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Nobody Special May 16, 2006 01:03
First comment: 8 June, 2005 118 comments written
Well, that one sailed clear over my head.
Grey Knight May 16, 2006 01:28
First comment: 20 October, 2005 116 comments written
fruit:slime moldSlime mold or slime fungus, organism usually classified with
the fungi, but showing equal affinity to the protozoa. Slime
molds have complex life cycles with an animal-like motile
phase, in which feeding and growth occur, and a plant-like
immotile reproductive phase. The motile phase, commonly
found under rotting logs and damp leaves, consists of either
solitary amoebalike cells or a brightly colored multinucleate
mass of protoplasm called a plasmodium, which creeps about
and feeds by amoeboid movement.
        [ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]

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. You die...

I get it, but it's not really that funny. I mean, the idea's there, but there's no real structure to the joke. It's like a joke skeletonA skeleton is a magically animated undead creature. Unlike
shades, only a humanoid creature can be used to create a
skeleton. No one knows why this is true, but it has become
an accepted fact amongst the practitioners of the black arts.

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. If you zapped a wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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polymorph at a pile of bone objects, they might merge into this joke.

Dion:
I have a feature request for the encyclopaedia popup... Can you change the way it scans for keywords such that it returns the longest possible match? For example, today's matched "slimeThese giant amoeboid creatures look like nothing more than
puddles of slime, but they both live and move, feeding on
metal or wood as well as the occasional dungeon explorer to
supplement their diet.

But we were not on a station platform. We were on the track ahead
as the nightmare, plastic column of fetid black iridescence oozed
tightly onward through its fifteen-foot sinus, gathering unholy
speed and driving before it a spiral, re-thickening cloud of the
pallid abyss vapor. It was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster
than any subway train -- a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic
bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes
forming and unforming as pustules of greenish light all over the
tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic
penguins and slithering over the glistening floor that it and its
kind had swept so evilly free of all litter.
        [ At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft ]

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" and "moldMold, multicellular organism of the division Fungi, typified
by plant bodies composed of a network of cottony filaments.
The colors of molds are due to spores borne on the filaments.
Most molds are saprophytes. Some species (e.g., penicillium)
are used in making cheese and antibiotics.
        [ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]

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", but not "slime moldSlime mold or slime fungus, organism usually classified with
the fungi, but showing equal affinity to the protozoa. Slime
molds have complex life cycles with an animal-like motile
phase, in which feeding and growth occur, and a plant-like
immotile reproductive phase. The motile phase, commonly
found under rotting logs and damp leaves, consists of either
solitary amoebalike cells or a brightly colored multinucleate
mass of protoplasm called a plasmodium, which creeps about
and feeds by amoeboid movement.
        [ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]

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". I can help with debugging if it's an arduous task.
Dav May 16, 2006 05:12
First comment: 16 May, 2006 1 comments written
This is a refreshing change of pace from the novels on here lately
L May 16, 2006 07:25
First comment: 10 February, 2005 285 comments written
Hey! The corridors in panel 3 are '.'s instead of '#'s!
Dion May 16, 2006 09:37
First comment: 2 February, 2004 100 comments written
Grey KnightHere lies the noble fearless knight,
Whose valour rose to such a height;
When Death at last had struck him down,
His was the victory and renown.
He reck'd the world of little prize,
And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
But had the fortune in his age
To live a fool and die a sage.
        [ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
         Cervantes Saavedra ]

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: done. While writing why it couldn't be done, I got the idea how to do it. Thanks!
stormy May 16, 2006 14:15
First comment: 9 July, 2005 44 comments written
is it supposed to grey out the whole screen bar the word & the definition now? (When holding cursor over the word)
. May 16, 2006 17:43
First comment: 7 December, 2005 48 comments written
I liked that. There could have been a bit more to it -- maybe if there wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting
the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a
were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province,
"notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase."
The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins,
halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the
said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to
take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other
penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may
judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following
year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who
ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little
children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears,
had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French
pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from
eating infants on a fast day.
        [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ]

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a couple more examples?
Oraki, Born of Alchemy May 16, 2006 17:54
First comment: 15 May, 2006 4 comments written
It's called "fruit naming."
Nesman May 16, 2006 20:56
First comment: 4 January, 2005 112 comments written
Bravo! For the first time in the last few days, I've made it to then end of a strip.
Luos May 17, 2006 10:21
First comment: 13 November, 2005 29 comments written
I don't get it...
freshme@ May 18, 2006 14:24
First comment: 4 January, 2005 67 comments written
Luos:

There is a food item in Nethack which you can rename in the preferences file.

In this comic the playerThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the
earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but
occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit
mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often
resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of
using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the
Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.

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has named it "slime moldSlime mold or slime fungus, organism usually classified with
the fungi, but showing equal affinity to the protozoa. Slime
molds have complex life cycles with an animal-like motile
phase, in which feeding and growth occur, and a plant-like
immotile reproductive phase. The motile phase, commonly
found under rotting logs and damp leaves, consists of either
solitary amoebalike cells or a brightly colored multinucleate
mass of protoplasm called a plasmodium, which creeps about
and feeds by amoeboid movement.
        [ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]

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. You die..".
rpresser May 21, 2006 05:05
First comment: 6 October, 2005 51 comments written
It's more fun if you set fruitname to something like "blessed +5 helm of brilliance", and watchThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the
earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but
occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit
mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often
resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of
using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the
Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.

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the poor guy try to wear it for a half hour.
Fathead July 22, 2006 00:13
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
I'm sorry; I just liked it too much....
Gadora September 30, 2006 00:04
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
It took me a while to get it, but then I went ahead and did the same to my game. (I'm probably going to get sick of it, but it may placate the RNG.)
Grognor April 18, 2007 23:50
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Gotcha.
dtch June 1, 2007 06:12
First comment: 23 May, 2007 5 comments written
I found one of Grognor's slime moldSlime mold or slime fungus, organism usually classified with
the fungi, but showing equal affinity to the protozoa. Slime
molds have complex life cycles with an animal-like motile
phase, in which feeding and growth occur, and a plant-like
immotile reproductive phase. The motile phase, commonly
found under rotting logs and damp leaves, consists of either
solitary amoebalike cells or a brightly colored multinucleate
mass of protoplasm called a plasmodium, which creeps about
and feeds by amoeboid movement.
        [ The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia ]

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. You die...s in a bones file on nethack.alt.org the other day. It scared me very briefly.
Grognor June 11, 2007 11:28
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Ha! Gotcha.

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