Comments on: A Literary xkcd http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/ A bookworm journalist blogs on literature and life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Kim Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:21:29 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-564 Louise: It's a robotic vacuum cleaner -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba Louise: It’s a robotic vacuum cleaner — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba

]]> By: Louise http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Louise Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:00:27 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-563 So what is a roomba? So what is a roomba?

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Kim Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:29:02 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-560 Kim L: Yes you do! I didn't know what "Left 4 Dead" was. monnibo: I used to love Rugrats! I must have missed that when I read the Wikipedia thing about "Gift of the Magi." Kim L: Yes you do! I didn’t know what “Left 4 Dead” was.

monnibo: I used to love Rugrats! I must have missed that when I read the Wikipedia thing about “Gift of the Magi.”

]]> By: monnibo http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-561 monnibo Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:45:21 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-561 I caught onto the change, but I couldn't remember where I knew it from! I looked at all the references -- where it's been used (the idea)... and it was actually the kids TV show Rugrats! hahaha :) Thanks for expanding my horizons! I caught onto the change, but I couldn’t remember where I knew it from! I looked at all the references — where it’s been used (the idea)… and it was actually the kids TV show Rugrats! hahaha :) Thanks for expanding my horizons!

]]> By: Kim L http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Kim L Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:48:25 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-562 Do I get extra credit for knowing what a Roomba and "Left 4 Dead" are AND knowing the O Henry reference? Alas, I was not an English major. But I did see a Christmas play one year based on the famous short story. Do I get extra credit for knowing what a Roomba and “Left 4 Dead” are AND knowing the O Henry reference?

Alas, I was not an English major. But I did see a Christmas play one year based on the famous short story.

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Kim Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:39:44 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-559 Jena: I think the idea behind "The Gift of the Magi" is pretty well-known, but I don't know how many people know it's a short story by O. Henry, but I could be wrong on that. I just like to think I'm smart enough to get literary references :) Jena: I think the idea behind “The Gift of the Magi” is pretty well-known, but I don’t know how many people know it’s a short story by O. Henry, but I could be wrong on that. I just like to think I’m smart enough to get literary references :)

]]> By: Raych http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Raych Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:33:32 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-558 I saw this comic yesterday and laughed so hard I forwarded it to my sister, but I TOTALLY missed the lit reference. Hawhoops! I saw this comic yesterday and laughed so hard I forwarded it to my sister, but I TOTALLY missed the lit reference. Hawhoops!

]]> By: Jena http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Jena Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:45:01 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-557 I, too, love my English nerdiness, and I knew the story at once, too. But The Gift of the Magi's not really obscure, is it? I, too, love my English nerdiness, and I knew the story at once, too. But The Gift of the Magi’s not really obscure, is it?

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Kim Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:10:28 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-556 To everyone: Ha ha, I know, this made me laugh a lot. Nothing like a good English joke around the holidays. Rebecca: It took me a second to figure out what those things were too. There are worse things not to be "in the know" about :) To everyone: Ha ha, I know, this made me laugh a lot. Nothing like a good English joke around the holidays.

Rebecca: It took me a second to figure out what those things were too. There are worse things not to be “in the know” about :)

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2008/11/a-literary-xkcd/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Rebecca Reid Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:35:33 +0000 http://grayskyeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1108#comment-555 I didn't get it because I didn't know what "left 4 dead" and "roomba" were. It distracted me... Negative points for me for not being "in the know" in 2008. I didn’t get it because I didn’t know what “left 4 dead” and “roomba” were. It distracted me… Negative points for me for not being “in the know” in 2008.

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