Talk:the chair

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Decompiling

Can somebody decompile the flash file to see if there is anything actually hidden in the picture or when Strong Bad takes off his mask? It seems like something TBC might put into the flash as a "super secret easter egg". -AtionSong 21:56, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Way ahead of ya! --Echeese 22:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

We's already done. The picture is blank, and here's his face without the chair there: [1] (courtesy of The Mu). --DorianGray

I'm not as computer-smart as you guys are, so can someone explain how you do that?--Martin925 04:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Danube Largo?

I was going to say this is a reference to the Danube river, but then I realized it's probably also a parody of a real person's name. So I'm waiting to see if anyone else has dirt on this. Octan 22:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Not of any furniture designer that I'm aware of. I don't think it's a reference to the river so much as to the trend towards nature-related names, such as River, Skye, or Willow.--H-ko 01:59, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Wasn't Largo the villain in Thunderbird? (007 movie, for those of you wondering) Could that be a possible reference? Bluebry 02:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Thunderball is the Bond flick. Thunderbird is a car. — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 11:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Largo is Italian for "slow". But that has little relevance to its usage here. I think it's likely just something they put together to sound foreign. I don't see a reason to think into it any deeper than that. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  02:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Largo is a common word. It STILL may be a reference. Just suggesting it. Bluebry 03:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

An die Schöne Blaue Donau is a world-famous waltz, known in English as "The Blue Danube Waltz," or "The Blue Danube," or "The Danube Waltz." Waltz can be a musical designation, as can Largo. So, "Danube Largo" is a riff on "Danube Waltz," although I doubt that TBC put as much thought into it as I just did. Did either of the Chap brothers study music at some point? -- Unregistered User, M Valdemar.

Leather

I'm thinking that the leather is not "Chairybdian" but is in fact "Corinthian" parodying Ricardo Montalbon and his rather (unintentionally) silly ads for Chrysler in the 80's. But maybe I'm just hearing things.

I hear Corinthian.--H-ko 01:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

3 years pre-owned

This could just be me and my tendency to mishear things, but does it sound to anyone else like Bubs is saying it's a PRE-OWNED box of chicken beaks, rather than a 3-year-old box of chicken beaks? --Kiwi 17:54, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I hear it as 'pre-owned'. Cara Carabowditbowdit 23:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I also hear pre-owned. Salty^Talk! 01:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I hear pre-owned, too.--H-ko 01:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I put this bit on my user page before it was transcribed, and "pre-owned" is what I heard. Still do. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  02:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Buzzer sound

It's the same buzzer sound as the old "deleted" buzzer. "Remarks"? "Inside references"? Is it even wiki-worthy? Tbone762 23:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Nope. It's just a sound effect. You should list it there, though, if it's not already. — It's dot com 00:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I compared the two, and from what I can tell, it's definitely the DELETED buzzer. Exhibit A (talk · edits) 03:41, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

melon-chair

Is the stool supposed to be the same face as the cantelope he stole from Marzipan?

You mean Doreauxgard? I don't really think so. The chair doesn't bear much of a resmblance to him. Spyrox6

This is the one where Scratchy finally gets Itchy!

The way Strong Bad says he will never take off his mask again reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Scratchy finally gets the better of Itchy instead of vice versa in one of their episodes. The TV gets unplugged as Bart and Lisa are watching, and they end up missing it. When the TV gets plugged back in, Krusty says, "Wow! They'll never let us show that again, not in a million years!" — It's dot com 00:12, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

It does seem similar in a kinda this-is-not-a-referencey sort of way. :p --Jay (Gobble) 00:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I saw that one as well, and I don't think there's a notable similarity at all. The "now that you can't see it, I'll finally reveal all the secrets" gag is an old one. Loafing 00:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Quite. Which is why I posted it here and not in the fun facts. — It's dot com 00:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Chickenella

Just wondering since I suspect it'd be removed or STUFFed: How notable is it that Strong Bad probably meant Salmonella, which is commonly associated with chicken, rather than the mammal-specific Anthrax? --Jay (Gobble) 00:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

• meh, i did notice that also, but it is much too much ttatot. also i love the ethical tag. its funny. csours 01:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Ecochair != Tempurpedic

So someone put up a reference saying the ecochair was a reference to tempurpedic mattresses. I don't get how this could possibly be. That chair is NOTHING like a mattress. I figured it was a fairly vague reference to IKEA furniture, personally. Yeah, that person's crazy. If my changes weren't universally overridden, I'd change it myself... but i want this to be changed, so i won't change it --JamesDean 00:35, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

And that would be me! Forgive, for I should've ran this through the discussion thing before I went ahead and made such a bold statement! I figured the Ecochair made a bit of a reference to Tempur-pedic and other such styles of furniture, with their questionable designs made from questionable materials! After re-rewatching the email, it would appear that the ecochair does not, in fact, use crazy memory foam to shape itself to the user! Such a reference is quite a bad decision. --Crazy Person

Anthraxy

Anyone else think that Winger is less anthraxy, not because of the disease anthrax, but because Winger is not like the band Anthrax, thus they are less Anthraxy? --JamesDean 01:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it seemed like a bit of word-play to me.--H-ko 01:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

That seems extremely likely to me. Winger and Anthrax both thrived in the late '80s, which is a particularly common era for TBC to reference. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  02:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Incidentally, wasn't Winger referenced in death metal? -YK 04:20, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Truely

Is Strong Bad's pronouciation of of the misspelled truely, a reference to his pronounciation of truuly in modeling? How similar are the two?68.239.209.107 03:56, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, it's Tiptup!

Bubs says both 'Tip' and 'tup', which are parts of the name 'Tiptup', who is a turtle racer in the game Diddy Kong Racing. At least, I think so.--147.133.207.186 05:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

"Tip top" is a colloquialism that means "the very top"... and it's a mix-up of "Start at the bottom, and work our way to the top." That "top" is pronounced as "tup" is probably just Bubs being strange. --phlip ^T_C 05:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Tiptup the Turtle was the first thing I thought of too, but I think it's just Bubs being random. He does seem to be acting kind of strange in this email :) - Saturn 07:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

SB's Parents

Just wanted to say that I sent an email to SB last week asking how his parents looked like, kind of surprised to see at least part of it being used. Guess my pronounciation was too good to become an actual e-mail ;) Eitherway, you can never be sure that it actually originated from my e-mail. I'm pretty sure loads of people have sent in the same question. It's just that I find it kind of funny to actually get some kind of an answer :)