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Post by Phoenix 4242424242424242424242 on Aug 25, 2004 1:31:51 GMT -5
In my copy of Brothers Grimm, The Three Languages takes place in Switzerland. It mentions bird language, dog language, and frog language. Lemony Snicket changed "frog" to "cricket". I'm not sure why, but crickets are important. The three professors are VFDers, and I think the bird language has something to do with carrier crows. Dogs, particualarly dalmations, are the traditional allies of fire departments. There's one in The Bad Beginning's first picture. And crickets, not frogs, are taught to speak in code. I wonder if Prufrock is related to this somehow. Do they teach Cricket-Speak 101? Very interesting. Maybe they (the crickets) are special because they are used as singing objects in some Asian households. Crickets are also known to be able to tell the weather. I think it's something like how many chirps a cricket makes can determain the temperature. I suggest u don't try this at home, it may lead to boring yourself to a horrible death . I barely lived through trying it myself, after seviour counselling.
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Post by Alchemist on Aug 25, 2004 19:31:13 GMT -5
They say it's bad luck to kill a cricket because it's a house-spirit or something.
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Post by Emmerz ze Silly Goose on Aug 28, 2004 8:29:43 GMT -5
Well, the question is Count Olaf, really a count? He could have stole that title from someone else, which could be the Count in the poem. I dunno. Weird theory...
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Post by sonicflood on Aug 28, 2004 17:53:33 GMT -5
maybe why he took the freaks from book 9 is cuz one of them is his son!!
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Post by Alchemist on Aug 30, 2004 5:38:53 GMT -5
I think the freaks are a little too old to be his children. The same goes for his troupe.
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Post by Sheepdogg Plankton on Sept 3, 2004 11:36:42 GMT -5
What if Beatrice was the woman, with Olaf's son and all? That would explain a lot, even though it would be rather creepy.
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Post by Dante on Sept 3, 2004 11:48:53 GMT -5
Beatrice, the mother of Olaf's son?
Strangely, it's an idea that I'd considered before, but then decided against. She could, in theory, have married Olaf... But she's dead, not dead stupid. He was always a wicked fiend.
*idea comes into head*
But then again... "Beatrice! Count Olaf is
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Post by PJ on Sept 10, 2004 21:25:36 GMT -5
I believe he just used that story to make us suspicious. Its a red herring. But I believe the crickets are of some importance.....
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