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</table>Nitpickinghttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=107505&oldid=prevDavidy22 at 03:32, 22 December 20152015-12-22T03:32:33Z<p></p>
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</table>Davidy22https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=107482&oldid=prev173.245.54.10 at 20:48, 21 December 20152015-12-21T20:48:30Z<p></p>
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</table>173.245.54.10https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=106751&oldid=prev162.158.152.227 at 23:12, 10 December 20152015-12-10T23:12:08Z<p></p>
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</table>162.158.152.227https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=106724&oldid=prevBentinata at 11:06, 10 December 20152015-12-10T11:06:56Z<p></p>
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</table>Bentinatahttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=106722&oldid=prevAcelightning: Added a reference to the song "Kites Are Fun"2015-12-10T09:47:41Z<p>Added a reference to the song "Kites Are Fun"</p>
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</table>Acelightninghttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=106720&oldid=prev162.158.152.119 at 09:15, 10 December 20152015-12-10T09:15:45Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>But it's not clear that the dog did come back with Beret Guy. The dog might have been chasing him. The title text does not say the dog has the ''bottom'' end of a string (ie, the kite string) in its mouth. Anyway, I don't understand the comic. I don't know what the dog is doing. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.32|198.41.238.32]] 06:24, 10 December 2015 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>But it's not clear that the dog did come back with Beret Guy. The dog might have been chasing him. The title text does not say the dog has the ''bottom'' end of a string (ie, the kite string) in its mouth. Anyway, I don't understand the comic. I don't know what the dog is doing. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.32|198.41.238.32]] 06:24, 10 December 2015 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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</table>162.158.152.119https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=106719&oldid=prev198.41.238.32: Meh.2015-12-10T06:24:29Z<p>Meh.</p>
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</table>198.41.238.32https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=106714&oldid=prev162.158.102.220: Maybe it is about perspective?2015-12-10T01:15:42Z<p>Maybe it is about perspective?</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>My original interpretation of the title text was that the "string" in the dog's mouth was the line connecting the dialog to the characters, e.g. the two lines connecting Megan and Beret Guy's dialog to their characters in the second panel.  So the voice drifting down from the sky was literally the words "Kites are fun!" being pulled (perhaps uttered?) by the dog. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.8|108.162.216.8]] 14:37, 9 December 2015 (UTC)Pat</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>My original interpretation of the title text was that the "string" in the dog's mouth was the line connecting the dialog to the characters, e.g. the two lines connecting Megan and Beret Guy's dialog to their characters in the second panel.  So the voice drifting down from the sky was literally the words "Kites are fun!" being pulled (perhaps uttered?) by the dog. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.8|108.162.216.8]] 14:37, 9 December 2015 (UTC)Pat</div></td></tr>
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</table>162.158.102.220https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1614:_Kites&diff=106693&oldid=prev173.245.54.35 at 16:47, 9 December 20152015-12-09T16:47:04Z<p></p>
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