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In no special order:
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." - Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption - 1994)
"He's out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct." &
"Because there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and irrational, between good and evil. And good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. - Both Lt. Gen. Corman (Apocalypse Now - 1979)
Bit of collective quote from the 13th Warrior.....
"Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother, my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.
Again...involving various people....from Get Smart.....
"Activate the Cone of Silence"
I think this is quite good too....
"All I wanna do is go the distance..." - Rocky Balboa (Rocky - 1976)
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." - Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption - 1994)
"He's out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct." &
"Because there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and irrational, between good and evil. And good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. - Both Lt. Gen. Corman (Apocalypse Now - 1979)
Bit of collective quote from the 13th Warrior.....
"Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother, my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.
Again...involving various people....from Get Smart.....
"Activate the Cone of Silence"
I think this is quite good too....
"All I wanna do is go the distance..." - Rocky Balboa (Rocky - 1976)
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Quote by DanielleX
I've got another one. I've read this over and over and I don't get it...
It's from the Adventure of the Three Students.
SH is describing a pencil, which has been used in a crime...
"“Well, he wrote so furiously that he broke his pencil, and had, as you observe, to sharpen it again.
This is of interest, Watson The pencil was not an ordinary one. It was above the usual size, with a soft lead; the outer colour was dark blue, the maker’s name was printed in silver lettering, and the piece remaining is only about an inch and a half long. Look for such a pencil, Mr. Soames, and you have got your man."
Then...
"Mr. Soames was somewhat overwhelmed by this flood of information. “I can follow the other points,” said he, “but really, in this matter of the length—”
Holmes held out a small chip with the letters NN and a space of clear wood after them.
“You see?”
“No, I fear that even now—”
“Watson, I have always done you an injustice. There are others. What could this NN be? It is at the end of a word. You are aware that Johann Faber is the most common maker’s name. Is it not clear that there is just as much of the pencil left as usually follows the Johann?”
Okay, I get the bit about NN being part of Johann Faber etc, but I don't get how he has deduced the length of the pencil. Surely when you sharpen a pencil, you sharpen the tip. If he can see the NN, then the guy decided to sharpen the blunt end. SH then states that there is only as much left as normally follows Johann. But how can he know how much was left of the (unsharpened) pointed end?
Danielle x
Hmm....I think this is what SH was driving at....
Think of a brand new pencil.......(I'm going to be lazy and not link anything but use text)
It could rarely be blunt at both ends but in fact brand new pencils virtually always come with a tip ready sharpened....it's rare that they don't. Now we read from left to right and the makers of the pencil will make sure that their name is visible and opposite the sharp end.....so 'Johann Faber' would be stamped on the pencil with the 'r' of Faber closest to the ready sharpened end with the 'J' of Johann quite near the other end......
...then as the tip of the pencil breaks or wears down.....it gets sharpened......at the end that it broke.....because after all why go to the trouble of sharpening the totally blunt end where the 'J' is when with hardly any effort you can sharpen from the 'r' end of the pencil. Now as the pencil get sharpened it gets shorter and the makers name begins to disappear with firstly the 'r' going, then the 'e' and so on until Faber has totally gone and you're left with Johann.....
....now think of how close most makers stamp the first word to the 'blunt' end of their pencils......so to keep sharpening the pencil so much that you've 'eaten through' Faber and then into 'Johann' means that only the 'Joha' maybe left on the pencil....thus to me at least that makes me think the pencil is very short indeed.
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Quote by DanielleX
I've got another one!
This is from the beginning of The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
'Yet his actions were in absurd contrast to the dignity of his dress and features, for he was running hard, with occasional little springs, such as a weary man gives who is little accustomed to set any tax upon his legs.'
Now, I'm reasonably au fait with the various ways of running, but I can't say I can conjure up anything from my imagination that equates to how Conan Doyle describes this man's actions.
Opinions please...
Hmm....I think what SH was saying was really,
"Look at that chap....well dressed and of a certain age.....little bit out of shape too.....he's running as hard as he can with the odd extra burst of speed thrown in - not caring how he looks, such is his desperation and sense of urgency...."
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Quote by DanielleX
I've read the whole works of Sherlock Holmes more than once, but there are some bits I don't get. Like in the Valley of Fear. Sherlock Holmes is discussing a secret code with Dr Watson and it refers to a page number in a book:
"Hardly that, Watson. You will, I am sure, agree with me that if the page be given, the number of the chapter is immaterial. Also that if page 534 finds us only in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable."
See, what I don't get. How can they think the first chapter was really long just cos page 534 was in chapter 2? What if chapter 1 was short and chapter 2 was really long?
I have some more questions too.
Danielle xx
I think the bit is about a code as SH is explaining it to Dr. W. From memory....I think Thomas Harris used a similar idea of a 'book code' in Silence of the Lambs when he was having Dr L. communicate with Dolarhyde in code.
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I'm not 100% sure it could be defined as a 'sex club' but there were plenty of opportunities to swap details whilst having a drink. There was the bit of naughtiness going on in the odd dark corner but the club sort of frowned on having to much of display going.
(ooops...apologies....brain freeze....missed it was in the 'Ask The Ladies Section' as I just clicked on the banner when it flashed up on the front page)
(ooops...apologies....brain freeze....missed it was in the 'Ask The Ladies Section' as I just clicked on the banner when it flashed up on the front page)
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It's a bit depressing but the scene right at the end of "3 Days of the Condor" where RR has tried everything to get the conspiracy out and to tell everyone what has been done in their name and the 'quiet men and women' have already made sure the story won't be published at all.....
http://youtu.be/1XKFQVJlmZY
There was a huge homage to the scene in an X-Files episode - Unusual Suspects.
http://youtu.be/1XKFQVJlmZY
There was a huge homage to the scene in an X-Files episode - Unusual Suspects.
Advanced Wordsmith
Ummm...top three....
1. Bladerunner - a classic, top notch.
2. The X-Files Movies (in no special order and yes I know it is cheating a little)
3. The Matrix Trilogy (and yes I know it's cheating)
Honourable Mentions:
The Fifth Element
The Andromeda Strain
The Abyss
2001
1. Bladerunner - a classic, top notch.
2. The X-Files Movies (in no special order and yes I know it is cheating a little)
3. The Matrix Trilogy (and yes I know it's cheating)
Honourable Mentions:
The Fifth Element
The Andromeda Strain
The Abyss
2001
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