Talk:Smokey Stover
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Got some new info about the origin of Notary Sojac -- I have my own theory about it, but just ran across this: http://bobbuethe.tripod.com/cartoonacy/qanda/q_smokey.htm
;Bear 18:16, 2004 May 16 (UTC)
[edit] Segway?
Am I just crazy? How does a gasoline-powered truck in any way "presage" a human-powered scooter? This has been added twice. Just having two wheels is not enough of a link. Any opinions on this? -- Sampo Torgo [talk] 
- No- you are not crazy, merely ignorant (note: this is not an insult). The point is that the two wheels are side-by-side, an unstable configuration. This was not realised as a practical configuration until the Segway's employment of gyroscopes, accelerometers, and computers. By the way, the Segway is NOT human powered. - Leonard G. 03:40, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- That is not a valid link between the two. Saying it "presages" a Segway is basically saying that a comic strip was seriously attempting to predict future concepts, rather than putting forth a comical idea. But, hey, whatever gets you off. Oh, and you're pedantic (note: this is not an insult). — Sampo Torgo [talk] @ 06:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- That is not a valid link between the two. Saying it "presages" a Segway is basically saying that a comic strip was seriously attempting to predict future concepts, rather than putting forth a comical idea. But, hey, whatever gets you off. Oh, and you're pedantic (note: this is not an insult). — Sampo Torgo [talk]
I plead guilty to using the word "presage" without knowing precisely what it meant. "Presage" means to have foreknowledge, as in prophecy. Smokey's vehicle was a mere comical antecedent to the Segway.Lestrade 12:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)Lestrade
