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the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:48 am

I second that motion.

CodeBlower · Post by **CodeBlower** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:24 am

clong wrote:This is the place to say "Hello" and tell us a bit about yourself, including such things as:

1. Favorite Genre
2. Favorite Author
3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre
4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name
5. How you found IBDoF
6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend
7. Top 5 books/series

You might also let us know whether you're entering the forums from the iblist site or ibdof. Cheers!

I know there's no "hard and fast" rule but -- regardless of anyone's preferences for this or that cause, religious belief, planet of origin, or stance on inter-marriage with aliens -- I get a lot of entertainment out of reading their answers to the "let us learn a little more about you" questions.

/shameless plug

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:36 am

Me too.

umsolopagas · Post by **umsolopagas** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:59 pm

Not been to this thread in ages.

I need to give a belated thank you all around for your warm welcome(s).

Hey serenity, jude, Gil Galad (Mandos is good to us) Emperor, sunday and welcome.

sunday18 wrote:im a new member and i dont know who or what im replying to im english a supporter of thecommunist party of britain and very concerned about my beloved england which has fallen into the hands of a bourgeious wrecking class they are destroying the people and the country we are in red danger crisis and the world should know about the widespread abuses that are taking place up and down england day by day civil disorder is certain

You know the empire was lost.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:16 am

umsolopagas wrote:You know the empire was lost.

Try telling that to us. We'd stove yer bleedin' head in, limey style.

Emperor · Post by **Emperor** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:15 am

All Empires fall, it's only a matter of time.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:21 am

*Repeats previous statement, but In a much louder voice*

umsolopagas · Post by **umsolopagas** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:56 pm

the grim squeaker wrote:*Repeats previous statement, but In a much louder voice*

To your credit you gave us fish and chips.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:48 am

And you the taco.

(or was that mexico?)

umsolopagas · Post by **umsolopagas** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:23 pm

Must have been Mexico. I'm not too sure what a taco is, but if it is what I think it is then I'm feeling hungry.

What I was thinking of is our equivalent of Ethiopian injera(?) or Indian roti - the good old chapati.

Emperor · Post by **Emperor** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:16 pm

Taco to me is simply put as a flour torttia shell in a U shape filled with seasoned meat, lettuce and cheese.

England gave the world lots of things, like that small meal between lunch and dinner! It gave us the head side for all of Canada's coins.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:38 am

What about australia?

susan sto helit · Post by **susan sto helit** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:42 am

Greetings to all you people out there, I dont have much spare time, but will pop in here wenever possible.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:54 am

Just got your PM.
You too.

susan sto helit · Post by **susan sto helit** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:00 am

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:57 am

In response to your PM:

The Death of Rats is not, strictly speaking, a personification in his own right but rather an aspect of Death allowed an independent existence. His purpose is to usher on the souls of dead rodents, and occasionally rodent-like humans, as well as assisting Death in other ways (he drew Death's attention to interference by the Auditors, demonstrating improbable statistics by using a machine that measured how often a piece of toast dropped butter-side-down).

He was one of a disparate multitude of Deaths (down to the Death of Microorganisms) created during Death's absence in Reaper Man. Upon Death's resumption of his duties, he reabsorbed the identities of all the millions of Deaths into himself. The Death of Rats, however, refused to be reabsorbed and, even though Death initially said he would not let the Death of Rats remain separate, Death nevertheless kept him around as company. The Death of Rats resembles a rodentine skeleton on its hind legs, wearing a black robe and carrying a tiny scythe.

The Death of Rats more easily finds ways around the Rules than Death does, and has assisted Susan in Soul Music, Hogfather and Thief of Time. He sometimes travels with a talking raven named Quoth (as in 'Quoth the Raven' from the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. The 'N' word he doesn't like to say is Nevermore, also from the poem) who also acts as his translator (and says he's "in it for the eyeballs"). The Death of Fleas also escaped reabsorption, but has not been seen since Reaper Man.

The Death of Rats' jurisdiction also seems to cover certain kinds of 'ratty' humans, such as Mr Clete in Soul Music. In Maskerade the Death of Rats took the soul of the Opera House's ratcatcher, who then got reincarnated as a rodent. The ratcatcher protested that he did not believe in reincarnation, and got the answer "reincarnation believes in you".

The Death of Rats, like Death, speaks in small caps, but has a vocabulary consisting of words such as Squeak, Eek, Ik and Snh, the last used when it laughs, although its speech can be interpreted from context much like the Librarian's.

In the mythology of the Clan (from The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents) the Death of Rats is known as the Bone Rat. He appears in the book for Dangerous Beans, but is stopped by Maurice, who trades one of his many own lives with Death in exchange of Dangerous Beans.

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the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:01 am

Clearer now suse?

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:15 am

Sorry, edited out.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:03 am

Grim, is there a reason you're transposing PM conversations to an open forum?

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:05 am

Nah, just put it here for anyone whos interested.
She's offline anyway.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:07 am

The thing is, you're taking public threads off into private conversations, and entirely hijacking the thread's intended purpose. Could you please keep the private conversations private and not spill them into multiple threads all over the forum?

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:07 am

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:09 pm

Welcome to the forum susan sto helit.

susan sto helit · Post by **susan sto helit** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:47 am

Thanx!

Emperor · Post by **Emperor** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:34 pm

Yes welcome,

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