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remmers
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Mysteriouso Enigmatico Quoto Revisito
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Jan 22 14:27 UTC 1993 |
Who is responsible for each of the following quotes?
(1)
Perhaps in all things, when we reck the the outcome,
It may behoove us to tally up the laughter
As well as tears expended on the effort.
Zounds! How seldom count we up our humanity
As if t'were something worthy of our measure,
Deferring rather to the vague recountings
Of poets who at their and others' leisure
Regale us all with tales of heros' outings
As if our own small lives contained no pleasure.
(2)
We didn't think much of Mulberry Street
at the time. Just an ordinary street that
you couldn't get at all excited about,
no matter how hard you tried. It was so
easy to dismiss it back then.
Nowadays we know better, of course. If
ever was an instance of "time heals all
wounds", this was it. Whenever people
try to describe how they feel about events
of their distant childhood, they almost
never fail to magnify the good points.
(3)
Better luck next time, thought Fred. Even though
each step of the process had seemed successful,
little doubt remained that the final overall
accomplishment was inopportune.
Leslie, however, was the eternal optimist. The
ugly consequences of their actions were lost on him,
glaringly obvious as they might be to the remainder
of humankind. I suppose that there is a place for
such people in the world, as a little self-decption
is useful psychological defense mechanism.
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remmers
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response 1 of 37:
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Jan 25 14:06 UTC 1993 |
C'mon, don't all speak up at once!
Nobody wants to take a shot at these? Correct guessers get their
names in the conference login message.
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md
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response 2 of 37:
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Jan 25 14:31 UTC 1993 |
Not a clue. Sorry.
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remmers
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response 3 of 37:
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Jan 26 04:47 UTC 1993 |
Please re-read the challenge in #0.
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aa8ij
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response 4 of 37:
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Jan 26 06:19 UTC 1993 |
Robert Frost or John Remmers
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remmers
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response 5 of 37:
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Jan 26 19:08 UTC 1993 |
I will admit to partial responsibility, since I typed the quotes in
and am therefore responsible for their presence. There are, however,
other kinds of responsibility...
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remmers
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response 6 of 37:
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Jan 26 19:09 UTC 1993 |
(I doubt that Robert Frost has any significant responsibility though.)
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furs
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response 7 of 37:
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Jan 28 12:53 UTC 1993 |
I know, I know. GOD.
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remmers
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response 8 of 37:
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Jan 28 13:46 UTC 1993 |
Well, I suppose God has a responsibility for everything and in that
sense your response is correct, but it's not what I was looking for
so I'll rule it incorrect 'cause *I* am the one who makes the rules
around here.
By way of hint, I'll state thata popular entertainer was responsible
for at least one of the quotes.
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md
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response 9 of 37:
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Jan 28 14:23 UTC 1993 |
We are all responsible.
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remmers
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response 10 of 37:
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Jan 29 04:41 UTC 1993 |
C'mon now, they're not that hard. With all the brain power that's
floating these parts, *somebody* ought to be able to get these quotes.
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danr
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response 11 of 37:
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Jan 29 12:23 UTC 1993 |
That's my problem, actually. My brain power's floating, i.e. not
securely fastened into my skull.
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furs
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response 12 of 37:
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Feb 5 13:02 UTC 1993 |
ok, ok.
#1 is Shakspear
#2 is Jimmy Stewart
#3 is Axel Rose
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remmers
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response 13 of 37:
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Feb 5 14:52 UTC 1993 |
Good guesses, especially Jimmy Stewart for #2. Not correct, though.
I should point out that true to my populist nature, these quotes are
less elitist than some others that have been entered around these parts.
You don't need a real strong literary background to figure them out.
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remmers
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response 14 of 37:
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Mar 10 04:56 UTC 1993 |
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SOMEBODY GUESS THESE!! THEY'RE NOT
THAT HARD!!!!
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chaz
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response 15 of 37:
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Mar 10 06:33 UTC 1993 |
Is #2 from a sci-fi story, that i might have read as kid? It sound
familar, but I don't read fiction. It makes it too hard to remember
which is fiction and which is science. If you've ever asked a
physics prof how a transporter works, i
'm sure you understand.
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hawkeye
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response 16 of 37:
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Mar 10 15:34 UTC 1993 |
#2 - Rod Serling
#3 - Ayn Rand
#1 - T.S. Eliot
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danr
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response 17 of 37:
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Mar 11 01:38 UTC 1993 |
1. Euclid
2. Lawrence Kestenbaum
3. Siggy Freud
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remmers
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response 18 of 37:
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Mar 11 07:37 UTC 1993 |
If in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, then
I am the emperor and perhaps even the pope.
Try harder!!!
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md
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response 19 of 37:
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Mar 11 14:49 UTC 1993 |
1. Kahlil Gibran
2. Jean-Paul Sartre
3. Woody Allen
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carl
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response 20 of 37:
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Mar 11 23:25 UTC 1993 |
1 Dante
2 Sheriff Taylor
3 Phil Donahue
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jdg
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response 21 of 37:
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Mar 12 00:56 UTC 1993 |
1. Orange Gopher
2. Mulberry
3. Snord Marstin
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remmers
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response 22 of 37:
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Mar 12 03:53 UTC 1993 |
During the Middle Ages it was believed that a stone tossed at an
angle into the air would follow a straight line to its apex, then
descend in another straight line.
For centuries they looked, but did not see.
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furs
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response 23 of 37:
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Mar 12 12:45 UTC 1993 |
1. Malcom X
2. Harriet Tubman
3. Curious George
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remmers
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response 24 of 37:
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Mar 12 13:41 UTC 1993 |
No correct guesses so far. Zilch. Rien du tout. Nuttin'.
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