The Sherlock Thread

Post by **Darb** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:27 pm

Gee, perhaps I should start a quote game over in the JRR Tolkien thread ... that'd get my score up to 100 in no time

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:18 pm

Sounds good, Brad. I'm game...if no one else is.

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:17 am

jwebster wrote:
bob k. mando wrote:HEY, i did not nominate jwebster to be "Deep Thinker", i nominated him to be "Deep Thought", a literary reference to which everyone here (with the probable exception of midas) should embarassed that they didn't twig to.

i suppose this means that there's an unintended sherlock point out there waiting for someone to grab it.
BKM,
One of the most ironic (well, technically, it's coinceDENTal, not ironic) things about that nomination, is that people frequently come to my desk at work and say "I've got a question." My most common response is to immediately say, "42."

Although, maybe you were referring to the part about:
Its creation annoyed a fair few philosophers, who felt that it was taking over their turf.
If so, I apologize, but I must fulfill my purpose.

jwebster wrote:Oh, please. Like it was tough after all those hints I dropped. Besides, wasn't it Earth that was blown up by the Vogons, and Deep Thought that created Earth? Of course, Kilt does need that Sherlock just to get out of the negatives.

bob k. mando wrote:what, a chance to make the board admin go even MORE negative on sherlock points, you think i'm going to pass that up? you need to go back and meditate on my 'Bump Before The Lock' thread till you properly grok my attitude towards authority.

seriously, it's been a loooong time since i've read 'Hitchiker' but i'm virtually certain that 'Deep Thought' was the computer that wasn't 'worthy to process it's smallest subroutine' but did design the computer that could properly ask the question 'What is the meaning of life' to which Deep Thought had already provided the answer ... which noone understood.

So where's my 4-leaf Sherlock?

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:18 am

jwebster wrote:
holmes_douglas wrote:Nay Gorbash, Carolinus promises me freedom from your carcass.

Not a quote, but the context and names should be worth a Sherlock.
Referring to Jim and Gorbash, who share Gorbash's (dragon) body in Gordon R. Dickson's "The Dragon and the George", and the wizard Carolinus.

And another. I'm on fire.

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:22 am

bob k. mando wrote:where did you see that there would be a 4th 'shadow' book? i don't see anything on card's web site.

jwebster wrote:I believe Card's afterword in Shadow of the Hegemon explained that he'd originally planned the Shadow series to be a trilogy, but that the plot kind of grew until he decided it needed to be a tetralogy. The fourth book will be called Shadow of the Giant.

This should have been worth a Sherlock, too.

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:20 pm

The new standings are:

Brad: 4
SuperEnigmatix: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Crispind: 2 from MQG
jwebster: 2 from MQG +1 from WOTD=3
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
Ean143: 1 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
Kilt: -1

bob k. mando · Post by **bob k. mando** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:19 am

what, i've had to correct that 'deep thought is the earth' misapprehension twice in the last week and i don't get an honorable mention point for it?

bah humbug. anyways i haven't been following this thread for quite some time so i guess that, by the rules as they were originally established, jweb gets a point.

i don't know if you guys have counted it yet or not.

ps -- didn't i have a point from a long time ago? ah well.

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:57 pm

Yeah were are all my points? I'm sure I must have one hidden somewhere for doing something? hmm probably not actually. Still I think brad should get a point for this:

mrdude wrote:The other big one that would have been relatively easy and nice to include would have been the brown wizard (can't recall his name)

Brad_H wrote:
brown wizard (can't recall his name)
That would be Radagast the Brown.

Yes I know he said he wouldn't claim one but he should get one.

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mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:56 pm

I award a sherlock point to joole for answering my question in this thread

here it is:

mrdude wrote:ugg I can't remember the name of my favorite charicter. He was in the begining of the verry first one, the color of magic. 1 sherlock point for the person who can name him, he was eating meat on a hilltop watching the village burn. dammit!

Joolee wrote:The Weasel and Bravd the Hublander were the ones sitting on the hill!

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And thank you for the welcome Aunflin

Post by **KiltanneN** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 8:07 pm

Gulp.

It is with some nervousness that I have to anounce - we have a correct answer on the title from my 20 questions game.

[Brad - your fear is realised

]

I will also add in the few posted here since the last stated up date.

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
SuperEnigmatix: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Crispind: 2 from MQG
jwebster: 2 from MQG +1 from WOTD=3
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
Ean143: 1 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Kilt: -1

Congratulations to Aunflin!

kilt

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:35 pm

Yeah me! lol "********"

Edit by kilt:

Aunflin - the idea with PM'ing the answer - was to enable more than one to guess it... [hopefully not too many saw this...]

kilt

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 7:56 am

Ooops!

Wasn't thinking. Sorry, kilty.

Post by **Darb** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 5:42 pm

/me struggles to peel himself off the pavement, with aunflin's tiremarks still steaming on his posterior

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 7:32 pm

hehehe

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:43 am

Ean431 got one right from the MQG:

Ghost wrote:
:
"They'll die at close to the same time?"
"I really don't know. So long as your body remains in balance, you can give a lot of balanced order-choas force."

Well, my other thought was Lorn- but I was thinking he was talking to his sister- but I couldn't find it where I thought it was. But now with your new hint- I found it! It is Lorn talking to Ryalth in Magi'i of Cyador (page 269 of the paperback) when he is talking about his parents and his fears for them.
ean

The new updated list:

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
SuperEnigmatix: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Crispind: 2 from MQG
jwebster: 2 from MQG +1 from WOTD=3
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
Ean431: 2 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Kilt: -1

Ean143 · Post by **Ean143** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:57 am

I didn't realize I needed to update scores here so here is one for Crispind for this correct answer:

Crispind wrote: "You cannot learn if you refuse to read. You cannot learn if you will not think. ...You cannot succeed in anything by merely going through the motions."

Is it Johan Eschbach berating his students at the beginning of "Of Tangible Ghosts" for not preparing for class?

and one for ghost for this correct answer:

Ghost wrote: "Since doing anything or nothing upsets people, it is usually better to do something, if only for one's own self-respect. ...And then they all call your self-respect putting on airs."

The quote is from "The Chaos Balance" (p 220 paperback), Gethen is talking to Nylan and Ayrlyn about thier talents.

so the updated list is:

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
SuperEnigmatix: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Crispind: 3 from MQG
jwebster: 2 from MQG +1 from WOTD=3
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
Ean143: 2 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Kilt: -1
Ghost 1 from MQG

ean

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:07 pm

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
SuperEnigmatix: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Crispind: 3 from MQG
jwebster: 2 from MQG +1 from WOTD=3
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
Ean143: 2 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Kilt: -1
Ghost 2 from MQG

Updated for ghost's MQG answer of my quote.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:00 pm

SuperE nabbed a point for correctly citing Steve Martin in the movie "The Jerk"

As for myself ... I'm still waiting to hear from MK on whether I get a point for the stray JRRT trivia question I spotted and shot down.

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
SuperEnigmatix: 3 <<< increased by +1
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Crispind: 3 from MQG
jwebster: 2 from MQG +1 from WOTD=3
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
Ean143: 2 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Kilt: -1
Ghost 2 from MQG

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:40 am

jwebster correctly anwsered my MQG

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
jwebster: 3 from MQG +1 from WOTD=4 <<< increased by +1
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Crispind: 3 from MQG
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Ghost 2 from MQG
Ean143: 2 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Kilt: -1

holmes_douglas · Post by **holmes_douglas** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:19 pm

Basic rules ...
4. The decision to award a Sherlock point is SOLELY made by the asker of the question. Arbitrary decisions that are obviously inaccurate WILL be honored - but may be deducted from the score of the asker if the judges deem it worthy of action ...

We've been a bit lax on this one. Seems people have been taking points more than giving them. [Yes jwebster, I will award the point for the Gorbash quote (sorry to take so long)].

That makes 2 points I've awarded. The earlier one was for Tarzan to superenigmatix.

I think it just as important to track who's giving out the points.

Post by **KiltanneN** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:15 pm

jweb's Holmes Douglas Gorbash referrance

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
jweb: 3 from MQG +1 from WOTD +1 from Gorbash = 5 <<< increased by +1
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Crispind: 3 from MQG
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Ghost 2 from MQG
Ean143: 2 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Kilt: -1

Post by **Darb** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:21 pm

I'm still waitin for that deadbeat, MK, to award me my point

Post by **KiltanneN** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:22 pm

Brad_H wrote:I'm still waitin for that deadbeat, MK, to award me my point

His last post was Tue 20 Apr, 2004 3:28 pm...

He is currently MIA...

The concert must have been GOOD!

kilt

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:59 pm

Gil galad wrote:Thats from the white order,
syodor speaking to cerryl

Aunflin: 15 K20Q
Brad: 5
jweb: 3 from MQG + 1 from WOTD + 1 from Gorbash = 5
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Crispind: 3 from MQG
Uncle Beard: 2
Torybear: 2 from MQG
Ghost 2 from MQG
Ean143: 2 from MQG
Magicfan241: 1/2
Trebor: 1
Holmes: 1
MidasKnight: 1
BKM: 1 [Deep Thought]
joolee: 1
Gil galad: 1 from MQG <<< increased by +1
Kilt: -1

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:03 pm

bob k. mando wrote:what, i've had to correct that 'deep thought is the earth' misapprehension twice in the last week and i don't get an honorable mention point for it?

bah humbug. anyways i haven't been following this thread for quite some time so i guess that, by the rules as they were originally established, jweb gets a point.

i don't know if you guys have counted it yet or not.

What the heck? BKM got a point for his own Sherlock question?

If I'm gonna have any chance of catching Aunflin, I need all the points I can get.

(Or I'll have to buckle down and solve Kilt's 20Qs game, too.)