The book dialog game - Page 53

Hamlet53 · 11-09-2011, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Canterville Ghost, by Oscar Wilde?

Perhaps too easy? Anyway that is correct.

pdurrant · 11-10-2011, 05:12 AM

An American, a ghost and the British aristocracy too easy? Perhaps. I wasn't certain I was right.

OK, here's another one:

‘Pathetic,’ he said. ‘That’s what it is. Pathetic.’

He turned and walked slowly down the stream for twenty yards, splashed across it, and walked slowly back on the other side. Then he looked at himself in the water again.

‘As I thought,’ he said. ‘No better from this side. But nobody minds. Nobody cares. Pathetic, that’s what it is.’

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 08:29 AM

Is that Eeyore speaking?

pdurrant · 11-10-2011, 08:31 AM

Could be... do you want to venture a title?

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 08:32 AM

The House at Pooh Corner?

pdurrant · 11-10-2011, 08:33 AM

No, rather more obvious!

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 08:48 AM

Winnie-the-Pooh?

pdurrant · 11-10-2011, 08:49 AM

Yes, that's the one. From the start of Chapter 6 - Eeyore's Birthday. He does have a very distinctive voice, doesn't he?

Over to you...

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Yes, that's the one. From the start of Chapter 6 - Eeyore's Birthday. He does have a very distinctive voice, doesn't he?

Over to you...

He does indeed have a distinctive voice! And vocabulary! I recognized him on his first word (Pathetic)

BRB with new quiz....

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 09:19 AM

OK - try this one:

“The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 10:18 AM

“The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.”

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 07:06 PM

"How do you feel?"

"Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.”

Hamlet53 · 11-10-2011, 07:56 PM

Until the last clue I thought it might be something by Mark Twain. Actually it was the second clue that made me most think that. Now I have no idea.

poohbear_nc · 11-10-2011, 08:05 PM

"I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.”

WT Sharpe · 11-10-2011, 08:05 PM

Something by P.G. Wodehouse? They sound very Jeeves & Woolstery.

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11-10-2011, 05:12 AM	#782
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	An American, a ghost and the British aristocracy too easy? Perhaps. I wasn't certain I was right. OK, here's another one: ‘Pathetic,’ he said. ‘That’s what it is. Pathetic.’ He turned and walked slowly down the stream for twenty yards, splashed across it, and walked slowly back on the other side. Then he looked at himself in the water again. ‘As I thought,’ he said. ‘No better from this side. But nobody minds. Nobody cares. Pathetic, that’s what it is.’

11-10-2011, 08:29 AM	#783
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,691 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Is that Eeyore speaking?

11-10-2011, 08:31 AM	#784
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Could be... do you want to venture a title?

11-10-2011, 08:32 AM	#785
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,691 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	The House at Pooh Corner?

11-10-2011, 08:33 AM	#786
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	No, rather more obvious!

11-10-2011, 08:48 AM	#787
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,691 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Winnie-the-Pooh?

11-10-2011, 08:49 AM	#788
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Yes, that's the one. From the start of Chapter 6 - Eeyore's Birthday. He does have a very distinctive voice, doesn't he? Over to you...

11-10-2011, 09:19 AM	#790
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,691 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	OK - try this one: “The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.

11-10-2011, 10:18 AM	#791
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,691 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	“The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.”

11-10-2011, 07:06 PM	#792
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,691 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	"How do you feel?" "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.”

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11-10-2011, 07:56 PM	#793
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Until the last clue I thought it might be something by Mark Twain. Actually it was the second clue that made me most think that. Now I have no idea.

11-10-2011, 08:05 PM	#794
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,691 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	"I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.”

11-10-2011, 08:05 PM	#795
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Something by P.G. Wodehouse? They sound very Jeeves & Woolstery.