GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
An actual horse.
The Princess Bride.
Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.
Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Some more clues: the book was published in the 1980s and won a Newbery medal award.
The Princess Bride.
Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.
Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
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Yes, that's the book!
The Princess Bride.
Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.
Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Does that mean I have to put up the next blurb ?
It's been a dog's age since I was in the Sherlock game.
It's been a dog's age since I was in the Sherlock game.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Well, post a line about Lassie or Rintintin or ... or... or Hooch!
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
1 Line Blurb: "Snarky queen pens brilliant introspective philosophical diatribe to lover while held captive."
Genre: Memoir
Genre: Memoir
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
I'll post 1 increasingly leading hint per day until someone gets it.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Is it about Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine?
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
An excellent effort, but alas ... to no avail.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Hint #1: The "lover" in question was an English Lord.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Why so quiet ... is there a 1 guess per day per person limit in effect ?
If so, let's up it to 2 ... as long as someone else goes in-between.
If so, let's up it to 2 ... as long as someone else goes in-between.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Hint #2: My use and/or lack of capitalization was deliberate.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Was that queen held captive in a dismal prison (dungeon, jail, cave, whatever)
or in a relatively comfortable convent
or under house/room arrest in a luxurious palace/room?
or in a relatively comfortable convent
or under house/room arrest in a luxurious palace/room?
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Hint #3: The queen in question was imprisoned, rather than merely held under house arrest.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
I'm sure she was one of those controversial, tempestuous English queens. Was she?
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
2 out of 4 ... you're getting warmer.
Remember hint #2.
Remember hint #2.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Hint #2a: In Americanized idiomatic English, there is a difference between a "queen" and a "Queen", because the former is slang and the latter is a title of royalty, and is therefore capitalized.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Hint #4: A "queen" is not a "Queen" when it is used as a slang reference to a flamboyant homosexual male. Thus, if you combine all the hints to date, we have:
"Snarky flamboyant homosexual pens brilliant introspective philosophical diatribe to his lover (an English Lord) while doing hard time in prison."
And yes, the book is in the IBDoF database.
"Snarky flamboyant homosexual pens brilliant introspective philosophical diatribe to his lover (an English Lord) while doing hard time in prison."
And yes, the book is in the IBDoF database.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
2 out of 4 indeed.
I must reluctantly admit that you've lost me.
I was thinking of a Queen.
I must reluctantly admit that you've lost me.
I was thinking of a Queen.
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Answer: De Profundis by the late great Oscar Wilde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
"I have nothing to declare but my genius !" - Oscar Wilde
Ok, someone else go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
"I have nothing to declare but my genius !" - Oscar Wilde
Ok, someone else go.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Hey, hey, no need to be so impatient! That last clue was what I needed to put me on the right track (Oscar Wilde)...bit more time and I would have come up with the title, too.
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ARKAS: Und dir ist fremd das Vaterland geworden.
IPHIGENIE: Das ist's, warum mein blutend Herz nicht heilt.
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
Have there been any queeny Queens?Darb wrote:Hint #2a: In Americanized idiomatic English, there is a difference between a "queen" and a "Queen", because the former is slang and the latter is a title of royalty, and is therefore capitalized.
Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
In fact, after the suggestions of Rintintin and such, I thought the "queen" you meant was a female cat!
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Re: GAME -- One line "blurbs" (for Sherlocks)
So who's up now?
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