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by Kvetch Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:33 am
now try selecting this one (so it blues over) - doesn't it look like it winces?
i have NO life
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by ChoChiyo Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:51 pm
Stare at this one a while. Pretty soon your own eyes start to go whacky.
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by Kvetch Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:02 pm
aaahhh my head hurts.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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by Superenigmatix Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:01 am
we give up
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by ChoChiyo Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:15 am
It was
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank.
Read it--it's good.
Here's the next--which is one of the best books I've ever read.
The Delliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out his t hird mission of the night. His uniform is black as activated charcoal, filtering the very light out of the air. A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door, but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly napalmed forest. Where his body has bony extremities, the suit has sintered armorgel: feels like gritty jello, protects like a stack of telephone books.
If you don't
love that description--there's something wrong!
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by Edge Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:22 am
I know that one!
But according to the rules, I can't answer unless no-one else gets it in 5 days...
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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by Kvetch Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:13 am
you can guess, because no one got 'Alas, Babylon'
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by Edge Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:49 am
Ah, in that case - it's 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson. One of the best cyberpunk books ever written.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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by ChoChiyo Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:57 am
Correct! I LOVE that book. I may have to read it again. For the fifth time this year....
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by Edge Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:04 am
This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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by Kvetch Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:23 am
my head hurts now.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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by Superenigmatix Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:13 am
Easy - Princess Bride by William Goldman
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by Edge Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:22 pm
Yep -your go!
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
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by Superenigmatix Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:12 am
gis a point then!
OK I've been saving this one up
I had been making my rounds at the Sacrifice Poles the day we heard my brother had escaped. I already knew something was going to happen. The xxxxxxx told me.
xxxxxxx for part of title - big clue!
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by RecluceMage Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:16 am
Well, since no one has gotten this in SO VERY LONG.... I wasn't going to resort to my low standars of quote search, but I had to.
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by Kvetch Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:34 pm
^bump^
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by Kvetch Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:20 am
I'm declaring this one cold.
anyone want to post another?
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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by bob k. mando Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:04 pm
i like this smiley ... mostly because i can actually do that. and yes,
"aaahhh my head hurts" is what happens if i do it for more than a couple of seconds so i don't do it very often. it is great for freaking people out though.
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by Kvetch Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:06 pm
kinda cool, but why exactly did you post it? *confused*
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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by ausfi Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:02 pm
Are we still continuing?
There was nothing but myself.
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by Kvetch Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:22 pm
I'm still continuing - If I can get it.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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by ausfi Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:32 pm
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Thanks for the welcome!
It might be not so easy, as it actually is from a short story, though the first in the book.
Prograstination is the grave of opportunity.
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by Kvetch Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:51 am
I hope someone can get it.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
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by mrdude Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:10 am
2001 A space oddesy by Aurther c. Clarke?... Oh, never mind i didn't read the bit about a sort story. I have no idea now.
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by Kvetch Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:14 pm
This quote is now cold.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
anyone want to post another?
