*Appendix Trivia* - Page 80

Lotesse · 10-02-2005, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Spock

FYI, we can't use Puns and expect people to know/find/remember, the answer. Answers are determined by 'what is in the books'. Perhaps you'd like to rephrase your question.

THANK you, Spock!! Yes, what Spock says here - please, be distinct with your questions, and then you may find you receive distinct answers.

***Valandil*** · 10-02-2005, 07:40 AM

Curubethion's question was clear... he just used a 'pun' for a hint, which seems acceptable to me.

Spock · 10-02-2005, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Valandil

Curubethion's question was clear... he just used a 'pun' for a hint, which seems acceptable to me.

Words have meanings. Lotesse gets it, I get it, and others get it. He said "hints involving a pun" so we have to go on the assumption that he meant a pun! Please let's not have a debate about meaning.

Lotesse · 10-02-2005, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Curubethion

Oh, nice. Ok...who is Gimli's 4th cousin 3 times removed? (does anyone know genealogical terms?...I don't know what it is exactly...

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Please use terminology that originates from the book; i.e., the wording from the text itself.

Then perhaps we'll be better equipped to provide you with an answer. I never DID know what "removed" meant, in reference to cousins and relations...

***Valandil*** · 10-02-2005, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

Please use terminology that originates from the book; i.e., the wording from the text itself.

Then perhaps we'll be better equipped to provide you with an answer. I never DID know what "removed" meant, in reference to cousins and relations...

Technically, I still disagree with you and Spock on this. The appendices contain charts and other graphic information besides just written narrative text. I think it's OK to open this game to those other parts.

Spock · 10-03-2005, 10:33 AM

NO PUNS

Mr. Praline : But you told me it was Ipswitch!

Owner : (a bit meekly) It was a pun.

It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob!" It don't work!!

***Valandil*** · 10-03-2005, 11:53 PM

But Curubethion's "pun" was a hint, not the question itself.

A hint is not even a requisite part of the question-answer format - it's a bonus.

So what's the big deal if someone tells you that their hint is a pun?

Calm down...

Spock · 10-04-2005, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Valandil

But Curubethion's "pun" was a hint, not the question itself.

NO it wasn't. It involved a pun. NO PUNS. Questions straight forward and from the book. No inuendos, no puns, no vague references.

We the members HAVE Spoken

Lotesse · 10-04-2005, 01:19 AM

I second that.

olorin hamfast · 10-04-2005, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Spock

NO PUNS

Mr. Praline : But you told me it was Ipswitch!

Owner : (a bit meekly) It was a pun.

It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob!" It don't work!!

I hate to a picky ass, but I believe a palindrome is read the same way forewards as it is backwards. bolton vs notlob is simply bolton backwards. A palindrome would a word or numeric that is read the same foreward as it is backward. For instance, otto is a palindrome as it is the same word backward as it is foreward; the base pairs adenine guanine guanine adenine or agga is also a palindrome, as is ABBA, the swedish supergroup. I think Ill stop now.( incidentally, I like the abba song "SOS" which is , you guessed it, yet anothr palindrome)

Spock · 10-04-2005, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by olorin hamfast

I hate to a picky ass, but I believe a palindrome is read the same way forewards as it is backwards. bolton vs notlob is simply bolton backwards.

This was a direct quote from MONTY PYTHON. If you read the post you'll see that it is said "it doesn't work".

10-02-2005, 07:40 AM	#1582
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10-03-2005, 10:33 AM	#1586
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	NO PUNS Mr. Praline : But you told me it was Ipswitch! Owner : (a bit meekly) It was a pun. It's not a palindrome! The palindrome of "Bolton" would be "Notlob!" It don't work!! __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-03-2005, 11:53 PM	#1587
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	But Curubethion's "pun" was a hint, not the question itself. A hint is not even a requisite part of the question-answer format - it's a bonus. So what's the big deal if someone tells you that their hint is a pun? Calm down... __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

10-04-2005, 01:19 AM	#1589
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I second that. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe