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  1. Owan

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    I just so happen to love playing this. And it doesn't really work out to well with my siblings at the dinner table (we're always sidetracking and quoting out of turn. Esigh.) So, if the moderators allow this, and we get to playing it--what fun!

    It kind of runs like this...

    FIRST PERSON POSTS: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -- Albert Einstein

    SECOND PERSON POSTS: "This man has insulted me!" -- Syme, G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday

    THIRD PERSON POSTS: "That raises a terrible question." -- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

    Got that? Just follow the third persons lead.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  2. Pip

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    Do you mean that we should only quote in third person? Or all three? All three might be a bit difficult!

    Posted 3 years ago #

  3. Alyosha

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    Hrm? No, it just means that you should post any quote to answer the third person's quote. ^^

    "The question is whether you and the rest of your rabble will leave without a flogging or with one. You may choose which you prefer." --Lord Bern, VDT

    Posted 3 years ago #

  4. Sarah

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    "I object to that remark very strongly." - The Bulldog in the Magician's Nephew

    Posted 3 years ago #

  5. Pip

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    "...you have nothing to fear but fear itself." Danny in "Nothing to Fear" (Hence the name, I suppose).

    Posted 3 years ago #

  6. Alyosha

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    "But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is."
    "Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir." --Carry On, Jeeves

    Posted 3 years ago #

  7. Pip

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    "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
    Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
    All the king's horses and all the king's men
    Had scrambled eggs for breakfast again."
    ~~~For Laughing Out Loud, a poetry book.
    (Does that count?)

    Posted 3 years ago #

  8. Owan

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    "...To the delight of the poetic little gutter boys in the little grey streets." -- G. K. Chesterton, The Singular Speculation of the House Agent

    Posted 3 years ago #

  9. Pip

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    "The world is quiet here." ~~~Characters in the SoUE

    Posted 3 years ago #

  10. Owan

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    "To sleep perchance to dream." -- Shakespeare

    Posted 3 years ago #

  11. Pip

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    What exactly does that mean?
    I shall counter that Shakespeare with yet another Shakespeare:
    "All the world's a stage." ~~~You-know-who

    Posted 3 years ago #

  12. Owan

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    "[and so] ...he danced along the dingy days..." -- Emily Dickinson, Because I Could Not Wait for Death

    Posted 3 years ago #

  13. Alyosha

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    "That is ridiculous," she said.
    The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice."

    --The King of Attolia

    Posted 3 years ago #

  14. Pip

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    "'It all seems highly irregular' said Mr. Brown, doubtfully." ~~~~A bear Called Paddington :), by Michael Bond

    Posted 3 years ago #

  15. Owan

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    "Most uncomfortable!" -- Fenworth, Donita K. Paul, DragonQuest

    Posted 3 years ago #

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