere may refer to a David Brin story used to explain the fermi paradox of why we have had no alien contact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres Schmammel (talk) 14:37, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
