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Post by Dante on Feb 2, 2013 3:45:15 GMT -5
Needless to say the final list will be placed before the general public before it's set in stone, so if anyone is concerned that they've been hard-done-by in a process which is purely mathematically has to be capped at one or two questions per respondent, I have no doubt they will let us know.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 4, 2013 18:19:17 GMT -5
What follows is the 43 questions selected for Daniel Handler's 43rd birthday, in this year of 2013. Of about two hundred questions and twenty-five contributors, around seventy-five percent of the submissions had to be cut. Of the twenty-five percent that remained, every person who contributed got a question in, and most people got in two. Noteworthy is the fact that the questions picked were not necessarily the best questions, but merely those that worked best together. That is, the sequence is such that questions complement each other, progressing from sensible to nonsensical in a manner that is hopefully entertaining. Enjoy, and feel free to voice questions about the list either here or through PM.
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43 Wrong Questions
1. May we ask you a few questions? [Anka] 2. Have you ever tried writing happy stories? [Charlie Snicket]
3. Did your plan backfire? [Tryina] 4. Has Jerome Squalor ever been illustrated? [Emma Squalor] 5. Did you ever learn Esmé Squalor's maiden name? [Emma Squalor]
6. Is there an Indonesian branch of V.F.D? [Tryina] 7. Is the librarian's weeping due to a dust allergy? [Sherry Ann]
8. Why does S. Theodora Markson support a destructive and unsustainable drilling industry? [Antenora] 9. Does the S stand for something important? [Anka]
10. How many arms does an octopus actually need? [Terry Craig] 11. Are Sir and Charles gay as maypoles? [LSWannaBe] 12. As someone who has now spent a few years on the other side of forty, what is over that hill and is there a Starbucks? [Pandora] 13. Was it coffee, or black ink, that made the jacket's stain? [Dante] 14. What did you drink last night? [MisterM] 15. What is the name of Ellington's Father? [Lucas] 16. Is it true that Ellington Feint is the spawn of the Bombinating Beast? [Antenora] 17. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? [Teleram] 18. How many trained bats does it take to change a lightbulb? [F.D.] 19. How many grains of sugar make a heap? [Hermes] 20. If the sugar bowl does not contain sugar, does the Bombinating Beast not contain pepper, or salt? [Dante] 21. If variety is the spice of life, what goes well with Fettucine Alfredo? [Sixteen] 22. If a stitch in time saves nine, how many stitches will it take to save the best for last? [Sixteen] 23. Can a chimaera bombinating in a vacuum eat second intentions? [Hermes] 24. Should I have a mustache? [Willis] 25. I've been told I'm extremely passive-aggressive, what would you advise me? If you don't find my question interesting enough, it's fine really. Just do whatever you like. Like you always do. [thedoctororwell] 26. In many ways Flannery Culp is my hero and an inspiration; should I consider seeking professional help or should I just invest in a croquet set? [Pandora] 27. While I know you prefer the aesthetic and ideological embraces you've already received from your readers, and distrust physical embraces from those you don't know very well, I trust enough time has passed since my previous offer that I am no longer a stranger, and furthermore, with this new information coming to light about the ordeals of your youth, I feel compelled to ask again, would you like a hug? [BSam]
28. Why shouldn't you answer a rhetorical question? [Terry Craig] 29. If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be? [Pandora] 30. If a tree falls in the forest, does anybody care ? [thedoctororwell]
31. If a Snicket falls in a forest and only Ellington Feint is around, does he bombinate? [Q.R.V.] 32. If an author speaks his mind in a forest, and no editors are around to hear him, is he still out of line? [Lemona Snicket] 33. Are you sure it is wise to answer this question? [Lemona Snicket] 34. If there's nothing out there, then what was that noise? [Charlie Snicket] 35. If there's nothing out there, who is that ringing my doorbell? [Sherry Ann]
36. If there's nothing out there, then who could that be at this hour? [Q.R.V.] 37. When will it all end? [Charlie Snicket]
38. How long do we have left? [Bee] 39. Huh? [Kensicle] 40. I'm sorry? [Kensicle]
41. What? [Bee] 42. Would you like a hug now? [Bryan]
43. Would you have preferred 43 cufflinks? [Q.R.V.]
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Post by bryan on Feb 4, 2013 18:31:04 GMT -5
I saw that his question was in there too, but since the joke is his I just want to make sure BSam is cool with my question that's in there.
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Post by BSam on Feb 4, 2013 18:36:11 GMT -5
in that order, the two questions do work well together.
as do the rest, nice work peoplpe
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 4, 2013 18:54:43 GMT -5
Feel free to continue commenting on the question list. This process can operate simultaneously. So, we (tentatively) have the forty-three questions selected. We can now enter Phase II of Project DHBD, a.k.a, the collection of artwork. Not everyone will be able to illustrate their own questions, and not every question will have a ready image that comes to mind. This is fine. In previous years, authors who could not illustrate their own submissions sometimes enlisted the help of other artists to complete their submissions for them. If you'd like to illustrate a question that is not your own, you are encouraged to contact the contributor with a request! In the meantime, some guidelines for artistic submissions: - The idea is for each submission to recall the Snicketmails. For examples of Snicketmail, see here.
- Two-color illustrations, use of graph paper, and any other Seth-esque touches you can think of may serve this purpose well, but this isn't a requirement.
- Remember to use a font you think represents the Snicketmail well (e.g., not comic sans). I'm using this one, for instance, but there are probably fonts already installed on your computer that may serve you just as well.
- If you can draw and scan/photograph a picture, but haven't the technology to format it into a Snicketmail, feel free to post it anyway as there are editors who can complete this second phase for you.
- Remember to include in the bottom right corner (or at least somewhere in the image) your name and the author's name. In the interests of uniformity, the author's name should come first, and the artist's second. (Obviously if the author and artist are the same person the name only need be written once.)
For an example submission, see Antenora's "Why does S. Theadora Markson support a destructive and unsustainable drilling industry?"
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Post by Charles Vane on Feb 4, 2013 19:27:19 GMT -5
Since I actually like the Flannery Culp question, it was all mine and not Willis'.
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Post by Teleram on Feb 4, 2013 19:42:23 GMT -5
My question was chosen!
YEESSS!!!
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Post by Charles Vane on Feb 4, 2013 22:08:59 GMT -5
Also I dont think question 42 works. Theres no way he's going to get the reference from just that.
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Post by Hermedy on Feb 4, 2013 22:19:33 GMT -5
Also I dont think question 42 works. Theres no way he's going to get the reference from just that. Haha, good joke Nicole! I was just thinking about how perfect the flow is: BSam asks him if he wants a hug at Question 27. Then after a series of very aggravating questions in quick succession ("Huh? I'm sorry? What?") Bryan asks him again more directly, "Would you like a hug now?" Awesome job putting this together, Dante and Sherry Ann
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 4, 2013 22:56:18 GMT -5
I really can't wait to see the illustrations, especially to questions 11, 16, and 39 to 42. Should be fun.
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Feb 4, 2013 23:14:17 GMT -5
You've done a great job of making everything make sense, Dante and Sherry. I can't wait to see the pictures. Can't draw to save my soul, but I can edit.
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Post by Teleram on Feb 5, 2013 0:31:10 GMT -5
I also don't think if I can do the illustration for my question. I'm not sure if I have the software. I DO have the Paper app for my iPad, though. Will that work?
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Post by Charles Vane on Feb 5, 2013 0:37:58 GMT -5
Also I dont think question 42 works. Theres no way he's going to get the reference from just that. Haha, good joke Nicole! I was just thinking about how perfect the flow is: BSam asks him if he wants a hug at Question 27. Then after a series of very aggravating questions in quick succession ("Huh? I'm sorry? What?") Bryan asks him again more directly, "Would you like a hug now?" Awesome job putting this together, Dante and Sherry Ann touche jerk. i totally couldnt get through the whole thing.
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Feb 5, 2013 1:43:12 GMT -5
I don't know what to draw for my questions. Can anyone help me to think of something?
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Post by Dante on Feb 5, 2013 3:02:13 GMT -5
I don't know what to draw for my questions. Can anyone help me to think of something? For the first, "May we ask you a few questions?", I guess something generally question-mark-themed might be a good idea, or maybe something terribly genteel like a tea set (sans sugar bowl, I imagine). I suppose there are also possibilities that you could liken the process to a police interview and involve a police car, or station wagon with a flashlight on the top. For "Does the S stand for something important?", how about a set of items or backgrounds that begin with the letter S? Like... well, a sugar bowl, or a snake, or a saw.
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