The book dialog game - Page 64

issybird · 07-25-2012, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Wow! I don't think I've ever read this one ...

Sounds like a British Hemingway speaker ....

I truly thought that if you were in the house, this wouldn't last long. If you haven't read it, it's just your thing. But I bet you have.

poohbear_nc · 07-25-2012, 09:17 PM

Hmmmm .... settling into the roost [disclaimer: I've had memory blocks all day on remembering names] ... it's definitely British, and for some reason I'm thinking female British author .....

issybird · 07-26-2012, 10:06 AM

"'A little, houseless match, it has no roof, no thatch,
It lies alone, it makes no moan, that little, houseless match.'"

"...headlines from the Daily Express which the children had made into a chant and intoned to each other all day.
Jassy: 'Man's long agony in a lift-shaft.'
Victoria: 'Slowly crushed to death in a lift.'"

poohbear_nc · 07-26-2012, 10:09 AM

Aha! Nancy Mitford - Love In a Cold Climate?

I'll have to give it a re-read - I simply did not remember the White Fang quote ....

issybird · 07-26-2012, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Aha! Nancy Mitford - Love In a Cold Climate?

I'll have to give it a re-read - I simply did not remember the White Fang quote ....

Of course! I knew you'd have read it.

What have you got for us?

poohbear_nc · 07-26-2012, 02:27 PM

OK - here's a fun one:

“The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

HomeInMyShoes · 07-26-2012, 03:15 PM

I disagree, which just don't understand what is possible at this moment.

Hmmm...sounds like a detective book to me.

Daithi · 07-26-2012, 03:47 PM

It sounds like Sherlock Holmes, so I'll try The Hound of the Baskervilles. However, I think Holmes' quote was "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, ..." and I really have no idea in which book he said it.

poohbear_nc · 07-26-2012, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

It sounds like Sherlock Holmes, so I'll try The Hound of the Baskervilles. However, I think Holmes' quote was "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, ..." and I really have no idea in which book he said it.

You are correct about the Holmes quote, but incorrect here. Not Sherlock!

eskimo49 · 07-26-2012, 05:51 PM

Can't understand why no one's ever tried a train trip with Hercule? (ps I don't really want to win).

HomeInMyShoes · 07-26-2012, 05:54 PM

Sure you do. It's fun coming up with clues if you stump the masses.

issybird · 07-26-2012, 05:56 PM

Looks like eskimo got it. Now he'll have to post a quote.

eskimo49 · 07-26-2012, 06:22 PM

Ok, you've asked for it so here it is:-
'
Rob McKenna had two hundred and thirty-one different types of rain entered in his little book, and he didn’t like any of them.'

ps it's now way past eskimo sleep time, so won't be able to give the answer until morning.

poohbear_nc · 07-26-2012, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

Looks like eskimo got it. Now he'll have to post a quote.

He's waffling - but it's clear he knows the answer ...

eskimo49 · 07-27-2012, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

He's waffling - but it's clear he knows the answer ...

Here's a clue - and it's just for you:-

'The last Post'

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07-25-2012, 09:17 PM	#947
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,228 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Hmmmm .... settling into the roost [disclaimer: I've had memory blocks all day on remembering names] ... it's definitely British, and for some reason I'm thinking female British author .....

07-26-2012, 10:06 AM	#948
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,517 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	"'A little, houseless match, it has no roof, no thatch, It lies alone, it makes no moan, that little, houseless match.'" "...headlines from the Daily Express which the children had made into a chant and intoned to each other all day. Jassy: 'Man's long agony in a lift-shaft.' Victoria: 'Slowly crushed to death in a lift.'"

07-26-2012, 10:09 AM	#949
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,228 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Aha! Nancy Mitford - Love In a Cold Climate? I'll have to give it a re-read - I simply did not remember the White Fang quote ....

07-26-2012, 02:27 PM	#951
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,228 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	OK - here's a fun one: “The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

07-26-2012, 03:15 PM	#952
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I disagree, which just don't understand what is possible at this moment. Hmmm...sounds like a detective book to me.

07-26-2012, 03:47 PM	#953
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	It sounds like Sherlock Holmes, so I'll try The Hound of the Baskervilles. However, I think Holmes' quote was "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, ..." and I really have no idea in which book he said it.

07-26-2012, 05:51 PM	#955
eskimo49 Addict Posts: 263 Karma: 1492476 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Scotland Device: Kindle	Can't understand why no one's ever tried a train trip with Hercule? (ps I don't really want to win).

07-26-2012, 05:54 PM	#956
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Sure you do. It's fun coming up with clues if you stump the masses.

07-26-2012, 05:56 PM	#957
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,517 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Looks like eskimo got it. Now he'll have to post a quote.

07-26-2012, 06:22 PM	#958
eskimo49 Addict Posts: 263 Karma: 1492476 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Scotland Device: Kindle	Ok, you've asked for it so here it is:- ' Rob McKenna had two hundred and thirty-one different types of rain entered in his little book, and he didn’t like any of them.' ps it's now way past eskimo sleep time, so won't be able to give the answer until morning.