LSfan4life
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Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean it isn't so.
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Post by LSfan4life on Jun 23, 2004 15:44:43 GMT -5
All these are great poems! I loved the Time of Triumph it makes me think of Beatrice and would be great in the letter!!
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Post by Alchemist on Jun 23, 2004 21:56:48 GMT -5
This is the transcript that I wrote:
____: The meeting of the 667 Contacts Depatment is hereby called to order. We shall start by calling roll. ____?
(The people in the meeting respond to their initials by saying the motto in a different language each.)
____: Very well. We shall begin. ____, have you seen Daniel Handler at Catch-21 (DH's local fish market)?
____: Why are we contacting Daniel Handler when we should be looking for Lemony Snicket?
____: Because he's the only one who knows where Lemony Snicket is. And,no, none of the people who went there looked like the man in the picture that A (VioletB) gave us.
____: Oh well. ____, any luck at HarperCollins?
____: I'm afraid not, they refuse to give me the address.
____: Has M got the other departments looking for the man's address?
____: M is currently on vacation. A few people are looking for it, but there isn't much hope of finding it.
____: Has anyone checked for a gym near Catch 22? It appears that he's a member of one, according to his online jounal.
____: All right. We can assign someone to go there.
(____ bursts in.)
____: I have Daniel Handler's address.
____: What is it?
(____ holds up a paper with the address.)
____: That's it, that's all I needed to know.
____: What do you mean?
____: Don't you realize that I'm working for the Happy Endings Foundation?
____: You're working for our enemies?
____: Of course. They pay the highest salaries. And they'll pay me a fortune to know that horrible man's address.
____: What do you plan to do with it?
____: We'll break into his house and look for a letter from Lemony Snicket. After we get that, we'll set the house on fire and go after Lemony Snicket.
____: We have a hidden camera in this room. We'll show the tape to the authorities.
____: No you won't. Because we at the Happy Endings Foundation have found some very interesting pictures.
The rest of this transcript was burnt due to the embarassing blackmail pictures that were described in detail by the spy. Luckily, he hit his head on the low doorway as he went laughing out of the room. He currently has no record of ever having seen Daniel Handler's address.
Edit it to your liking. The blanks are initials of members.
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Post by Celinra on Jun 24, 2004 0:47:11 GMT -5
That's really good... I just have one suggestion. Perhaps, instead of "Happy Endings Foundation," do a similar title, but with same-initial words (such as "Endearing Endings Establishment")... I've noticed that in the books, things with same-initial words are generally bad (i.e. Prufrock Prep, Lake Lachrymose, Daedalus Dock, etc), or at least, they're used a lot.
If I were to be added to the transcript, I would be "E."
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Post by Ennui on Jun 24, 2004 2:10:17 GMT -5
By real names, I'd be M...by screennames, obviously E.
Who will be the spy?
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Post by ineedyourhelp on Jun 25, 2004 7:46:04 GMT -5
By real name id also be M, but by screen name id be I.
That transcrpit is really neat
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Post by champ103 on Jun 28, 2004 14:03:27 GMT -5
Having several M's makes it hard to follow, therefore being groovy and Snickety.
I would be G.
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Post by Whales on Jun 28, 2004 15:50:27 GMT -5
I'd be C.
The Snicketyish stuff should be played up.
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Antenora
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Post by Antenora on Jun 28, 2004 16:10:11 GMT -5
Nice transcript, Sugarhigh. I typed it up, put in initials, and added some intriguing stuff about mixed-up video tapes and strange sightings at laundromats. The spy is named S, short for soccergirl, the spammer. Later I'll put together the lists of questions; I'm thinking of more. How about: "If you had a parade, what would be the three biggest floats?"
And Neggie, I'm also including that thing you wrote up about how the address was found, in this curly handwriting-like font. It looks like something you'd see in a diary.
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Post by Ennui on Jun 29, 2004 16:18:48 GMT -5
Fine...so we'll use real initials rather than screenname ones? Suits me...
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Post by euromegamouth on Jun 30, 2004 18:19:54 GMT -5
You should say that it is from 'The Questions of the members of 667 Dark Avenue' or something to that effect in the subject bar. If he knows that it is from lots of people, he's more likely to give a personal reply. Qustions I'd like to add: 1. How old are you? 2. Will there be any additional books that you will publish? If so, how many, and what will they be about? 3. Where does the series take place? 4. Do you go to forums/websites/FAQs about your books? We can't ask him about things the big mysteries like V.F.D, the sugarbowl and Beatrice, because he will merely say 'Read and find out.' His d.o.b. is Feb.28, 1970. So he's 34.
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Post by euromegamouth on Jun 30, 2004 18:39:21 GMT -5
I'd like to ask him:
1."Where is the Snicket file now?" 2."When did the Victoriously Freed Dramatists stop tattooing eyes on the members' left ankles?" 3."Why were eyes tattooed on the left ankle?" 4."May I have your autograph?" 5."Is the Orphans' Food Department still in existence?" 6."Why is the food at the Anxious Clown so terrible?" 7."Where will the next 'In Auction' be held?" 8."Why did Al Funcoot want people to chop down telepjone poles?" 9."In what country does the series take place?" 10."Where did Esmé Squalor buy her stiletto-heeled shoes?" 11."Where did you first meet Beatrice?" 12."Why weren't you with your brother Jacques in the Village of Fowl Devotees?" 13."Did Beatrice ever have children?"
Le Monde Tci C'est Calme, euromegamouth.
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Antenora
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Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on Jul 3, 2004 21:59:33 GMT -5
I have the lists of questions finished, and a quote I think I'll add:
If I thought that my reply would be to someone who would ever return to earth, this flame would remain without further movement; but as no one has ever returned alive from this gulf, if what I hear is true, I can answer you with no fear of infamy--Dante
This is quoted by T. S. Eliot at the beginning of The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock.
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Post by SnicketFires on Jul 4, 2004 1:15:46 GMT -5
Absolutely incredible.
I loved the transcript, sugarhigh. Excellent.
I'm amazed at how much work and effort has gone into this.
I'd be a "K".
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Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on Jul 6, 2004 10:10:25 GMT -5
I've printed off my copy of the letter, which includes:
My intro
The transcript
Lists of questions, one for DH and one for LS. There are 13 for each, and I tried to exclude questions that I knew he wouldn't answer.
Neggie's "report" or "journal entry" about how we got the adress.
Some of the poetry excerpts swans submitted.
The "statistics" for our society.
I'll probably mail this tomorrow.
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Post by snicketfan on Jul 7, 2004 18:08:04 GMT -5
have you mailed it ??
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