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Monday, 2 May, 2005 by jsr
                    
                    
                    
                    
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@ "Here's a trick I learned from a carpenter friend of mineMade by Dwarfs. The Rule here is that the Mine is either long
deserted or at most is inhabited by a few survivors who will
make confused claims to have been driven out/decimated by humans/
other Dwarfs/Minions of the Dark Lord. Inhabited or not, this
Mine will be very complex, with many levels of galleries,
beautifully carved and engineered. What was being mined here
is not always evident, but at least some of the time it will
appear to have been Jewels, since it is customary to find
unwanted emeralds, etc., still embedded in the rock of the
walls. Metal will also be present, but only when made up into
armor and weapons (_wondrous_).
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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Drop what? h - a war hammerThey had come together at the ford of the Trident while the
battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his
great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in
black. On his breastplate was the three-headed dragon of his
House, wrought all in rubies that flashed like fire in the
sunlight. The waters of the Trident ran red around the
hooves of their destriers as they circled and clashed, again
and again, until at last a crushing blow from Robert's hammer
stove in the dragon and the chest behind it. When Ned had
finally come on the scene, Rhaegar lay dead in the stream,
while men of both armies scrambled in the swirling waters for
rubies knocked free of his armor.
        [ A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin ]

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Pick up what? h - a war hammerThey had come together at the ford of the Trident while the
battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his
great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in
black. On his breastplate was the three-headed dragon of his
House, wrought all in rubies that flashed like fire in the
sunlight. The waters of the Trident ran red around the
hooves of their destriers as they circled and clashed, again
and again, until at last a crushing blow from Robert's hammer
stove in the dragon and the chest behind it. When Ned had
finally come on the scene, Rhaegar lay dead in the stream,
while men of both armies scrambled in the swirling waters for
rubies knocked free of his armor.
        [ A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin ]

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Plague May 2, 2005 02:08
First comment: 31 January, 2005 102 comments written
Was the name of that carpenter Christ 'cause I was the one who taught him that.
Nameless May 2, 2005 05:14
First comment: 29 December, 2004 281 comments written
(does not get it)
Loof May 2, 2005 08:02
First comment: 2 May, 2005 22 comments written
What's to get? He picked up his hammer and saw.
Netaddict May 2, 2005 09:21
First comment: 14 April, 2004 34 comments written
Aww damn, I think that strip has left me bleeding.
korodzik@poczta.onet.pl May 2, 2005 11:21
First comment: 20 April, 2005 23 comments written
I get it now. Thanks Loof :)
maheshjr2000 May 2, 2005 13:50
First comment: 9 February, 2005 22 comments written
can someone explain this?
Irashtar May 2, 2005 14:17
First comment: 17 February, 2005 19 comments written
The punsesss... They burnss uss!
Goodgods May 2, 2005 20:10
First comment: 2 March, 2005 13 comments written
I see said the blind man as he spit into the wind, its all coming back to me now...
Helge May 2, 2005 20:31
First comment: 30 March, 2005 2 comments written
Hehe! It took me HOURS to get it!
Beowulf May 3, 2005 07:09
First comment: 8 January, 2005 114 comments written
I got this one instantly. I grinned at my friend for a moment and then he got it. (He's never played NetHack before and I think he was paying more attention to the panels than what is written under them)
cow_2001 May 4, 2005 00:05
First comment: 4 May, 2005 2 comments written
I got some hilarious google ads on this pageThese 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.

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., but now they are gone. They 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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Now the ads are more or less on topic with two MMORPG in-game money stores or whatever and two fantasy miniatures stores.
freshme@ May 5, 2005 09:09
First comment: 4 January, 2005 67 comments written
I've got one right now for CentaurOf all the monsters put together by the Greek imagination
the Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted a class in themselves.
Despite a strong streak of sensuality, in their make-up,
their normal behaviour was moral, and they took a kindly
thought of man's welfare. The attempted outrage of Nessos on
Deianeira, and that of the whole tribe of Centaurs on the
Lapith women, are more than offset by the hospitality of
Pholos and by the wisdom of Cheiron, physician, prophet,
lyrist, and the instructor of Achilles. Further, the
Centaurs were peculiar in that their nature, which united the
body of a horse with the trunk and head of a man, involved
an unthinkable duplication of vital organs and important
members. So grotesque a combination seems almost un-Greek.
These strange creatures were said to live in the caves and
clefts of the mountains, myths associating them especially
with the hills of Thessaly and the range of Erymanthos.
         [ Mythology of all races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271 ]

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NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. Forge blacksmith & farrier supplies. Now that could be useful in Nethack.
Banjooie March 23, 2006 08:56
First comment: 23 March, 2006 6 comments written
Know that nearly a year later, the distressing hammer-related Google ads are back.
Fathead May 31, 2006 22:25
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
I see said the blind man...
  June 24, 2006 15:45
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
there was a game, i think it was from 'alone in the dark' or one of the 'loom' games, where one cheat enabled you to use your hammer as a lightsource...
Bob October 3, 2006 05:51
First comment: 20 April, 2004 3 comments written
"I see," said the blind man to his deaf wife.
tjf311@hotmail.com April 7, 2007 07:44
First comment: 6 April, 2007 4 comments written
no guys its this really old saying from like forever ago, my dad used to say it all the time

"I see" said the blind man who picked up the hammer and saw.
Grognor April 12, 2007 06:21
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Hehe?
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