05 Nov 03
Ok, this is probably the millionth thread on books, but I am thinking we should start off another thread like that Guess the Author/Book game thread. I'll start...
Which book had missiles that had a very improbable chance of turning into a Pot of Petunias and a Sperm Whale? PS, they both did turn into that...
Book title and author please!
05 Nov 03
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Originally posted by D43M0NIs it "Where Missiles Turn Into A Pot of Petunias And A Sperm Whale (albeit involving very improbable chance)", published by CatchyTitles Corp., and written by John Wackyplot?
Ok, this is probably the millionth thread on books, but I am thinking we should start off another thread like that Guess the Author/Book game thread. I'll start...
Which book had missiles that had a very improbable chance of turning int ...[text shortened]... , they both did turn into that...
Book title and author please!
05 Nov 03
Originally posted by D43M0NHitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams of Course! 😀
Ok, this is probably the millionth thread on books, but I am thinking we should start off another thread like that Guess the Author/Book game thread. I'll start...
Which book had missiles that had a very improbable chance of turning into a Pot of Petunias and a Sperm Whale? PS, they both did turn into that...
Book title and author please!
05 Nov 03
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Originally posted by D43M0NRhymester got it right of course... but which part of the series? Can't say I remember, but my guess would be "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish"?
Ok, this is probably the millionth thread on books, but I am thinking we should start off another thread like that Guess the Author/Book game thread. I'll start...
Which book had missiles that had a very improbable chance of turning int ...[text shortened]... , they both did turn into that...
Book title and author please!
Here's another one, where does this fictional character appear? (exerpt from the book) To make it a little harder I've replaced his name with a "XXXXX". So an extra bonus question - what is the name? Here's the exerpt:
"It was hard to see Mr XXXXX's eyes, because of a certain puffiness probably caused by too much enthusiasm for things in bags. The bags had also possibly caused the general botchiness and the thick veins that stood out on his forehead, but Mr. XXXXX was in any case the kind of a heavy-set man who is on the verge of bursting out of his clothes and, despite his artistic inclinations, projected the image of a would-be wrestler who had failed the intelligence test. If his body was a temple, it was one of those strange ones where people did odd things to animals in the basement, and if he watched what he ate, it was only to see it wriggle."
-Jarno
06 Nov 03
Originally posted by PyrrhoIt was from the first book I believe.
Rhymester got it right of course... but which part of the series? Can't say I remember, but my guess would be "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish"?
Here's another one, where does this fictional character appear? (exerpt from the book) To make it a little harder I've replaced his name with a "XXXXX". So an extra bonus question - what is the name? He ...[text shortened]... s in the basement, and if he watched what he ate, it was only to see it wriggle."[/i]
-Jarno
No clue on your quote though.
06 Nov 03
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Originally posted by dylI should have been clearer - now that I read my original message, it does make it seam as if I were asking about a character in the Hitchiker series. The character in question is not from Adams' pen at all. Though fans of Adams are quite likely to like this author's work as well.
It was from the first book I believe.
No clue on your quote though.
Perhaps another hint... a further exerpt from the book about this character:
"...That was the major problem with Mr. XXXXX, he thought, as they made their way to the ground. It wasn't that he had a drugs habbit. He wanted to have a drugs habbit. What he had was a stupidity habbit, which cut in whenever he found anything being sold in little bags, and this had resulted in Mr. XXXXX seeking heaven in flour, salt, baking powder and pickled beef sandwiches. In a street where furtive people were selling Clang, Slip, Chop, Rhino, Skunk, Triplin, Floats, Honk, Double Honk, Gongers and Slack, Mr. XXXXX had an unerring way of finding the man who was retailing curry powder at what worked out as six hundred dollars a pound."
-Jarno
06 Nov 03
Originally posted by D43M0NMaybe it is the 1,000,000th, maybe not.
Ok, this is probably the millionth thread on books, but I am thinking we should start off another thread like that Guess the Author/Book game thread. I'll start...
Which book had missiles that had a very improbable chance of turning into a Pot of Petunias and a Sperm Whale? PS, they both did turn into that...
Book title and author please!
Either way, it should be in the "pozers and puzzles" forum.
06 Nov 03
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Originally posted by PyrrhoNono, I realised it wasn't anything to do with the Hitchhikers series. I just thought I'd declare my ignorance to the world.
I should have been clearer - now that I read my original message, it does make it seam as if I were asking about a character in the Hitchiker series. The character in question is not from Adams' pen at all. Though fans of Adams are quite li ...[text shortened]... der at what worked out as six hundred dollars a pound."
-Jarno
09 Nov 03
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Originally posted by PyrrhoMr. Tulip from The Truth by Terry Pratchett.
I should have been clearer - now that I read my original message, it does make it seam as if I were asking about a character in the Hitchiker series. The character in question is not from Adams' pen at all. Though fans of Adams are quite li ...[text shortened]... der at what worked out as six hundred dollars a pound."
-Jarno
BTW - did anyone catch "The Big Read" last night on the BBC. IMHO Sanjeev Bhaskar did a terrible job of promoting THGTTG. In comparison to the other books I have seen championed on these shows, this half hour segment I think did more harm than good! Truly awful.
Now my turn...
Girls. You never know what they're going to think. I once got this girl’s roommate a date with a friend of mine. His name was XXX and he really had an inferiority complex. You could tell he was very ashamed of his parents and all, because they said 'he don't' and 'she don't' and stuff like that and they were very wealthy. But he wasn't a bastard or anything. He was a very nice guy. But this girl’s roommate didn't like him at all. She told her he was too conceited - and the reason she thought he was conceited was because he happened to mention to her that he was the head of the debating team. A little thing like that, and she thought he was conceited! The trouble with girls is, if they like a boy, no matter how big a bastard he is, they'll say he has an inferiority complex, and if they don't like him, no matter how nice a guy he is, or how big an inferiority complex he has, they'll say he's conceited. Even smart girls do it.