LMB Quote Game

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:47 pm

I have a separate copy of Borders of Infinity, just so I could read the "glueing" pages.

Xxx gestured. "May we step into your office?"
Yyy rubbed his nose with the back of his hand and sniffed."Let me give you a piece of advice, boy. You ain't gonna make it here as a stand-up comic. Every joke that can possibly be made has been run into the ground. Even the sick ones."

What book?
Who is Xxx?
Who is he with (who is the "we")?
Who is Yyy?

I presume that makes it too easy now, but that's ok.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:00 am

Finally found it. After chasing all over the Saga for all the possible "offices", of course I only realised after the expansion that this "office" was just a corner of pure air...

Xxx I knew from the start was Miles but

Book: the novella "The Borders of Infinity" (Dagoola)
"we" includes Suegar (and his piece of "Scripture")
Yyy is Oliver

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:52 am

Correct as usual! A sherlock to you, and you're up for the next quote.

Suzette

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:08 am

"Damn it," he mumbled apologetically, "things like this never happened to Xxx."
She raised a thoughtful eyebrow. "How do you know? The histories of those times were all written by minstrels and poets. You try and think of a word that rhymes with 'yyy'."

Book?
Who was "Xxx"?
Who is "he"?
Who is "she"?
What "thing like this" is yyy, that does not rhyme with anything?

Bonus:
How come yyy is hereditary in "his" family? (Give the book and context where "he" explains it)

BTW there is still an open bonus about characters compared to female animals of the Panthera genus.

One occurence is

She began to pace, xxx-ess on a short chain. Her emotional wounds seemed to work themselves open and bleed before his eyes. He ached to staunch them.

I know of another instance for the same character, different feline, and one more instance with a different character, same animal. One half point (but not the next quote) for giving two detailed (book, character, what species of the Panthera genus, context) instances.
It is OK if you do not give the details for the one I just mentioned, but two others, and also if you propose one that I don't remember now.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:22 pm

A loger one, maybe?

Vvv eyed him with affectionate concern. "You know, son, if you're going to last in this business, you have to learn to pace yourself. We almost lost you there."

It sounded like a good dictum; perhaps he'd have it calligraphed for the wall of his bedroom.

Another time, Zzz. How had she come to sickbay? He'd left her in the shuttle. Nothing stayed where you put it...

"Damn it," he mumbled apologetically, "things like this never happened to Xxx."

She raised a thoughtful eyebrow. "How do you know? The histories of those times were all written by minstrels and poets. You try and think of a word that rhymes with 'yyy'."

Book?
Who is Vvv?
Who was "Xxx"?
Who is "he"=son=you?
Who is Zzz="she"?
What "thing like this" is yyy, that does not rhyme with anything?

Bonus:
How come yyy is hereditary in "his" family? (Give the book and context where "he" explains it)

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:00 pm

Book? The Warrior's Apprentice

Who is Vvv? Tung

Who was "Xxx"? Vorthalia The bold

Who is "he"=son=you? Miles

Who is Zzz="she"? Elena

What "thing like this" is yyy, that does not rhyme with anything? Bleeding Ulcer.

I had thought the original post referred to a conversation between Miles and Ekaterin, but with the additional help I figured it out. I was yelling "I KNOW THIS ONE! I KNOW THIS ONE!" and running to my bookcase to get the book and my daughter came running down the hall asking, "What?! What?!" When I explained, she just shook her head and went back to making out her role playing game charecters!

James

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:56 pm

Correct!
One sherlock and the next quote for you.

What about the bonus?
And the old bonus?

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:32 pm

"How come yyy is hereditary in "his" family? (Give the book and context where "he" explains it)"

The Warrior's Apprentice?

While Miles, Gregor and Aral are discussing the aftermath of Miles' Ivan's sudden appearance at the Council of Counts, Miles is suddenly reminded of the time and takes a drink of his medicine. Aral, startled, asks what he is drinking, and when Miles replies "Antacid. Uh-want some?", Aral takes a drink.

James

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:38 am

JKCade wrote:"How come yyy is hereditary in "his" family? (Give the book and context where "he" explains it)"

The Warrior's Apprentice?

While Miles, Gregor and Aral are discussing the aftermath of Miles' Ivan's sudden appearance at the Council of Counts, Miles is suddenly reminded of the time and takes a drink of his medicine. Aral, startled, asks what he is drinking, and when Miles replies "Antacid. Uh-want some?", Aral takes a drink.

James

Well, no, this is not the answer I am expecting. I asked where he (Miles) explained why it is hereditary, not just an example of the hereditary character.
But this is just for the bonus (one extra 1/2 point), it should not keep you from asking the next question, and I gave you one sherlock already.
Also, for newcomers who don't know this rule, anyone may answer the bonus, not just the person who won the main point and the quote (and this applies to the old bonus as well).

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:02 am

Xxx says; "I got all excited for a minute when I found a personal seal, but it turned out to be just Yyy's file of Barrayaran jokes. Some of them are pretty good. Do you want a copy?"

"Is that the one that starts out: 'Impsec Officer: What do you mean he got away? Didn't I tell you to cover all the exits?-Impsec Guard: I did sir! He walked out throught one of the entrances!' "

What is the book?
Who is Xxx?
Who is Yyy that Xxx is speaking of?
And who is telling the Impsec joke?

James

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:49 pm

What is the book? Komarr

Who is Xxx? Miles

Who is Yyy that Xxx is speaking of? Veiner (spelling???)

And who is telling the Impsec joke? Captian Toumonen( Spelling???) - is married to a Komarrian woman who got his copy from his mother-in-law.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:39 am

Hmmm.. looks like JKCade has gone AWOL.

So, as self-appointed umpire in this game, I hereby grant Ghost a sherlock and the next quote for his correct answer, despite a few spelling mistakes (Veiner->Venier; Toumonen-> Tuomonen, Komarrian->Komarran).

However, as self-appointed laurie's minion, I am less lenient for words of the "ordinary" english vocabulary:

Ghost wrote:Captian

Ghost

And he should be thankful that the website changed my title a few hundred posts ago. If I were still Vlad's minion, instead of laurie's, the punishment would have been much worse....

I wanted to add a post on the Sherlock thread and ended up editing my previous one by mistake instead, but I did give Ghost his new sherlock

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:56 am

voralfred wrote:Toumonen-> Tuomonen

Yup. That's a Finnish last name, by the way.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:22 am

Blackwing wrote:
voralfred wrote: Tuomonen
Yup. That's a Finnish last name, by the way.

I realized that. Does it mean something specific?

I wonder why LMB gave a finnish name to one of her Barrayaran characters. Normally they come in four languages, galactic (english), french, russian and geek... sorry, greek. (Except that all her greek guys are hillbilly hicks, even worse than the Dendarii people, to the great annoyment of my greek friend...)

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:30 pm

voralfred wrote:
Blackwing wrote:
voralfred wrote: Tuomonen
Yup. That's a Finnish last name, by the way.
I realized that. Does it mean something specific?

Well, Tuomo is one of the translations of Thomas and -nen suffix shows that it's a surname. Nothing more exotic.

I was thrilled to see it, of course!

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:30 pm

Ghost, do you intend to post a new quote? JKCade did not confirm yo uwere right, but I did!

Post by **Ghost** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:58 pm

New quote:

"Well," said X thinly, "they haven't killed us yet. There must be some reason to keep us alive."

Y's lips drew back on a deathly grin, his eyes crinkling. "None whatsoever." The words came out in a wheeing chuckle, abruptly cut off. A private joke between Y and Z, apparently. "He imagines he has reason," Y explained, "but he's very mistaken."

X, Y, Z and Book

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:19 pm

Sorry about the delay guys, I got called out of town to go fix an airplane, we were there several days longer than I thought we would be. Yes, the answer was correct, congratulations!!

James

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:25 pm

Ghost wrote:New quote:

"Well," said X thinly, "they haven't killed us yet. There must be some reason to keep us alive."

Y's lips drew back on a deathly grin, his eyes crinkling. "None whatsoever." The words came out in a wheeing chuckle, abruptly cut off. A private joke between Y and Z, apparently. "He imagines he has reason," Y explained, "but he's very mistaken."
X, Y, Z and Book

X= Miles
Y= Duv Galeni
Z= Ser Galen
in Brother in Arms

James: no problem, I waited a couple of days then just confirmed that Ghost was right. When Ghost confirm this and I post a new one, you are allowed to answer at once even before 5 days elapsed since Ghost's post, the 5 days restriction applies only for one quote.

JKCade wrote: I got called out of town to go fix an airplane,

But.. didn't you say in your profile you were retired? Or are yo usuch an expert that in dire straits thay call upon you even after retirement?

Post by **Ghost** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:52 pm

Correct in spirit (Z in the text is actually the light fixture).

Voralfred you're up.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:54 pm

Well, I just remembered the scene and answered from memory without checking. Of course Galeni (born Galen) knew there was a microphone in the light fixture and was talking to his father.

"...Do I understand correctly you've had some sort of female trouble?"
No, most of my trouble have been with males. XXX bit xxx's tongue.

xxx's is just the gender appropriate possessive.

Book?
XXX?
Profession of the first speaker? (in fact XXX has not spoken yet, the italics indicate a thought)

Bonus:
What advice did the first speaker give XXX? Was it really appropriate?

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:33 pm

Barrayar
Cordelia
Doctor, physician

(I'm too lazy to check in book

)

Bonus: To exercise. No, it wasn't appropriate advice because Cordelia just returned from hiding and riding in mountains.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:41 pm

Correct, bonus included.
Your turn!

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:01 pm

"Quite fair. It was me. I let myself get rattled, didn't pay attention to what I was doing."

Book?
Who said?
To whom?
About what?

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:58 pm

"But.. didn't you say in your profile you were retired? Or are you such an expert that in dire straits thay call upon you even after retirement?"

HAH! I wish I was an expert! No, I retired from the Air Force, then got a good job out at the airport. Between the one kid in college, the one in high school, and the ex-wife, everyone seems to want a piece of the retirement check, so the airport job keeps me in potato chips and LMB books!

James

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