Posted May 17, 2013
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qux
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vulchor
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Registered: Apr 2012
From United States
Posted May 17, 2013
Well, I certainly have never heard of it before, but I did a little internet magics to find the answer, and it's a concept that I've never heard of before. I feel embarrassed as an avid role-player that the existence of gamebooks such as these I had never been made aware of. I must try one soon, I'm gonna try to ebay this baby.
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grimwerk
sleeper slice
Registered: Sep 2012
From United States
Posted May 17, 2013
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I haven't seen this book in a decade, I expect, so I could be completely wrong.
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qux
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From New Zealand
Posted May 17, 2013
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I haven't seen this book in a decade, I expect, so I could be completely wrong.
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Lifthrasil
Bring the GOG-Downloader back!
Registered: Apr 2011
From Germany
Posted May 17, 2013
OK. I'll post something from one of my favourite books. But grimwerk, if you want to have a go since you actually know the last book, then please do so. My entry can then be viewed as bonus round.
"Assumptions are the things you don't know you are making. Which is why it is so disorienting the first time you take the plug out of a washbasin in Australia and see the water spiralling down the hole the other way round. The very laws of physics are telling you how far you are from home. In New Zealand even the telephone dials are numbered anti-clockwise. This has nothing to do with the laws of physics, they just do it differently there."
"Assumptions are the things you don't know you are making. Which is why it is so disorienting the first time you take the plug out of a washbasin in Australia and see the water spiralling down the hole the other way round. The very laws of physics are telling you how far you are from home. In New Zealand even the telephone dials are numbered anti-clockwise. This has nothing to do with the laws of physics, they just do it differently there."
Post edited May 17, 2013 by Lifthrasil
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grimwerk
sleeper slice
Registered: Sep 2012
From United States
Posted May 17, 2013
Please continue, Lifthrasil. I recognized the wizard's name, but I wouldn't have remembered which of the many Jackson & Livingstone books it came from. Plus, I'd promptly forget I'd posted in this thread and make everyone mad.
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Lifthrasil
Bring the GOG-Downloader back!
Registered: Apr 2011
From Germany
Posted May 18, 2013
OK. Continuing. Different chapter, same book:
"It quickly turned out that 'Mus' was not M-O-O-S-E, but M-U-S and was short for Hieronimus. I felt a little stupid for having heard it as Moose. It was unlikely that an indonesian islander will be named after a large canadian deer. Almost as unlikely, I suppose, as him being called Hieronimus with a silent Hieroni"
"It quickly turned out that 'Mus' was not M-O-O-S-E, but M-U-S and was short for Hieronimus. I felt a little stupid for having heard it as Moose. It was unlikely that an indonesian islander will be named after a large canadian deer. Almost as unlikely, I suppose, as him being called Hieronimus with a silent Hieroni"
Post edited May 18, 2013 by Lifthrasil
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amok
FREEEEDOOOM!!!!
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted May 18, 2013
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"It quickly turned out that 'Mus' was not M-O-O-S-E, but M-U-S and was short for Hieronimus. I felt a little stupid for having heard it as Moose. It was unlikely that an indonesian islander will be named after a large canadian deer. Almost as unlikely, I suppose, as him being called Hieronimus with a silent Hieroni"
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Lifthrasil
Bring the GOG-Downloader back!
Registered: Apr 2011
From Germany
Posted May 18, 2013
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"It quickly turned out that 'Mus' was not M-O-O-S-E, but M-U-S and was short for Hieronimus. I felt a little stupid for having heard it as Moose. It was unlikely that an indonesian islander will be named after a large canadian deer. Almost as unlikely, I suppose, as him being called Hieronimus with a silent Hieroni"
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And to all that do not know the book, I can heartily recommend to read it!
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amok
FREEEEDOOOM!!!!
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted May 18, 2013
Already prepared a paragraph. This (I hope) should be fairly easy:
"The raincoat was open in front and I couldn’t button it, being handcuffed. The skirts flapped against my legs like the wings of a large and tired bird. I came to the highway. Cars went by in a wide swirl of water illuminated by headlights. The tearing noise of their tyres died swiftly. I found my convertible where I had left it, both tyres fixed and mounted, so it could be driven away, if necessary. They thought of everything. I got into it and leaned down sideways under the wheel and fumbled aside the flap of leather that covered the pocket. I got the other gun, stuffed it up under my coat and started back. The world was small, shut in, black. A private world for Canino and me."
"The raincoat was open in front and I couldn’t button it, being handcuffed. The skirts flapped against my legs like the wings of a large and tired bird. I came to the highway. Cars went by in a wide swirl of water illuminated by headlights. The tearing noise of their tyres died swiftly. I found my convertible where I had left it, both tyres fixed and mounted, so it could be driven away, if necessary. They thought of everything. I got into it and leaned down sideways under the wheel and fumbled aside the flap of leather that covered the pocket. I got the other gun, stuffed it up under my coat and started back. The world was small, shut in, black. A private world for Canino and me."
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ZapMcRaygunn
Space Ranger
Registered: Jun 2011
From United States
Posted May 18, 2013
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First post, and any easy one at that.
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
Thou art a Hoopy Frood!!
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JMich
A Horrible Human Person. If you need me, chat.
Registered: Apr 2011
From Greece
Posted May 18, 2013
While that is correct, that is not the current riddle. See post 70 for the current one.
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ZapMcRaygunn
Space Ranger
Registered: Jun 2011
From United States
Posted May 18, 2013
Here's one:
"At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab. Instantly the trap door at the top flew up, something was screamed to the driver, and the cab flew madly off down regent street."
"At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab. Instantly the trap door at the top flew up, something was screamed to the driver, and the cab flew madly off down regent street."
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amok
FREEEEDOOOM!!!!
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted May 18, 2013
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"At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab. Instantly the trap door at the top flew up, something was screamed to the driver, and the cab flew madly off down regent street."
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ZapMcRaygunn
Space Ranger
Registered: Jun 2011
From United States
Posted May 18, 2013
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"The raincoat was open in front and I couldn’t button it, being handcuffed. The skirts flapped against my legs like the wings of a large and tired bird. I came to the highway. Cars went by in a wide swirl of water illuminated by headlights. The tearing noise of their tyres died swiftly. I found my convertible where I had left it, both tyres fixed and mounted, so it could be driven away, if necessary. They thought of everything. I got into it and leaned down sideways under the wheel and fumbled aside the flap of leather that covered the pocket. I got the other gun, stuffed it up under my coat and started back. The world was small, shut in, black. A private world for Canino and me."