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Wednesday, 30 June, 2004 by Dion Nicolaas
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You start digging downward.
@ "Be careful, sir, or you might fall through the floor."
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You dig a hole through the floor. Tirebolu grabs your backpack! You fall through...
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@ "Let's see what we've got left, then..."
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You have: no tea.


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Robert June 30, 2004 01:09
First comment: 23 June, 2004 5 comments written
You can dig downward?
Robert June 30, 2004 01:40
First comment: 23 June, 2004 5 comments written
Dang, I feel dumb. LOL
violist June 30, 2004 01:42
First comment: 30 June, 2004 2 comments written
hehe... but.. NO TEA? I'd shrivel up and die within a day.. :)
An educated man June 30, 2004 02:59
First comment: 30 June, 2004 1 comments written
Hasn't anyone else played Hitch-hikers guide"Rincewind!"
Twoflower sprang off the bed. The wizard jumped back,
wrenching his features into a smile.
"My dear chap, right on time! We'll just have lunch, and
then I'm sure you've got a wonderful programme lined up for
this afternoon!"
"Er --"
"That's great!"
Rincewind took a deep breath. "Look," he said desperately,
"let's eat somewhere else. There's been a bit of a fight
down below."
"A tavern brawl? Why didn't you wake me up?"
"Well, you see, I - _what_?"
"I thought I made myself clear this morning, Rincewind. I
want to see genuine Morporkian life - the slave market, the
Whore Pits, the Temple of Small Gods, the Beggar's Guild...
and a genuine tavern brawl." A faint note of suspicion
entered Twoflower's voice. "You _do_ have them, don't you?
You know, people swinging on chandeliers, swordfights over
the table, the sort of thing Hrun the Barbarian and the
Weasel are always getting involved in. You know --
_excitement_."
        [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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to the galaxy (an interactive fiction game based on the book)? That's where the reference is from.

ANyway it's funny. LOL ;-)
Kassil, Mithril Dragon at Large June 30, 2004 03:12
First comment: 30 June, 2004 1 comments written
You must wield both tea and no tea to convince the doorThrough me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
        [ The Inferno, from The Divine Comedy of Dante
                Alighieri, translated by H.F. Cary ]

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to open.
Silicon Viper June 30, 2004 03:46
First comment: 30 June, 2004 2 comments written
I too have played that Hitch-hiker's Guide"Rincewind!"
Twoflower sprang off the bed. The wizard jumped back,
wrenching his features into a smile.
"My dear chap, right on time! We'll just have lunch, and
then I'm sure you've got a wonderful programme lined up for
this afternoon!"
"Er --"
"That's great!"
Rincewind took a deep breath. "Look," he said desperately,
"let's eat somewhere else. There's been a bit of a fight
down below."
"A tavern brawl? Why didn't you wake me up?"
"Well, you see, I - _what_?"
"I thought I made myself clear this morning, Rincewind. I
want to see genuine Morporkian life - the slave market, the
Whore Pits, the Temple of Small Gods, the Beggar's Guild...
and a genuine tavern brawl." A faint note of suspicion
entered Twoflower's voice. "You _do_ have them, don't you?
You know, people swinging on chandeliers, swordfights over
the table, the sort of thing Hrun the Barbarian and the
Weasel are always getting involved in. You know --
_excitement_."
        [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
game. I'm surprised to see two more people in the same place that have also played it.

Only by wielding both 'tea', and 'no tea' can you prove that you are indeed a sentient life-form.

If you lose 'no tea' (by dropping, selling, etc), is there any way to replace 'no tea'? If so, how does that work (meta)physically?

Keep an open mind.
- Silicon Viper / WhatTheFork.org
Silicon Viper June 30, 2004 03:50
First comment: 30 June, 2004 2 comments written
On a more important note: excellent job, Dion! I love obscure culture references. ^_^ Keep up the good work.

Keep an open mind.
- Silicon Viper / WhatTheFork.org
Robin Johnson June 30, 2004 12:00
First comment: 30 June, 2004 1 comments written
I vote that for a hallucination YAFM.
Cetra June 30, 2004 19:44
First comment: 28 June, 2004 38 comments written
I've never played the Hitchhiker's game, but I've read the 5-book (ha) trilogy. I THOUGHT it sounded a little Hitchhiker-y when I first looked at it... =)
Mantar July 3, 2004 00:09
First comment: 17 June, 2004 197 comments written
Make that three people in the same place. I think it's just that nethack attracts IntFic players...
Lucretia July 5, 2004 16:04
First comment: 21 May, 2004 5 comments written
However, I could never work out how to remove my common sense particle so that I could hold "tea" and "no tea" at the same time....
(yeah, this makes it 4 ^_~)
GoatSublimate July 7, 2004 16:40
First comment: 7 July, 2004 1 comments written
yeah... I've played it too, the tragedy's scale escalates :)
Stefanf October 16, 2004 20:02
First comment: 16 October, 2004 5 comments written
Played it too. Never got off Earth, though. :-(
BlackShift December 19, 2004 11:37
First comment: 19 December, 2004 1 comments written
:
Things that are here:
a thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is
Tak January 16, 2005 19:25
First comment: 16 January, 2005 1 comments written
Don't forget the four types of lint.
n June 13, 2005 17:26
First comment: 12 June, 2005 4 comments written
I could never get
out of the house without being hit
on the head with a brick in that game...
bob June 13, 2005 17:27
First comment: 13 June, 2005 1 comments written
does he also have a splitting headache?
Aeschylus December 2, 2005 02:28
First comment: 2 December, 2005 22 comments written
The Hitchiker's Guide"Rincewind!"
Twoflower sprang off the bed. The wizard jumped back,
wrenching his features into a smile.
"My dear chap, right on time! We'll just have lunch, and
then I'm sure you've got a wonderful programme lined up for
this afternoon!"
"Er --"
"That's great!"
Rincewind took a deep breath. "Look," he said desperately,
"let's eat somewhere else. There's been a bit of a fight
down below."
"A tavern brawl? Why didn't you wake me up?"
"Well, you see, I - _what_?"
"I thought I made myself clear this morning, Rincewind. I
want to see genuine Morporkian life - the slave market, the
Whore Pits, the Temple of Small Gods, the Beggar's Guild...
and a genuine tavern brawl." A faint note of suspicion
entered Twoflower's voice. "You _do_ have them, don't you?
You know, people swinging on chandeliers, swordfights over
the table, the sort of thing Hrun the Barbarian and the
Weasel are always getting involved in. You know --
_excitement_."
        [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
game was my first introduction to the series... it's... different.
To remove the common sense particle, you have to wander through the (random) maze in your brain... I think you get there with the Improbability Drive...
Fathead April 6, 2006 00:10
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
What the...?
Sirbina August 31, 2006 17:02
First comment: 26 August, 2006 11 comments written
Ha ha! That's one of the best games ever!
1338h4x September 19, 2006 03:01
First comment: 19 September, 2006 102 comments written
Obscure Hitchhiker's game. This comic is filled with win.
Gadora September 22, 2006 00:26
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
I haven't played, but I have seen the first screen.
gryffinp April 5, 2007 22:39
First comment: 5 April, 2007 1 comments written
HaHaHaHaHa! Nice. That game was the hardest thing ever.
Grognor April 6, 2007 23:02
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
References can be great and all, but there's really no reason to rate a comic excellent if there's no joke based on that reference. Anybody could cheaply get an audience to like his strip simply by doing some reference to a little known thing, and all of a sudden, BAM! "OMG, he remembered something I've heard of! EXCELENTZORLOL!"

References are only funny if you make them that way.
HK June 5, 2007 21:59
First comment: 1 June, 2007 309 comments written
EXCELLENT! (And I haven't even heard of that Hitchhiker`s Guide"Rincewind!"
Twoflower sprang off the bed. The wizard jumped back,
wrenching his features into a smile.
"My dear chap, right on time! We'll just have lunch, and
then I'm sure you've got a wonderful programme lined up for
this afternoon!"
"Er --"
"That's great!"
Rincewind took a deep breath. "Look," he said desperately,
"let's eat somewhere else. There's been a bit of a fight
down below."
"A tavern brawl? Why didn't you wake me up?"
"Well, you see, I - _what_?"
"I thought I made myself clear this morning, Rincewind. I
want to see genuine Morporkian life - the slave market, the
Whore Pits, the Temple of Small Gods, the Beggar's Guild...
and a genuine tavern brawl." A faint note of suspicion
entered Twoflower's voice. "You _do_ have them, don't you?
You know, people swinging on chandeliers, swordfights over
the table, the sort of thing Hrun the Barbarian and the
Weasel are always getting involved in. You know --
_excitement_."
        [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
to the Galaxy game!)
Nekosune June 27, 2007 16:29
First comment: 27 June, 2007 1 comments written
niice ^^
kuribo September 5, 2007 09:43
First comment: 5 September, 2007 3 comments written
Of course people think it's funny just because someone references something they've heard of. That's why Family Guy is still on.
FordPrefect September 20, 2007 16:51
First comment: 20 September, 2007 1 comments written
This comic is easy to understand, you'll just need to stick this fish in your ear...
Wazootyman September 22, 2007 08:34
First comment: 11 September, 2007 4 comments written
Beautiful.
Kohkelxon January 9, 2008 17:28
First comment: 8 January, 2008 52 comments written
This is good.
I never played the game but I have read the books, and they are brilliant. Still haven't been able to learn to fly though :(

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