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Instructions · Help Prison Without Bars Strong Bad's intro is possibly a reference to Pete Rose's book, "My Prison Without Bars," which was released the week before this email. From: video games Posted on: 22:55, 14 July 2006 (UTC) Arguments for: You have to bear in mind the timing of it all. The email's debut was January 12, 2004. Only four days prior to that, My Prison Without Bars was released. It was the hot topic of the weekend. I vividly remember the Monday morning I first saw the email and thinking to myself: Wow, they put a pop-culture reference in there! If I had known of the Wiki's existence at the time, I would have added the fun fact then. Time passes. Nearly thirteen months later, some anonymous contributor (I don't know who) adds the fact to the page, but it's been so long that the context and the feeling of a year ago are gone, and so it seems like this so-called fact is a stretch. I can see where you're coming from in this. But it's not a stretch. The key phrase here is "prison without." Without bars, without walls -- or even, as Strong Bad says, without toilets -- it doesn't matter what it's without... The fact is that the phrase, given the context of the day, is too coincidental to be a coincidence. It is an apropos reference, and a valid fun fact. It's true that Strong Bad mentions Alcatraz, but I think that's because TBC already had prison on the brain due to the constant news coverage of Pete Rose's book (and the shocking revelations within it). Arguments against: Additional comments: It's dot com · YK · DorianGray · H · * · B · a · d · User talk:Trey56 · Trey 56 · Kilroy · talk · Spell4yr · Lapper · talk · Zel inda · Ilko Skevüld's Teh C · Zim Del Invasor · S · a · l · t · y · T · a · l · k · ! · »Bleed0range« · Sana Jisushi · Super Martyo · boing! · Qermaq · T · C · Elcool · (talk) · (contribs) · S t o n e c o l d 5 9 8 7 · ta lk · ed its · Bantam-Boy · Rogue Leader · my talk · Exhibit A · Geshmalder · TheThin · gé · FireBird · Talk · Mycroft Holmes · Sam Goldfish · · · · · · [ Back to STUFF index ]

Instructions · Help All my peoples got sent up the river When Strong Bad pours the Cold One on the carpet at the end, it is a reference to ancient libation offerings offered to the gods, only they used to use wine, not Cold Ones (obviously). It may also be a reference to the modern gangsta practice of pouring out a 40-ounce beer "for my dead homies." From: video games Posted on: 18:59, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC) Arguments for: Arguments against: Additional comments: Ganome · It's dot com · Homestar Coder · Homsar999 · ß · BazookaJoe · Proposed revision: When Strong Bad pours the Cold One on the carpet at the end, it is a reference to the modern gangsta practice of pouring out a 40-ounce beer "for my dead homies." Arguments for: Arguments against: Additional comments: It's dot com · Ju Ju Master · T ony S tony · Talk · Edits · Homestar Coder · Homsar999 · ß · Kiwi · tomstiff · BazookaJoe · Username · -talk · · [ Back to STUFF index ]