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Tuesday, 27 July, 2004 by Dion Nicolaas
                    
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@ "Since I impersonate other heroes my game has improved."
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RickoniX July 27, 2004 17:52
First comment: 9 February, 2004 15 comments written
Now all you need is an upside down cardboard box, and instant army
Cetra July 27, 2004 19:47
First comment: 28 June, 2004 38 comments written
W00T!
Calvin and Hobbes fuggin' rockBilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something.
He could not get up at the brutes and he had nothing to shoot
with; but looking about he saw that in this place there were
many stones lying in what appeared to be a now dry little
watercourse. Bilbo was a pretty fair shot with a stone, and
it did not take him long to find a nice smooth egg-shaped one
that fitted his hand cosily. As a boy he used to practise
throwing stones at things, until rabbits and squirrels, and
even birds, got out of his way as quick as lightning if they
saw him stoop; and even grownup he had still spent a deal of
his time at quoits, dart-throwing, shooting at the wand,
bowls, ninepins and other quiet games of the aiming and
throwing sort - indeed he could do lots of things, besides
blowing smoke-rings, asking riddles and cooking, that I
haven't time to tell you about. There is no time now. While
he was picking up stones, the spider had reached Bombur, and
soon he would have been dead. At that moment Bilbo threw.
The stone struck the spider plunk on the head, and it dropped
senseless off the tree, flop to the ground, with all its legs
curled up.
        [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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Better than the box, though: The wagon, a damn near indestructible steed!
Cetra July 27, 2004 19:48
First comment: 28 June, 2004 38 comments written
Sorry for double-posting, but a thought just occurred to me: Calvinball.... in Nethack.
Oy.
acheron July 27, 2004 23:25
First comment: 1 June, 2004 63 comments written
You'd need the box on the side to have an instant army... if the box was upside down, you'd be able to polymorph yourself/others... and if it was right-side up you'd be able to go back in time. :)
CordBar@aol.com July 30, 2004 23:59
First comment: 6 May, 2004 76 comments written
I know of the transmogrifier and the time machine, but what makes a sideways box an "instant army"?
RickoniX August 16, 2004 05:33
First comment: 9 February, 2004 15 comments written
The Cloner, I always forget which box position is which
Robert Barber, Tamer of a Digital One October 2, 2004 05:20
First comment: 28 September, 2004 64 comments written
Now who would be foolish/brave enough to code that???
Meat November 1, 2005 23:01
First comment: 1 November, 2005 2 comments written
If somebody is going to implement a cardboard box, why not make it wearable a la metal gear solid?
Aeschylus December 2, 2005 02:38
First comment: 2 December, 2005 22 comments written
"Box A- To Gnomish Mines"
JonMW December 26, 2005 04:58
First comment: 26 December, 2005 6 comments written
Now THERE'S an idea. Transmogrify SnakeNow the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field
which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,
hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of
the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is
in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of
it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent
said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth
know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And
when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I
did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou
hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above
every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and
dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put
enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
        [ Genesis 3:1-6,13-15 ]

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into a bug when he hides under the box.
Fathead April 6, 2006 00:38
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
You all gotta be jokin' me.
Quothz April 22, 2006 02:39
First comment: 3 February, 2005 2 comments written
The bicycle hits! The bicycle hits! Sally throws a snowball. You are hit by a snowball! The babysitter grabs you. The bicycle hits!
  June 23, 2006 20:15
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
fathead: seems you missed quite a lot of fun. go read calvin and hobbes.
i'd love to see the patch, and i love quothz quote.
Fathead July 27, 2006 22:38
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
I was talkin' to someone else; I love Calvin & Hobbes!

Say, how 'bout re-instituting Get Rid Of Slimy girlS?
1338h4x September 19, 2006 03:15
First comment: 19 September, 2006 102 comments written
I could see Quothz's line happening in hallucination...
Grognor April 7, 2007 01:04
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
<growls>
HK June 5, 2007 22:34
First comment: 1 June, 2007 309 comments written
Lame.
Kerta December 12, 2007 14:48
First comment: 12 December, 2007 72 comments written
So. You ascend when you get the Amulet of YendorThis mysterious talisman is the object of your quest. It is
said to possess powers which mere mortals can scarcely
comprehend, let alone utilize. The gods will grant the gift of
immortality to the adventurer who can deliver it from the
depths of Moloch's Sanctum and offer it on the appropriate high
altar on the Astral Plane.

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, get touched by a lichenThe chamber was of unhewn rock, round, as near as might
be, eighteen or twenty feet across, and gay with rich
variety of fern and moss and lichen. The fern was in
its winter still, or coiling for the spring-tide; but
moss was in abundant life, some feathering, and some
gobleted, and some with fringe of red to it.
        [ Lorna Doone, by R.D. Blackmore ]

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, and kick a sink, but only if you have previously rubbed a lampWhen he came to himself he told his mother what had passed,
and showed her the lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the
garden, which were in reality precious stones. He then asked
for some food.

"Alas! child," she said, "I have nothing in the house, but I
have spun a little cotton and will go and sell it."

Aladdin bade her keep her cotton, for he would sell the lamp
instead. As it was very dirty she began to rub it, that it
might fetch a higher price. Instantly a hideous genie
appeared, and asked what she would have. She fainted away,
but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly:
"Fetch me something to eat!"
        [ Aladdin, from The Arabian Nights, by Andrew Lang ]

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and have only 3 goldA metal of characteristic yellow colour, the most precious
metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. Symbol,
Au; at. no. 79; at. wt. 197.2. It is the most malleable
and ductile of all metals, and very heavy (sp. gr., 19.3).
It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most
corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in
coin and jewelry.
[ Webster's New International Dictionary
         of the English Language, Second Edition ]

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pieces in your inventory
Kohkelxon January 9, 2008 18:00
First comment: 8 January, 2008 52 comments written
I'm getting enough of these references. I know Calvin and Hobbes, but this thing still puzzled me.
Duncan September 28, 2008 18:35
First comment: 28 September, 2008 2 comments written
The last panel is a Calvin and Hobbes reference, but the first two panels seem to me to be an RA Salvatore reference. Drizz't Do'Urden (the heroic dark elfThe Elves sat round the fire upon the grass or upon the sawn
rings of old trunks. Some went to and fro bearing cups and
pouring drinks; others brought food on heaped plates and
dishes.
"This is poor fare," they said to the hobbits; "for we are
lodging in the greenwood far from our halls. If ever you are
our guests at home, we will treat you better."
"It seems to me good enough for a birthday-party," said Frodo.
Pippin afterwards recalled little of either food or drink, for
his mind was filled with the light upon the elf-faces, and the
sound of voices so various and so beautiful that he felt in a
waking dream. [...]
Sam could never describe in words, nor picture clearly to
himself, what he felt or thought that night, though it remained
in his memory as one of the chief events of his life. The
nearest he ever got was to say: "Well, sir, if I could grow
apples like that, I would call myself a gardener. But it was
the singing that went to my heart, if you know what I mean."
[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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) attains a pantherAnd lo! almost where the ascent began,
A panther light and swift exceedingly,
Which with a spotted skin was covered o'er!

And never moved she from before my face,
Nay, rather did impede so much my way,
That many times I to return had turned.
        [ Dante's Inferno, as translated
                by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

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figurineThen it appeared in Paris at just about the time that Paris
was full of Carlists who had to get out of Spain. One of
them must have brought it with him, but, whoever he was, it's
likely he knew nothing about its real value. It had been --
no doubt as a precaution during the Carlist trouble in Spain
-- painted or enameled over to look like nothing more than a
fairly interesting black statuette. And in that disguise,
sir, it was, you might say, kicked around Paris for seventy
years by private owners and dealers too stupid to see what
it was under the skin.
        [ The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett ]

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from a wizardEbenezum walked before me along the closest thing we could
find to a path in these overgrown woods. Every few paces he
would pause, so that I, burdened with a pack stuffed with
arcane and heavy paraphernalia, could catch up with his
wizardly strides. He, as usual, carried nothing, preferring,
as he often said, to keep his hands free for quick conjuring
and his mind free for the thoughts of a mage.
        [ A Dealing with Demons, by Craig Shaw Gardner ]

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early in his life that summons a magical pantherAnd lo! almost where the ascent began,
A panther light and swift exceedingly,
Which with a spotted skin was covered o'er!

And never moved she from before my face,
Nay, rather did impede so much my way,
That many times I to return had turned.
        [ Dante's Inferno, as translated
                by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

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