J
Reptile Researcher
Snicket is such a pessimist, I Love It!!!
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Post by J on Nov 19, 2005 1:39:42 GMT -5
I have written two letters, one to Lemony Snicket which i sent to England and one i tried to e-mail to his editor. the one to him was a coded letter asking to join VFD while making it look like it was from an air headed fan and the other pointed out two mistakes i found in book the twelfth.
Dear Mr Snicket, The Phone is ringing, I am your greatest fan and wish to meet you. I really find your writing style hilarious. I would really really really want you to come on tour in Australia. I want you to write back at the internet mail -------@hotmail.com. So please please join me here if you do go on tour. (I hear my doorbell Ringing) now I better go to my Very Frightening Detention
I just thought that I would let you know of a few small mistakes I found within the great author Lemony Snicket's newest book the PENULTIMATE PERIL of which I have noted in my Commonplace Book, and ask you to give his "Kind" Editor a telling off. on page number 229: Violet took a step toward the count, who was holing the harpoon gun so that it pointed at her chest. "Lay down your weapon, Olaf," the eldest Baudelaire said. "you don't want to do this wicked thing." ....... Klaus took a step forward, joining his sister. "You have a choice," he said. "You can choose not to pull that trigger!" ...... "Please," Sunny said, joining her sisters. Sunny has but one sister. and also, on page 342: Violet took off her concierge hat, reached into her pocket, and found the ribbon Kit Snicket has given her, witch she used to tie up her hair. In the last picture you can clearly see that Violet has the concierge hat on while in the boat. With admiration -J
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Post by Dante on Nov 19, 2005 3:31:51 GMT -5
Please don't make multiple consecutive posts - fit as much as you can into one post, and if you need to add anything, use the Modify button. You can post again if somebody's made another post after yours.
Incidentally, we have a thread for Misprints and Mistakes elsewhere in Sardonic Series, if you want to talk about those in more detail.
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Post by lauren on Nov 21, 2005 1:15:25 GMT -5
I love your sebald code J!!! ...oh and today I had a lit exam and I couldn't resist the urge to use the word denouement in my essay
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Post by TheManager on Dec 3, 2005 16:14:00 GMT -5
Dear Readers,
I am a fan myself, and when I found out about the Nameless novel, I copied down every single entry, and printed every diagram and every picture. I was lucky for once in my life, because some villain took off the Nameless Novel.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Dec 4, 2005 9:21:01 GMT -5
Wow, already......? That was quick.
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Post by Bellatree on Dec 6, 2005 2:21:42 GMT -5
---Whenever some combination of words is even close to VFD, I start.
---I take a dictionary everywhere with me to define words I don't know, and sometimes I look up words to do with ASOUE
---In ceramics at school, we were making birds, and I made a crow.
---Also in ceramics, we made dogs, and I made three tiny ones, and named them Isadora, Duncan, and Quigley.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Dec 11, 2005 12:39:52 GMT -5
I'm making a papier mache sculpture of the 3 Bauds at the concierge desk. It's only about halfway done tho. I still need to finish the pasting.
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Post by lauren on Dec 16, 2005 10:16:55 GMT -5
Lately I have been making an effort into noticing taxis, not purposely, just absent-mindedly. I just look through the window to see if there are any suspicious looking drivers or passengers inside.
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Post by Jacques Snicket on Dec 20, 2005 19:35:50 GMT -5
Well, I started a V.F.D. club at my school, and we hold meetings every day at the table we usually sit at when we have lunch. Like today's meeting, I announced that "this meeting will be the last meeting for several days, at least," And also, I have a folder with papers nearly bulging out of it, about 5 commonplace books, and the V.F.D. insignia on the front cover of the folder.
We also have a list of volunteers and non-volunteers, whith suggestions about each of them (or will have the list, as my colleague is working on the murder of F, a volunteer who was supposedly been declared dead.) whether they are traitors, would-be-traitors or potentially good members. Also I will be getting a list of members to court martial.
With all due respect, Jacques Snicket
P.S. "The world is quiet here."
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Post by Bellatree on Dec 21, 2005 8:38:10 GMT -5
-I keep a commonplace book. -I get so uptight with grammar; especially when people write 'your' instead of 'you're.'-Gee that gets on my nerves! I notice crows alot. If anyone mentions something that is even remotely connected to ASoUE, I start quoting the books, and talking about them.-People have no idea what I'm talking about. I use words defined in ASoUE. The other day, in a book shop, I was trying to find Lemony's books, and when I did, I just stared at them for ages. Also in the book shop, I found ASoUE the movie, and I hugged it. ^_^ Also, in the shop AGAIN, there were these notebooks, and they were perfect for a commonplace book, but they were like $15 Australian. I find myself disliking the colour pink-not fully-but just less than I used to. I draw ASoUE art, and write fanfiction. I keep telling my friends and family to read the books, so that I can have someone to discuss theories and all that jazz, without having to connect to the internet *groans* In the afore mentioned book shop, there was no LSUA, and I was annoyed, because I haven't read it yet.
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Post by Deathly Hallow on Dec 22, 2005 4:47:17 GMT -5
And I thought I was obsessed...
I thought I was the only one who drew VFD logos everywhere! Well I gues I'm not!!! In school when I write a story or an essay, I write Lemony Snicket style. In my English literature exam, we had to make up our own blurb for the book "PIg Heart Boy" (really boring and pointless, do not read it!!!) I wrote it like Lemony writes his. I use harder and longer words in my everyday sentences.
Theres more but I can't think right now...
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Post by Alice Wilde on Dec 22, 2005 12:28:20 GMT -5
-I get incredibly giddy when I hear someone use a Snicket vocabulary word/phrase. (Ex:Someone will say "Tomorrow is the penultimate day before my son's birthday.", to which I will respond "Please marry me.") -My friend and I often write each other using the Sebald Code. -Another one of my friends has a ringtone that says simply "Ring! Ring!". Usually, I will count the number of words she uses in her conversation, and see if she is talking in code. -I do read books simply because they are mentioned in the series. -For a solid week, I drew the insignia on my ankle everyday. I've since stopped as I am afraid of ink poisoning. -I have a commonplace book. -I have purchased a white sweater because I thought it looked similar to the ones the Quagmires wore. -I often ask my parents "What was that noise?". They have yet to reply "Nothing" -I have a profound fear of fire.
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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 Dec 22, 2005 14:57:13 GMT -5
-Another one of my friends has a ringtone that says simply "Ring! Ring!". Usually, I will count the number of words she uses in her conversation, and see if she is talking in code. I caught myself doing something similar with my Spanish teacher recently. He mentioned the school bell ringing, and I tried to write down his message so I could count the words. And I also smile/feel giddy when people use ASoUE vocabulary words or phrases.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Dec 22, 2005 17:25:04 GMT -5
I'll feel my heart skip a beat every time ASOUE is mentioned.
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Post by twistedbrain on Dec 23, 2005 16:18:17 GMT -5
Where do I begin. - I put a henna tattoo on my ankle.
- I attempt to draw the characters.
- I constantly quote the movie/books.
There's probably more that I can't remember, though.
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