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Thursday, 26 January, 2006 by Nameless
                    
                    
                    
                    
    Dudley Who!
@ "Oh this ought to be good." 
                    
                    
                    
  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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@ "Funny thing to call a questMany, possibly most, Tours are organized as a Quest. This
is like a large-scale treasure hunt, with clues scattered
all over the continent, a few false leads, Mystical Masters
as game-show hosts, and the Dark Lord and the Terrain to
make the Quest interestingly difficult. [...]
In order to be assured of your future custom, the Management
has a further Rule: Tourists, far from being rewarded for
achieving their Quest Object, must then go on to conquer
the Dark Lord or set about Saving the World, or both. And
why not? By then you will have had a lot of practice in
that sort of thing and, besides, the Quest Object is usually
designed to help you do it.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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Circles, Windows, and special gates set up for the purpose.
You will travel through them both to distant parts of the
continent and to and from our own world. The precise manner
of their working is a Management secret.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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    Makes daring    
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You pick the lock!  
                    
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@ "Decisions, decisions..." 
                    
                    
                    
   And faces his    
  Ultimate Foe(tm)! 
                    
                    
                    
                    

The Dalek shoots a  
death[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see.  And I saw, and behold a white
horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given
unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

[War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see.  And there went out another
horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon
to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one
another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

[Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the
third beast say, Come and see.  And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his
hand.  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say,
A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley
for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

[Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.  And I looked, and
behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
and Hell followed with him.  And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
     [ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ]

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@ Apply f - a blessed tin openerLess than thirty Cat tribes now survived, roaming the cargo
decks on their hind legs in a desperate search for food.
But the food had gone.
The supplies were finished.
Weak and ailing, they prayed at the supply hold's silver
mountains: huge towering acres of metal rocks which, in their
pagan way, the mutant Cats believed watched over them.
Amid the wailing and the screeching one Cat stood up and held
aloft the sacred icon. The icon which had been passed down
as holy, and one day would make its use known.
It was a piece of V-shaped metal with a revolving handle on
its head.
He took down a silver rock from the silver mountain, while
the other Cats cowered and screamed at the blasphemy.
He placed the icon on the rim of the rock, and turned the
handle.
And the handle turned.
And the rock opened.
And inside the rock was Alphabetti spaghetti in tomato sauce.
        [ Red Dwarf, by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor ]

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Nobody Special January 26, 2006 01:08
First comment: 8 June, 2005 118 comments written
And thus, the Time Lord role was born.
Grey Knight January 26, 2006 11:55
First comment: 20 October, 2005 116 comments written
Basically a setup for a newt(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
        [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
        [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]

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Made me physically laugh, therefore I vote Excelllent!
Luos January 26, 2006 14:01
First comment: 13 November, 2005 29 comments written
I don't get it.
X January 26, 2006 17:20
First comment: 16 December, 2005 2 comments written
I don't get it, too. Could someone explain?
tappel@iki.fi January 26, 2006 19:18
First comment: 26 January, 2006 1 comments written
Hm, the stylesheet should specify something like pre { font-family: monospace }, since at least Firefox 1.5 does not do that by default.
Mr. DOS January 26, 2006 21:36
First comment: 10 January, 2006 40 comments written
The joke was that the ultimate enemy was a newt(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
        [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
        [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]

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--- Mr. DOS
Dion January 26, 2006 22:06
First comment: 2 February, 2004 100 comments written
My Firefox works as it should. Did you change any settings? Using a fixed font for <pre> seems... basic.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/text.html#h-9.3.4
Nesman January 26, 2006 22:25
First comment: 4 January, 2005 112 comments written
If you're missing the joke, you missed out on some great British sci fi with DoctorI swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health,
and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according
to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this
stipulation -- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear
to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve
his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the
same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if
they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and
that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction,
I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those
of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath
according to the law of medicine, but to none others. I will
follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and
judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain
from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. [...]
        [ Hippocrates' Oath, translated by Francis Adams ]

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our
dogs when well.
        [ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ]

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rpresser January 29, 2006 23:07
First comment: 6 October, 2005 51 comments written
There was a variant called Nuthack, an offshoot of 2.x something (I know it didn't have doors), that had a Time Lord role. Kibo was the responsible party. Time Lord starting equipment included a jelly baby and a wet squishy thing. I will never forget the line "You begin bashing monsters with your wet squishy thing."
Ristipisto-Risto January 30, 2006 10:36
First comment: 25 January, 2006 52 comments written
This is what I call some grand stuff.
The Ultimate Enemy really made me laugh long and hard.
Fathead July 19, 2006 22:24
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Gee. Instead of Eee or Eff.
Fathead July 19, 2006 22:40
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
The Newt(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
        [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
        [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]

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That : could be a Newt(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
        [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
        [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., salamanderFor hundreds of years, many people believed that salamanders
were magical. In England in the Middle Ages, people thought
that fire created salamanders. When they set fire to damp
logs, dozens of the slimy creatures scurried out. The word
salamander, in fact, comes from a Greek word meaning "fire
animal".
        [ Salamanders, by Cherie Winner ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., lizardLizards, snakes and the burrowing amphisbaenids make up the
order Squamata, meaning the scaly ones. The elongate, slim,
long-tailed bodies of lizards have become modified to enable
them to live in a wide range of habitats. Lizards can be
expert burrowers, runners, swimmers and climbers, and a few
can manage crude, short-distance gliding on rib-supported
"wings". Most are carnivores, feeding on invertebrate and
small vertebrate prey, but others feed on vegetation.
        [ Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia ]

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Gadora September 26, 2006 01:35
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
>rpresser
Do you know where my ValkyrieThe Valkyries were the thirteen choosers of the slain, the
beautiful warrior-maids of Odin who rode through the air and
over the sea. They watched the progress of the battle and
selected the heroes who were to fall fighting. After they
were dead, the maidens rewarded the heroes by kissing them
and then led their souls to Valhalla, where the warriors
lived happily in an ideal existence, drinking and eating
without restraint and fighting over again the battles in
which they died and in which they had won their deathless
fame.
        [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All
                Nations, by Herbert Robinson and Knox
                Wilson ]

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(While I was looking at the preview, I realized how very wrong this sounded.)
Gadora September 26, 2006 01:36
First comment: 21 September, 2006 88 comments written
I already regret making that comment.
Grognor April 17, 2007 08:02
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Yet I find it oddly comforting.
Kassil the Erratic April 17, 2007 09:18
First comment: 17 April, 2007 28 comments written
Very few things make me snicker. This succeeded. Kudos to Nameless!
Kerta December 13, 2007 13:06
First comment: 12 December, 2007 72 comments written
So... Is the is he after the Master of Yendor then?
Garnett June 3, 2009 00:43
First comment: 2 June, 2009 4 comments written
Worthwhile.
Garnett June 3, 2009 00:44
First comment: 2 June, 2009 4 comments written
Worthwhile
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