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Old 10-01-2015, 12:55 PM   #46
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Old 10-01-2015, 02:32 PM   #47
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Perhaps Rincewind would make a good neighbor then? He shares your interests it would seem, and all signs indicate the Lady has lost interest in him.
When I was younger, it seemed like a great idea to have all kinds of perilous adventures, heedless of life and limb. Now, just like Sam Vimes, I need to be home to read bedtime stories, because some things are important.

But there are people in the suburbs who think I am being g reckless just for living in the city.
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Old 10-01-2015, 08:51 PM   #48
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One comes to mind very quickly: Randall Flagg. It'd be a lot harder to name characters who I would want in my life!
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Old 10-02-2015, 11:00 AM   #49
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From the book I'm currently reading (The Bad Beginning [A Series of Unfortunate Events #1] by Lemony Snicket [Daniel Handler]) : Count Olaf; a most unpleasant fellow.
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Old 10-02-2015, 11:37 AM   #50
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I wouldn't want Smaug in my house, but his horde of gold is welcome.
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Old 10-02-2015, 12:22 PM   #51
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Old 10-02-2015, 01:52 PM   #52
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From the book I'm currently reading (The Bad Beginning [A Series of Unfortunate Events #1] by Lemony Snicket [Daniel Handler]) : Count Olaf; a most unpleasant fellow.
Yes, yes, he is. I found that book kind of dark for a middle grade. Interesting though.
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Old 10-02-2015, 02:23 PM   #53
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Mongolian?

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Old 10-02-2015, 04:25 PM   #54
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Old 10-02-2015, 07:33 PM   #55
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Mongolian?

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Old 10-02-2015, 08:03 PM   #56
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And likewise for Snow White's harem.
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(By the way: I always felt that Columbo, the detective played by Peter Falk, was decidedly Sherlockian... always catching people on some sort of weird, obscure clue.)
I recently watched the Columbo series (the Japanese Blu-Ray set is simply beautiful, I highly recommend it (not to mention it's the only Blu-Ray set)).

Columbo's technique as fairly simple: figure out who the suspect was (generally who ever was lying to him) and work out the timeline. And the constant pestering. He also encouraged the suspects to assist him in the solving of the crime, thereby getting them both involved in inventing stories, and eventually frustrating them into making mistakes.

The obscure clue was generally a disconnect between what people said and reality. Or the planted timeline and real time.
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No worries. If I move again and I've been thinking about it (my current location I've realized is a place I've spent longer at than any other location in my life) it will be both to the south (these hard six month winters are getting old) and to a larger town or city than where I currently live (like a place with a Starbucks at least). No plans to move to the "The End of the Earth."
Giving up Elsinore, are you?
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I recently watched the Columbo series (the Japanese Blu-Ray set is simply beautiful, I highly recommend it (not to mention it's the only Blu-Ray set)).

Columbo's technique as fairly simple: figure out who the suspect was (generally who ever was lying to him) and work out the timeline. And the constant pestering. He also encouraged the suspects to assist him in the solving of the crime, thereby getting them both involved in inventing stories, and eventually frustrating them into making mistakes.

The obscure clue was generally a disconnect between what people said and reality. Or the planted timeline and real time.
And of course, playing the simpleton who just doesn't get it, until he springs the trap at the end.
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And of course, playing the simpleton who just doesn't get it, until he springs the trap at the end.
Usually right after the "just one more thing" moment.
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